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10 Crazy Laws From the Uk
10 commandments of the UK.
- If you are thinking of taking a rabid dog and/or a corpse for a trip around London, then take the bus or tube, as it is illegal to take either in a cab.
- The houses of parliament in London are not a place to die, as it is illegal, I wonder if the sentence would be life.
- If you place a postage stamp with the monarchs head upside down, you may well find your own head upside down in a bucket, as this is a treasonable offence.
- Under the tax avoidance scheme of 1996 it is illegal not to tell the tax man anything you do not want him to know, though you don’t have to tell him anything you don’t mind him knowing.
- In the UK a pregnant woman can relieve herself anywhere she wishes, even in a police mans helmet if she so requests, though I don’t think the officer concerned would be too happy.
- All men over the age of 14 are required by law to carry out two hours of longbow practice per day, this is in order to defend the nation against a nuclear attack.
- In the city of Chester all Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise, and they must leave before sunset, would this be something to do with them drinking too much beer, and singing rugby songs.
- It is illegal to cut off the most pointed end of a boiled egg, this law was brought in by King Charles, he must have disobeyed his own law, as they cut off the pointy bit just above his shoulders.
- The head of any whale washed up on British beaches is the property of the king, and the tail is the property of the queen, in case she needs the bones to make corsets with, fair enough the queen has a use for the tail, but why does the king need head
- And it is illegal to flag a cab in the city of London if you have the plague, or as law one a rabid dog or corpse, unless of course the said corpse died in the houses of parliament and was on his way to jail.
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Thank goodness the dead can at least take the bus.
There are so many of these insane laws on the books, that it makes one wonder what IDIOTS were hired to MAKE these laws?
Ha ha ha! I never knew that longbows were such effective weapons!
The sad part is that the idiots who came up with these ‘brilliant’ laws weren’t hired but, instead, were voted into office by the populace.
Of course, some were appointed by the king which might help to explain why he lost his pointy bit just above the shoulders! ^-^
Well as a UK resident I may well have to consider if I can actually try and break any of these…lol. Again fab and funny piece.
Funny stuff i love lists like this
theses laws all made seance at the time but know look total stupid
one mistakes though
its not exactly illegal to die in the houses of parliament if you do die there there is a hospital near by and that is your official place of death.
and you missed out some of the rely cool ones like women cant eat chocolate on London bridge.
still pretty cool though
3 is not true anymore.
4 is specific to tax and you cannot hide info about your money from the tax man. That hardly counts as a crazy law every country that has tax laws requires you to reveal details of your income.
5 She can only use specific toilets or the policemans helmet; not just anywhere.
6,7 and 8 all repealed a long time ago (no longer apply).
9 any whale washed up onto the shoreline and remaining between mean low and mean high tide is considered to be property of the reigning monarch (king or queen). Oh and whale tails have no bones.
Insanely funny
What a lame list. 2 hours of longbow practice a day? Are you kidding me? Maybe that was true 600 years ago, but the nuclear attack bit? We’re not morons, surprisingly enough.
Learn to joke, bros.