Examples I'm looking for are things like it being illegal not to practise archery every day and that it is illegal to impersonate a Chelsea Pensioner!
2007-01-31 02:18:59 · 10 answers · asked by Craig M 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
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In London, Hackney taxis must carry a bale of hay and a sack of oats.
It is illegal to be drunk in a pub or club, or any other licensed premises.
Oddly, it is illegal to consume a mince pie on Christmas Day.
In Hereford, you may not shoot a Welsh person on Sunday with a longbow in the Cathedral Close.
However, in Chester you can only shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow inside the city walls and after midnight.
Also in York, excluding Sundays, it is apparently legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow.
In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless in public unless they are a clerk in a tropical fish store.
It is illegal for a Member of Parliament to enter the House of Commons wearing a full coat of armour.
Sleeping with a consort of the queen is classified as treason, and as such carries a maximum penalty of death.
Placing a postage stamp of the queen upside down, is also considered treason.
It is unlawful to impersonate an Chelsea pensioner.
It is illegal to sell most goods on a Sunday. It is however legal to sell a carrot. It is also legal to sell it at any price, and to give free gifts with it, such as anything else one might want to buy on a Sunday.
The following are legal though:
a male may urinate in public, so long as it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle, and his right hand is on the vehicle.
all English males over the age of 14 are to carry out approximately two hours of longbow practice a week, supervised by the local clergy.
2007-01-31 02:29:28 · answer #1 · answered by stuffnstuff 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are allowed to shoot a Welshman on sight in Chester.
Oh, the archery one is interesting. Actually, it is only on a Sunday that it is still required for all men of fighting age to practise their archery; you must ask permission of your parish priest to allow you to play football or similar ballgames instead of archery. A friend of mine actually got a group of five asiders arrested for this some years ago.
Mince pies are still technically illegal. They were banned during the Commonwealth (under Cromwell) because they were considered idolatrous.
Treason is no longer punishable by death; that was repealed in 1998.
There is a whole book full of such wonderful laws somewhere; if there isn't, there should be. It'd sell well at Christmas; what to buy for that impossible person.
2007-01-31 10:32:51 · answer #2 · answered by Vivienne T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ludicrously, it's illegal to be pissed in a pub, but legal for a five year old child to drink alcohol at a private party.
And the death sentence was rescinded in this country, under European law, a few years back (1999, I think). You can now commit treason, piracy with violence and arson in a dockyard safe in the knowledge you won't be hung!
2007-01-31 10:36:06 · answer #3 · answered by Gerbil 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently in some border counties it is still legal to shoot a Welshman with a bow and arrow in the center of the city on a certain sunday of the year, No-one will say which sunday though.
2007-02-04 06:29:01 · answer #4 · answered by Bob T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its still legal to shoot a Scotsman from York city walls with a bow and arrow on a Wednesday! And its also illegal to eat mince pies on xmas day.
2007-01-31 10:29:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Still on the books:
If you shake your doormat after 8am.
If you string your washing across the street.
If you ride off to Parliament in a full suit of armour while in a state of inebriation.
Any whale that washes up on shore of the UK belongs to the Queen.
If you fire a cannon inside your house (that one is great!).
2007-01-31 10:25:55 · answer #6 · answered by Blitzhund 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can still face the death penalty for
a) Setting a fire in HM Dockyards
b) Having carnal knowledge of the heir to the throne.
2007-01-31 10:22:48 · answer #7 · answered by Fuentes 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well I am sorry I live in USA but here in the state where I live oral sex is illegal....(had to share that with you)
I wonder what kind of "sting" they could use to enforce that one!!!
2007-01-31 10:23:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Males may piss on the back left wheel of their carriage.
2007-01-31 10:27:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
its illegal to bj in the street :( dats stupid.......not legal to ride bike in town centres
2007-01-31 10:22:39 · answer #10 · answered by YAHOO! Answers 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋