Silly Laws
 

What a corker this lot are. :lol: :rotfl:

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IIRC there is a similar one to number 10 involving the Welsh and a bow and arrow too

That one isn't so stupid. In fact if you know history it makes perfect sense, so long as you know... people actually have a sense of history... which they don't.

3. In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (6%)


I know where i'm starting my new business.

QFT

Course, it is silly in the sense that the fools havent bothered to abolish such an outdated law...

Then again, it says body armour which could broadly cover kevlar vests or helmets etc... On The Bill every copper has a kevlar vest, how about cops stationed at parliament? Are they breaking the law?

:hmm:

Yup, that one with the Welsh and a bow and arrow is something to do with the defence of Chester and the laws about having to practice with a bow and arrow so that there would be people proficient at archery if an army was raised. I think you were only allowed to kill a Welshman with a bow on any day except Sunday or something daft like that.

My personal favourite was a local bylaw at Greenham Common, which you will remember, is where the USAF sited its Tomahawk cruise missiles in the UK, to much protestation from the tree-hugger brigade. Before the site was constructed, there used to be a sign on the common which read: 'The launching of missiles is strictly prohibited' in reference to not being allowed to play ball games and stuff like that.

:D Chock

Don't worry, Australia has got some as well.:lol:

http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/international/australia/

Have a look at the rest of the world, it almost makes you want to give up on life.:doh:

Chester?!
Welsh?

My home city of York had a law that made it legal to kill a Scotsman if you where standing on the city walls using a bow and it wasn't Sunday.

Totally unreliable source #1

Totally unreliable source #2
Bow carrying variation.

Totally unreliable source #3
Carlisle, newyear, axe variation.

Totally unreliable source #4
Crossbow variation.

I have heard countless other variations.

Unless someone can find a primary source I am convinced that this is just a urban myth.

As it happens I live but a few miles from York.

It may indeed be one of those mythical tales, I've got a vague recollection of hearing it while on a guided tour of the city walls at Chester (which would kind of make sense from at least a geographical standpoint, it being on the Welsh/English border), but of course me 'seeming to recall something' doesn't prove anything.

I do know part of the version I heard has some basis in fact, evidently it was often up to the local clergyman in villages and towns to organise archery practice for anyone over a certain age once a week, so that may be where the 'Sunday' bit comes from.

I'm sure someone will enlighten us with a slightly believable wiki link at some point.

:D Chock

Yup, that is true.

A kind of proto-national service to ensure England could raise quick, cheep armys to fend off the catholic nations.

In Switzerland, it is illegal to flush the toilet after 10 PM. :hmm:

What a load of sh*t :rotfl:

I love the UK one about not being allowed to sound your horn in a built up area after a certain time. Alright, I'll just have a major crash then instead, shall I?

:D Chock

Here's another one that isn't on the list:

In Spain, the owner of a swarm of bees has the right to pursue them entering the property of anyone, but he has to pay for any damage caused. If he ceases to pursue the swarm for two consecutive days, anybody can try to get it.

Current paragraph 610 of our Civil Code :D

Different states of the United States have some unique yet foolish and eccentric laws of their own. In Alabama, putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death and keeping an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time is a crime. A law in Fairbanks, Alaska does not allow moose to have sex on city streets. In Alaska, you may hunt a bear safely but it is illegal to wake a bear and take a picture for photo opportunities.

The last one about the bear makes perfect sense in this sue happy world.

Oh as for killing scots men. how about, it is legal to kill a scotsman anywhere in England at any time of the day with any weapon that comes to hand...actually I'll change that to something more specific. If his name happens to be Alex Salmond.....

Joke...... not funny but a joke.