List of Stupid British Laws


	List of Stupid British Laws

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3-25-2008 4:16 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/145ef281-341d-4abb-b883-22c747435201/3A3770B9-2C26-456A-B6BA-93E818555F1A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_stupidest_laws_in_Britain_revealed&oldid=562836" href="http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_stupidest_laws_in_Britain_revealed&oldid=562836" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikinews.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_stupidest_laws_in_Britain_revealed&oldid=562836"><H1 class="firstHeading">List of stupidest laws in Britain revealed</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_stupidest_laws_in_Britain_revealed&oldid=562836">
The results of a survey by the <A title="United Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/United_Kingdom">UK</A> TV station <A title="w:UKTV_Gold" class="extiw" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKTV_Gold">UKTV Gold</A> has revealed the 10 most stupid laws</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_stupidest_laws_in_Britain_revealed&oldid=562836"> It is unclear as to how many of the laws are true, or still in effect but at least one has been determined as being a myth. The ten laws are listed below.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_stupidest_laws_in_Britain_revealed&oldid=562836">It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_stupidest_laws_in_Britain_revealed&oldid=562836">It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside-down</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_stupidest_laws_in_Britain_revealed&oldid=562836">In <A title="w:Liverpool" class="extiw" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool">Liverpool</A>, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_stupidest_laws_in_Britain_revealed&oldid=562836">A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_stupidest_laws_in_Britain_revealed&oldid=562836">The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the king, and the tail of the queen.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_stupidest_laws_in_Britain_revealed&oldid=562836">In the city of <A title="w:York" class="extiw" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York">York</A> it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_stupidest_laws_in_Britain_revealed&oldid=562836">In <A title="Scotland" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Scotland">Scotland</A>, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3A3770B9-2C26-456A-B6BA-93E818555F1A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>