# Top ten most rediculous british laws
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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [November 7, 2007, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-ten-most-rediculous-british-laws/38341 "2007-11-07T06:21:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2007, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-ten-most-rediculous-british-laws/38341/1 "2007-11-07T06:21:09Z")
Lol at number 3!
[http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071106/od\_afp/britainlawsoffbeat](http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071106/od_afp/britainlawsoffbeat)
> Respondents were given a shortlist and asked to vote.
> 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)
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2007, 6:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-ten-most-rediculous-british-laws/38341/2 "2007-11-07T06:38:35Z")
Not bad.
#3… “No, I need the snails from the bottom of the cold tank”. /deuce
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### Author:  [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2007, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-ten-most-rediculous-british-laws/38341/3 "2007-11-07T06:42:56Z")
I like #10…I would set an enemy up for that one…
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### Author:  [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2007, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-ten-most-rediculous-british-laws/38341/4 "2007-11-07T06:52:27Z")
i’ll wear my armor any damn place i want
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### Author:  [@SoloIIscoob](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoloIIscoob)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2007, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-ten-most-rediculous-british-laws/38341/5 "2007-11-07T09:07:22Z")
lol @ pregnant women being able to relieve themselves anywhere they want including a police officer’s helmet
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### Author:  [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2007, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-ten-most-rediculous-british-laws/38341/6 "2007-11-07T11:00:16Z")
How do you charge a person with #1, quick get them out before he dies.
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### Author:  [@Pass\_McGass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pass_McGass)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2007, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-ten-most-rediculous-british-laws/38341/7 "2007-11-07T11:23:36Z")
Ridiculous. 🙂
And I would utilize #5 so often.
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### Author:  [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-ten-most-rediculous-british-laws/38341/8 "2007-11-07T19:46:41Z")
so what the hell am i supposed to eat on christmas day!!!
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### Author:  [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2007, 6:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-ten-most-rediculous-british-laws/38341/9 "2007-11-08T06:35:24Z")
[quote=“Pass McGrass,post:7,topic:38341"”]
Ridiculous. 🙂
And I would utilize #5 so often.
[/quote]
I would totally piss with the seat down too.