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London – Queen Elizabeth II’s speech in the British Parliament on Tuesday may have been routine but at least nobody got bored to death. That would have been against the law.
Dying in Parliament is an offence and is also by far the most absurd law in Britain, according to a survey of nearly 4 000 people by a television channel showing a legal drama series.
A law stating that in Liverpool, only a clerk in a tropical fish store is allowed to be publicly topless, was also ridiculous, said a poll of 3 931 people for UKTV Gold television on Tuesday.
Guilty Nearly half of those surveyed admitted to breaking the ban on eating mince pies on Christmas Day, which dates back to the 17th century and was originally designed to outlaw gluttony during the rule of the Puritan Oliver Crowmell.
1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27 %)
6. A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman’s helmet (4%)
8. It is illegal to avoid telling the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing (3%)
9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour (3%)
10. In the city of York it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow (2%) (News24, 06.11.2007)
November 7, 2007 om 1:10 nm
As ek so *vol is vir my werk wonder ek hoe voel sy van Queen-wees amper haar hele lewe lank, so ek wonder of sy nog iets interessants te sê het. (Eintlik hou ek nogal van haar, ek dink sy doen ‘n baie goeie job, behalwe met kinders opvoed was sy miskien minder suksesvol.) Ongelukkig lyk my nadat die vorige Koning afstand van die troon gedoen het dink sy abdikasie is ‘n vloekwoord en arme Charles wag al sy lewe lank om ook ‘n beurt te kry, hy is al besig om ‘n ou man te word.
November 7, 2007 om 9:12 nm
Mwahahaha! Ja nee kyk, daar is nou vir jou ‘n paar simpel reels wat hulle gerus kan uitsmyt.
November 7, 2007 om 9:15 nm
LOL vir nommer 6. 🙂
November 8, 2007 om 2:08 nm
You can legally murder a bow and arrow carrying Scotsman in York.
November 8, 2007 om 2:11 nm
Hehehe, dis seker hoekom hulle dit legal gemaak het Da Mario – want die kans dat jy ‘n Scotsman met ‘n bow and arrow sien stap is “wim”!
November 9, 2007 om 2:03 vm
Ek weet nie of hulle nou al daarvan ontslae geraak het nie, maar daar was ook tot onlangs toe nog ‘n wet uit die argaiese tyd wat gestipuleer het dat jy kan Australie toe gedeporteer word vir: “Impersonating an Egyptian.”
November 9, 2007 om 1:44 nm
Al wat mens kan doen is lag!
November 10, 2007 om 2:38 nm
Die Engelse is nie lekker nie.