Congratz, women of Paris.You may legally wear pants now.

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Crazy old laws:

Until 2005 you could sell a newspaper on a Sunday but not fish and chips in the UK.

What if you wrapped the fish&chips in the Sunday paper?

Restaurant and snack bars were allowed to be open in Germany since as long as I can remember - so at least for the last 2 weeks Most other shops hsve to be closed.

Originally Posted by soopaman2

I can go on and on, but France is not the only place with silly laws.

Be allowed to die for your country at 18, be allowed to have a brew at 21 - nuff said

[Jimbuna]

It is illegal to eat Mute Swan unless you're the Queen of Great Britain. The Queen and two livery companies (Vitners and Dryers) own all the Mute Swans in England and only the Queen and her invited diners may actually eat them as can guests of St. John's College Cambridge.

[Garion]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Crazy old laws:

Until 2005 you could sell a newspaper on a Sunday but not fish and chips in the UK.

Ah well yoo see us heathens in Scotland have been enjoying fish suppers, mince pie supers with salt and chippy sauce on a Sunday for decades...
Very progressive us Scots

Mind yoo we were one of the last western countries to stop burning witches.....

But if it happened on a SUnday yoo couild still get a chippy tea

Well maybe not THAT progressive after all


Cheers

Gary

"In 1892 and 1909 the rule was amended to allow women to wear trousers, "if the woman is holding a bicycle handlebar or the reins of a horse"

Did it mention if the handle bars or reins had to be actually attached to a bike or a horse?............bit of a loophole if it didn't!!

[Rhodes]

The men are still prohibit to show a bare chest/ nipples at the beach here. The law was from 1936 and was never revoked

[Jimbuna]

Even though being the sovereign of The United Kingdom, Her Majesty the Queen is not allowed to enter the City of London without seeking the permission of its Lord Mayor.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Even though being the sovereign of The United Kingdom, Her Majesty the Queen is not allowed to enter the City of London without seeking the permission of its Lord Mayor.

And that is not Boris Johnson, nor Len Kivingstone before him. I met the one in 2004 at the Guildhall, Prince Edward was there - did he need permission too?

Crazy laws - you can have sex with your gay MP two years before you can vote for him! (It's not law that you must have sex with him!)