most ridiculous British laws...

**justine** · 06-Nov-07, 23:35

Most ridiculous British law:
1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27 percent)
2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside-down (seven percent)
3. In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (six percent)
4. Mince pies cannot be eaten on Christmas Day (five percent)
5. In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter (four percent)
6. A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet (four percent)
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 (3.5 percent)
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 (three percent)
9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour (three percent)
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 (two percent)

Came across these ridiculous laws, and was wondering if any has heard of any more stupid laws imposed to the british people over the years.....

**Kenn** · 07-Nov-07, 00:08

On the 1st Sunday in the month, yeomen are called to the lawns on Hove seafront on order to practice their archery. (Wonder what the day trippers would make of getting an arrow where it hurts!)

Freemen of the old Borough of Portslade are permitted to drive their sheep from the hills, using the drove road to the boundary road of the town.(Boundary Road us now a busy shopping centre and main access road to the port, the A259, the bypass and the A27, could get messy!)

Any welshman who crosses the border on a Monday can be legally shot with a bow and arrow on English soil.