Odd laws – UK edition
My friend Jay from Minnesota recently sent me a link to a fascinating AFP article as found on Yahoo. The title? “Die and you’re under arrest!”
Every country, state, and city have oddball laws on the books. Most of them haven’t been officially stricken simply because they’ve been made obsolete by other laws, but they’re still “on the books.”
The article lists the top ten ridiculous laws in Britain, as voted by about 4000 people. My favourites are these:
- It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.
- In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store.
- A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman’s helmet.
- 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
Crazy, huh?
So I guess this means that if you’re a pregnant woman working at a fish store within the ancient city walls of York, you’re permitted to urinate into a policeman’s helmet while topless and murder the Scotsman who comes into the store, but only if he’s an armed archer.
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