Stupid Laws.....

[Mad Cow]

STICK a stamp with the Queen's head on it upside down on a letter and you are committing treason. This law was passed in 1840 when the first penny black was issued to stop people "insulting the monarchy".
IT is illegal to have sex on a parked motorcycle in London since a law passed just after the Second World War.
WOMEN are allowed to bite off a man's nose if he kisses her against her will in a law that dates back to 1837.
MUNCH on a mince pie this Xmas and you are breaking the law. Oliver Cromwell banned them in the 17th Century because he said they were not Puritan enough.
ALL Englishmen over the age of 14 must spend two hours a week practising the LONGBOW, supervised by the local clergy. This law dates from the middle ages when there was no standing army so in times of war noblemen were required to provide knights, archers and infantry.
BREAK your boiled egg at the pointed end and you can be put in the stocks for 24 hours under a law passed in 1561 by King Edward VI.

WEAR a tall hat at the theatre and you could be fined since someone sat in front of Oliver Cromwell and obstructed his view of the stage.
DON'T make fun of a boxer during a bout or you're breaking the law and can be thrown out on the street. "Insulting or abusive remarks directed at the contestants" are out.
BE careful where you scatter a loved-one's ashes as you will be breaking the law if you spread them where they could contaminate the water supply.
EVER been lost going round a strange round about for the first time? Well if you circle it more than THREE times, you could be arrested as it is an offence.
NO matter how heated Prime Minister's Question Time gets, Tony Blair and David Cameron are banned from putting on ARMOUR in Parliament since a law passed in 1313.
LET a desperate stranger into your house to use the loo and - if you live in Scotland - you're committing an offence according to a law dating from 1791.
STEALING post from the Royal Mail is an offence because it is still classed as an act of treason.
COUPLES in Birmingham can be fined £25 if they have sex "on the steps of any church after the sun goes down". However, the law says nothing about doing it in broad daylight...
A BLOODHOUND is the only animal in the world whose evidence is admissible in a court of law.
IT is illegal to take a cow along a road between the hours of 10am and 7pm - unless you have permission in advance from the Commissioner of Police. forbids "harbouring a Catholic priest".
OFFER your local Father Ted a cup of tea and you can be tortured or even hangtured under a laed of dating from Eliza1 beth I's reign that
DON'T go to a fancy dress party as a Chelsea Pensioner. Because they are entitled to increased state benefits and subsidised housing, it is an offence to pretend you are one.
MEN caught short in the street are legally allowed to urinate in public, but ONLY on the rear wheel of their own car on the driver's side of the vehicle.
SPRING cleaning? Hang a bed out of your window and you can be jailed for up to five years...
IT is against the law to be drunk in a pub or bar says the Licensing Act passed during the First World War.
IT is illegal to show affection in public in Wales on Sundays.
ALL cyclists must ring their bells non-stop while the bike is moving, says a law passed in 1888.
HUNKS in Birmingham face a fine if they go topless in the city centre.
RIDING a bike or a horse while drunk is illegal.
BOYS under 10 are forbidden to look at naked mannequins. This dates from the reign of George V in the 1900s when mannequins first began to appear in shop windows and young boys' eyes started popping out.
AND loony laws are not just passed in this country...
ANYONE who detonates a nuclear device in the city limits in Chico, California, can be fined $500 (about £260). If anyone's still around to collect it, that is...
DONALD Duck comics were once banned in Finland because he never wore trousers.
DOCTORS are banned from looking directly at a woman's private parts in Bahrain, so docs who need to carry out examinations have to use a mirror.
IT is illegal to set a mousetrap in California if you don't have a HUNTING licence.
THE entire Encyclopaedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home.
MEN who wear skirts in Italy can be thrown in jail. Good job David Beckham plays in Spain, then.
YOU can be thrown in jail in Burma for going on the Internet. Anyone found in possession of a modem can be imprisoned.
IT is illegal for a man with a moustache to kiss a woman in Eureka, Nevada.
IF a child burps in church in Nebraska, his or her parents can be arrested. It is also illegal in that state for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a licence.
MICKEY Mouse was banned in Romania in 1935 because officials thought the sight of a ten-foot high rodent on screen would terrify the nation's children.

[Haqa]

But...

It is not illegal to drive (pilot, captain??) a barge, narrow boat or canal boat whilst drunk.

Whilst necrophillia and beastiality are illegal, it would appear that someone forgot that common passtime of necro-beastiality as it is not illegal, either.

H.

[Mad Cow]

Only you could think of them loopholes!!!!

[Haqa]

Well actually I know someone who has used one of those loopholes...



H.

[Sweetpea]

I don't think this is in your list MC, but it is still a legal requirement to carry a bale of hay in the boot of a taxi, to feed the horse

[emmylou]

'STICK a stamp with the Queen's head on it upside down on a letter and you are committing treason. This law was passed in 1840 when the first penny black was issued to stop people "insulting the monarchy".'

but its ok to lick the back of her head????

[terrywit]

Originally Posted by Mad Cow

EVER been lost going round a strange round about for the first time? Well if you circle it more than THREE times, you could be arrested as it is an offence.

once is traffic offence?

[Mad Cow]

No it says if you go round it 3 times it's an offence.

[terrywit]

your not meant to cross the point where you entered?

I bet a fair amount on that list are local bylaws

[Mad Cow]

Oh probably local laws... Bored local mp's or local mary whitehouse's summat like that!