weird laws

[Ken Gargett]

here is a list of some of the weird laws still on the books. i want to know the penalty for 24. how do you manage 8 and 14. how is anyone left alive in indonesia?

25. It is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabid dogs or corpses.

24. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.

23. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside down.

22. In France, it is forbidden to call a pig Napoleon.

21. Under the UK�s Tax Avoidance Schemes Regulations 2006, it is illegal not to tell the taxman anything you don�t want him to know, though you don�t have to tell him anything you don�t mind him knowing.

20. In Alabama, it is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle.

19. In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk.

18. Royal Navy ships that enter the Port of London must provide a barrel of rum to the Constable of the Tower of London.

17. In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants � even, if she so requests, in a policeman�s helmet.

16. In Lancashire, no person is permitted after being asked to stop by a constable on the seashore to incite a dog to bark.

15. In Miami, Florida, it is illegal to skateboard in a police station.

14. In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation.

13. In England, all men over the age of 14 must carry out two hours of longbow practice a day.

12. In London, Freemen are allowed to take a flock of sheep across London Bridge without being charged a toll; they are also allowed to drive geese down Cheapside.

11. In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing squad.

10. In the UK, a man who feels compelled to urinate in public can do so only if he aims for his rear wheel and keeps his right hand on his vehicle.

9. In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on Sundays can be jailed.

8. In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon more than six-feet long.

7. In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and from staying after sunset.

6. 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.

5. In Boulder, Colorado, it is illegal to kill a bird within the city limits and also to �own� a pet � the town�s citizens, legally speaking, are merely �pet minders�.

4. In Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.

3. In London, it is illegal to flag down a taxi if you have the plague.

2. In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman�s genitals but is forbidden from looking directly at them during the examination; he may only see their reflection in a mirror.

1. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast is legally the property of the King; the tail, on the other hand, belongs to the Queen - in case she needs the bones for her corset.

[txcigarmadcap]

Ken......im scratching my head about #9, had i been aware of that the wife and i would have been in big trouble while at U of F Gainesville

[Curt]

#4 must be so they're ready for those spur of the moment BJs.

[crossbow]

Ken

How about the weird Aussie law that it is illegal to shoot a burglar inside your own house unless he has a gun? If he has a knife..cant shoot him either...(This is where it turns gray.....if he intends to use the knife on you, can you shoot him?)

Even Burglars have rights..right?

[Ken Gargett]

» Ken

»

» How about the weird Aussie law that it is illegal to shoot a burglar

» inside your own house unless he has a gun? If he has a knife..cant shoot

» him either...(This is where it turns gray.....if he intends to use the

» knife on you, can you shoot him?)

»

» Even Burglars have rights..right?

i'm not sure it is set out as such. the law, at least when i was at law school but who knows now, allowed the home owner to use, and i forget the exact wording but is is something like, all reasonable force etc etc, to resolve the situation. the courts have sometimes then taken it as shooting an intruder is in excess of reasonable force. i suspect if a little old lady was being hit by a body builder and grabbed a gun, it might be considered reasonable, whereas the reverse is unlikely.

[crossbow]

» » Ken

» »

» » How about the weird Aussie law that it is illegal to shoot a burglar

» » inside your own house unless he has a gun? If he has a knife..cant

» shoot

» » him either...(This is where it turns gray.....if he intends to use the

» » knife on you, can you shoot him?)

» »

» » Even Burglars have rights..right?

»

»

» i'm not sure it is set out as such. the law, at least when i was at law

» school but who knows now, allowed the home owner to use, and i forget the

» exact wording but is is something like, all reasonable force etc etc, to

» resolve the situation. the courts have sometimes then taken it as shooting

» an intruder is in excess of reasonable force. i suspect if a little old

» lady was being hit by a body builder and grabbed a gun, it might be

» considered reasonable, whereas the reverse is unlikely.

Might as well ask him to come in for a drink. Tell him to take what he wants and claim it in the insurance later. Civilized way of being burgled.

Right?

[Freefallguy]

» i'm not sure

What else would one expect from a conveyance lawyer?;-)

[n2advnture]

» 14. In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation.

ROFLMAO!!!

[atomross13]

» 8. In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon more than

» six-feet long.

»

Dang now I will have to get that penis reduction surgery, or move??

[Ken Gargett]

» Ken

»

» How about the weird Aussie law that it is illegal to shoot a burglar

» inside your own house unless he has a gun? If he has a knife..cant shoot

» him either...(This is where it turns gray.....if he intends to use the

» knife on you, can you shoot him?)

»

» Even Burglars have rights..right?

i should also add that most aussies have a slightly different attitude to guns than some other countries whose founders apparently decreed it was ok to wander the streets with anti-tank weapons and fire them at anyone who sneezes out of turn. i know i felt deprived going to a school where kids carried footballs and cricket bats instead of uzis.

[GoSteelers]

In Lexington Kentucky it is illegal to carry an icecream cone in your pocket.

[atomross13]

» In Lexington Kentucky it is illegal to carry an icecream cone in your

» pocket.

on Sunday, only.

[shrink]

14. In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation.