Wednesday, 07 November 2007

• The Most Indicrous Laws in UK

  People who have been to Britain must have this feeling : Britons are just so weird and hard to get closed. Except Britons themselves. But when it comes to laws in Britain, it's just far beyond your imagination.

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  The UK's top 10 most ridiculous British laws were listed as:

• 1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27%)

• 2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British king or queen's image upside-down (7%)

• 3. It is illegal for a woman to be topless in Liverpool except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (6%)

• 4. Eating mince pies on Christmas Day is banned (5%)

• 5. If someone knocks on your door in Scotland and requires the use of your toilet, you are required to let them enter (4%)

• 6. In the UK a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet (4%)

• 7. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the King, and the tail of the Queen (3.5%)

• 8. It is illegal not to tell the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing (3%)

• 9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament wearing a suit of armour (3%)

• 10. It is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls of York, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow (2%)

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  Britain may be weird, but i just love this country.

  (Source: bbc.co.uk)