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    Default Silly UK Laws.

    Silly UK laws:

    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
    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
    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
    11. It is illegal to hang washing in the street
    12. It is illegal to beat a carpet in the street
    13. It is illegal to fly a kite in the street
    14. It is illegal to be drunk in charge of a horse, cow or steam engine
    15. It is illegal to fire a cannon close to a dwelling house
    16. It is illegal to bet or gamble in the library reading room
    17. It is illegal to use any slide upon ice or snow
    18. It is illegal to drive cattle through the streets of London
    19. It is illegal to sing any profane or obscene song or ballad, or use any profane or obscene language
    20. It is illegal to light a firework! (seriously: Section 28 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847)
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    Default Re: Silly UK Laws.

    The mince Pie ban still stands but it's been ignored for years.

    The rest are weird and funny.
    Orbis non sufficit




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    Default Re: Silly UK Laws.

    WE NEED A NEW GOVERMENT LIKE ME
    i'm bored! =(

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    Default Re: Silly UK Laws.

    What would your laws be Freeby?

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    Default Re: Silly UK Laws.

    Lawless.
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