Strange Laws still going

[DTCwordfan]

Invictas made a point about hetero (not homo) acts of bu$$ery being illegal in the UK. Penalty 40 years last case 1920)

I thought that Strange Laws would be a good Sat pm thread. Here goes:

It is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabid dogs or corpses.

It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.

It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside down.

In France, it is forbidden to call a pig Napoleon.

In Alabama, it is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle.

In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk.

Royal Navy ships that enter the Port of London must provide a barrel of rum to the Constable of the Tower of London.

In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants – even, if she so requests, in a policeman’s helmet.

In Lancashire, no person is permitted after being asked to stop by a constable on the seashore to incite a dog to bark.

In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation.

In England, all men over the age of 14 must carry out two hours of longbow practice a day.

In London, Freemen are allowed to take a flock of sheep across London Bridge without being charged a toll; they are also allowed to drive geese down Cheapside.

In the UK, a man who feels compelled to urinate in public can do so only if he aims for his rear wheel and keeps his right hand on his vehicle.

In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and from staying after sunset.

In York, it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow.

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In London, it is illegal to flag down a taxi if you have the plague.

[pastafreak]

Hers's a load of crazy ones from the country of my birth....I like the one that makes it illegal to play cards in the street with a Native American......;-0

http://informationcentral0.tripod.com/id7.html

[NoMercy]

In Michigan it is illegal to chain an alligator to a fire hydrant.

Tie it to a lamp post instead, I say.

[DTCwordfan]

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