| Author |
 Topic Search  Topic Options
|
micky 
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: October 02 2005
Location: .
Status: Offline
Points: 46838
|
 Posted: November 06 2007 at 16:38 |
|
|
|
The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
|
 |
Syzygy
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: December 16 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 7003
|
Posted: November 06 2007 at 17:25 |
 chopper wrote:
Syzygy wrote:
One rather baffling bye law in the UK which is still in force - at least it's still prominently posted on signs listing relevant bye laws - forbids you to repair a chair on Hampstead Heath. The dark days when the phantom furniture restorer of old London town brought terror to the streets have not been forgotten, and the infamy of the Whitechapel re-upholsterer lives on to this very day  . |
Oh my God! Last time I was on Hampstead Heath, I carried out some running repairs to an old wicker chair which I happened to have with me at the time. I hope there were no CCTV cameras around!
|
Calm down Alan - knock the back off and it's legally a stool rather than a chair, and count yourself lucky it wasn't a Parker Knoll recliner. You don't want to know what happens to you in prison if you're caught with a class 'a' comfy chair...
|
|
'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
|
|
ProgRobUK
Forum Groupie
Joined: February 12 2007
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 76
|
Posted: November 06 2007 at 17:33 |
From today's BBC News:
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%)
False teeth
Other bizarre foreign laws voted by those polled included:
In Ohio, it is illegal to get a fish drunk (9%)
In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation (8%)
A male doctor in Bahrain can only examine the genitals of a woman in the reflection of a mirror (7%)
In Switzerland, a man may not relieve himself standing up after 10pm (6%)
It is illegal to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle in Alabama (6%)
In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on a Sunday could be jailed (6%)
Women in Vermont must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth (6%)
In Milan, it is a legal requirement to smile at all times, except during funerals or hospital visits (5%)
In France, it is illegal to name a pig Napoleon (4%)
Cheers,
Rob
|
|
progcabaretdoll
Forum Groupie
Joined: September 07 2007
Location: Malaysia
Status: Offline
Points: 84
|
Posted: November 06 2007 at 17:45 |
ProgRobUK wrote:
From today's BBC News:
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%)
False teeth
Other bizarre foreign laws voted by those polled included:
In Ohio, it is illegal to get a fish drunk (9%)
In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation (8%)
A male doctor in Bahrain can only examine the genitals of a woman in the reflection of a mirror (7%)
In Switzerland, a man may not relieve himself standing up after 10pm (6%)
It is illegal to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle in Alabama (6%)
In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on a Sunday could be jailed (6%)
Women in Vermont must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth (6%)
In Milan, it is a legal requirement to smile at all times, except during funerals or hospital visits (5%)
In France, it is illegal to name a pig Napoleon (4%)
Cheers,
Rob |
Whoa, how bizarre!!
|
|
Poser
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 31 2007
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 121
|
Posted: November 06 2007 at 18:08 |
|
What happens if you enter the Houses of Parliament wearing a suit of armor, eating a poisoned mince pie on Christmas day, and then die?
|
|
|
|
andu
Forum Senior Member
Joined: September 27 2006
Location: Romania
Status: Offline
Points: 3089
|
Posted: November 06 2007 at 18:32 |
|
^ You go to Heaven?
|
|
Barla
Forum Senior Member
Joined: April 13 2006
Location: Argentina
Status: Offline
Points: 4309
|
Posted: November 06 2007 at 18:43 |
"In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation"
They must be joking...
|
|
|
|
micky
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: October 02 2005
Location: .
Status: Offline
Points: 46838
|
Posted: November 06 2007 at 18:51 |
Barla wrote:
"In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation"
They must be joking... |
hahahha... they don't f**k around there with law and order...somehow I
don't think that is one of these silly laws. I bet they would do that 
|
|
The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
|
|
Dim
Prog Reviewer
Joined: April 17 2007
Location: Austin TX
Status: Offline
Points: 6890
|
Posted: November 06 2007 at 18:52 |
Fined 1000$ for driving two MPH over the speed limit in a school zone.
That happened to my friend.
|
|
|
|
micky
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: October 02 2005
Location: .
Status: Offline
Points: 46838
|
Posted: November 06 2007 at 18:54 |
the big rage here in Northern Virginia is being tossed in jail for 6
months for throwing your sh*tty cup of 7-11 cofffee, out the
window, af the asshole who cut you off in traffic. They put a
mother of 3 from N.C. in jail for that...
|
|
The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
|
|
clarke2001
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: June 14 2006
Location: Croatia
Status: Offline
Points: 4160
|
Posted: November 06 2007 at 18:55 |
JJLehto wrote:
.In North Carolina, it is illegal to sing off key.
|
|
|
Shakespeare
Forum Senior Member
Joined: July 18 2006
Status: Offline
Points: 7744
|
Posted: November 06 2007 at 19:02 |
Poser wrote:
What happens if you enter the Houses of Parliament wearing a suit of armor, eating a poisoned mince pie on Christmas day, and then die? |
Fine of 128128128901298129812 Yen.
|
|
Barla
Forum Senior Member
Joined: April 13 2006
Location: Argentina
Status: Offline
Points: 4309
|
Posted: November 06 2007 at 19:10 |
micky wrote:
Barla wrote:
"In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation"
They must be joking... |
hahahha... they don't f**k around there with law and order...somehow I don't think that is one of these silly laws. I bet they would do that
|
That law, as many listed there are one of the most stupid things I've heard (well, read). Seems like when masturbating, you're killing the 'little friend'. 
|
|
|
|
The Doctor
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: June 23 2005
Location: The Tardis
Status: Offline
Points: 8543
|
Posted: November 06 2007 at 19:12 |
micky wrote:
the big rage here in Northern Virginia is being tossed in jail for 6 months for throwing your sh*tty cup of 7-11 cofffee, out the window, af the asshole who cut you off in traffic. They put a mother of 3 from N.C. in jail for that... |
I remember that. I'm just glad I don't live in Virginia. I do that at least once a week, and I'm not nearly as sympathetic as a mother of three. Seriously, I've often had the urge to do stuff like that to people who act like morons on the road. The driver who cut her off should have been the one to do jail time. I drive an old and busted p.o.s. and have been tempted on more than a few occasions when faced with an a..hole driver, simply to hit him.
|
|
I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
|
|
Shakespeare
Forum Senior Member
Joined: July 18 2006
Status: Offline
Points: 7744
|
Posted: November 06 2007 at 19:13 |
Barla wrote:
micky wrote:
Barla wrote:
"In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation"
They must be joking... |
hahahha... they don't f**k around there with law and order...somehow I don't think that is one of these silly laws. I bet they would do that
|
That law, as many listed there are one of the most stupid things I've heard (well, read). Seems like when masturbating, you're killing the 'little friend'. |
So it is illegal to kill your 'little friend' because that 'little friend' could have become a baby? Well by killing you, they're killing a lot more 'little friends'....
|
|
Shakespeare
Forum Senior Member
Joined: July 18 2006
Status: Offline
Points: 7744
|
Posted: November 06 2007 at 19:13 |
The Doctor wrote:
micky wrote:
the big rage here in Northern Virginia is being tossed in jail for 6 months for throwing your sh*tty cup of 7-11 cofffee, out the window, af the asshole who cut you off in traffic. They put a mother of 3 from N.C. in jail for that... |
I remember that. I'm just glad I don't live in Virginia. I do that at least once a week, and I'm not nearly as sympathetic as a mother of three. Seriously, I've often had the urge to do stuff like that to people who act like morons on the road. The driver who cut her off should have been the one to do jail time. I drive an old and busted p.o.s. and have been tempted on more than a few occasions when faced with an a..hole driver, simply to hit him. |
In Canada, there is no road rage.
|
|
Proletariat
Forum Senior Member
Joined: March 30 2007
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 1882
|
Posted: November 06 2007 at 19:15 |
Shakespeare wrote:
Barla wrote:
micky wrote:
Barla wrote:
"In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation"
They must be joking... |
hahahha... they don't f**k around there with law and order...somehow I don't think that is one of these silly laws. I bet they would do that
|
That law, as many listed there are one of the most stupid things I've heard (well, read). Seems like when masturbating, you're killing the 'little friend'. |
So it is illegal to kill your 'little friend' because that 'little friend' could have become a baby? Well by killing you, they're killing a lot more 'little friends'....
|
ummm in that case if you dont have sex at evry chance you get you are wasting a ton of potential little friends they should have a "no waisting little friends" law
|
|
who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob
|
|
Shakespeare
Forum Senior Member
Joined: July 18 2006
Status: Offline
Points: 7744
|
Posted: November 06 2007 at 19:17 |
|
Yeah.
|
|
micky
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: October 02 2005
Location: .
Status: Offline
Points: 46838
|
Posted: November 06 2007 at 19:20 |
The Doctor wrote:
micky wrote:
the big rage here in Northern Virginia
is being tossed in jail for 6 months for throwing your sh*tty cup of
7-11 cofffee, out the window, af the asshole who cut you off in
traffic. They put a mother of 3 from N.C. in jail for that... |
I remember that. I'm just glad I don't live in
Virginia. I do that at least once a week, and I'm not nearly as
sympathetic as a mother of three. Seriously, I've often had the
urge to do stuff like that to people who act like morons on the
road. The driver who cut her off should have been the one to do
jail time. I drive an old and busted p.o.s. and have been tempted
on more than a few occasions when faced with an a..hole driver, simply
to hit him. |
I know exactly what you mean hahhahah . I drive a company vehicle... it ain't mine brother  They really do drive like fools around here.
|
|
The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
|
|
The Doctor
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: June 23 2005
Location: The Tardis
Status: Offline
Points: 8543
|
Posted: November 06 2007 at 19:21 |
Proletariat wrote:
Shakespeare wrote:
Barla wrote:
micky wrote:
Barla wrote:
"In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation"
They must be joking... |
hahahha... they don't f**k around there with law and order...somehow I don't think that is one of these silly laws. I bet they would do that
|
That law, as many listed there are one of the most stupid things I've heard (well, read). Seems like when masturbating, you're killing the 'little friend'. |
So it is illegal to kill your 'little friend' because that 'little friend' could have become a baby? Well by killing you, they're killing a lot more 'little friends'....
|
ummm in that case if you dont have sex at evry chance you get you are wasting a ton of potential little friends they should have a "no waisting little friends" law |
They should have a law there that you must have sex at all times. Now that's a law I could get behind. 
|
|
I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
|
|
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.
/PAlogo_v2.gif "Progarchives.com Homepage")
Stupid Laws
...
