2007-02-15 05:59:00 · 15 answers · asked by Just for Laughs 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Its Illegal to eat mince pies on christmas day in England
also more english laws
It is legal for a male to urinate in public, as long it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle
A bed may not be hung out of a window
Taxi drivers are required to ask all passengers if they have smallpox or the plague
Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end will be sentenced to 24 hours in the village stocks (enacted by Edward VI)
Any boy under the age of 10 may not see a naked mannequin
Throughout the whole of England it is illegal to eat mince pies on the 25th of December
It is illegal to be drunk on licensed premises
In Chester There, an ancient law says Welsh people can be shot with a bow and arrow inside the city walls and after midnight.
2007-02-15 06:06:25 · answer #1 · answered by Robert G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in the 1950s, there was a law in a Mississippi town that ordained that the river running through the town center could not rise above the level of the bridge that spanned it. I can't remember when, but a year or two after it was passed the river flooded and destroyed the bridge. Poetic justice, that.
Of course, there are a whole slew of other laws I could choose from... Let's not go out on a limb here and say the Social Security Act or the Sherman Antitrust Act; those two alone likely caused more damage to the economy than any others I can think of.
By the way... Is it even possible to whistle underwater?!
2007-02-16 15:37:06 · answer #2 · answered by Richard S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure about the daftest but the most dangerous is easily the Human Rights Act. Why in Gods holy name was it passed?
2007-02-15 15:33:42 · answer #3 · answered by selkent 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Labour passed a law some years ago - £5,000 fine if your kids don't go to school. NO-ONE has EVER been fined this. The average is £25!
Even then, most of the fines go unpaid.
2007-02-15 14:27:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
uk 1600's
law no wheels on public highway
this means no buggy's
no push bikes
no wheelchairs
on the public footpaths
it's still law tho
lol but not used that ofter
if it were how many mothers would be forced to carry the children and bags of shopping
2007-02-17 18:53:58 · answer #5 · answered by areyurflowersinbloom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im sure at one point,about 15 years ago,it was illegal to dance on a sunday in Jersey
2007-02-15 19:58:35 · answer #6 · answered by stef8705 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baning Fox hunting.
2007-02-15 14:09:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
state of missouri - until recently was legal to carry in the head of a mormon to a city courthouse and recieve $10.
also, illeagal to turn over a turtle in california
2007-02-15 14:08:13 · answer #8 · answered by mizzouswm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, i know of a state, not sure which one it was, that insisited that if a woman wants to drive a car, the man has to walk in front of the car waving a flag and blowing a horn! but there are a lot worse. that one's just stupid
2007-02-15 14:04:15 · answer #9 · answered by Strohberries 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Banning the production of new fully automatic firearms for civilian use.
2007-02-15 14:07:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋