Lol at number 3!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071106/od_afp/britainlawsoffbeat
Respondents were given a shortlist and asked to vote.
Most ridiculous British law:
- It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27 percent)
- It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside-down (seven percent)
- In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (six percent)
- Mince pies cannot be eaten on Christmas Day (five percent)
- In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter (four percent)
- A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman’s helmet (four percent)
- 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)
- 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)
- It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour (three percent)
- 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)
