Britain's Daftest Laws
Recently the UK’s top 10 most ridiculous British laws were listed as:
# 1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.
# 2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British king or queen’s image upside-down.
# 3. It is illegal for a woman to be topless in Liverpool except as a clerk in a tropical fish store.
# 4. Eating mince pies on Christmas Day is banned (well this can hardly be true!).
# 5. If someone knocks on your door in Scotland and requires the use of your toilet, you are required to let them enter.
# 6. In the UK a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman’s helmet (we have been told this isn’t true).
# 7. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the King, and the tail of the Queen.
# 8. It is illegal not to tell the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing.
# 9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament wearing a suit of armour.
# 10. It is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls of York, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow.
This list was posted in 2007 so I don’t know how true it holds but it is interesting none the less. If any of you have an opinion, if you know one to be wrong, then drop an ask.
# 1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.
# 2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British king or queen’s image upside-down.
# 3. It is illegal for a woman to be topless in Liverpool except as a clerk in a tropical fish store.
# 4. Eating mince pies on Christmas Day is banned (well this can hardly be true!).
# 5. If someone knocks on your door in Scotland and requires the use of your toilet, you are required to let them enter.
# 6. In the UK a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman’s helmet (we have been told this isn’t true).
# 7. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the King, and the tail of the Queen.
# 8. It is illegal not to tell the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing.
# 9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament wearing a suit of armour.
# 10. It is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls of York, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow.
This list was posted in 2007 so I don’t know how true it holds but it is interesting none the less. If any of you have an opinion, if you know one to be wrong, then drop an ask.
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