It's often been said...

[Chantal]

... that the law's an ass.

I think this may be some of the evidence

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh ... aws206.xml

[alan refail]

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

Where was it Lizzie works

[Compo]

They are great aren't they although sadly if you read on the topless one in Liverpool is just a myth, but if you do die in the houses of parliament you are entitled to a state funeral

[Mike Vogel]

In the Book of Heroic Failures we find that the state of Colorado once legislated that the value of pi was henceforward to be 4. As

mikepi is the rati between a circle's circumference and its diameter, I presume all motorists, cyclists and prampushers, among others broke the law every time they used anything involving a perfect circle.

mike

[lizzie]

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

Where was it Lizzie works

Not in a tropical fish store........anyway, my chest kept getting trapped in the till

[Geoff]

Did you hear that Sunderland cannot hold outdoor markets because they are within a days donkey ride of an existing one?

[Chantal]

Here's a few more

UK (some of these do not apply in Scotland or others in Wales):

1. It is illegal for taxi drivers to carry rabid dogs or corpses.
2. A taxi driver must ask passengers if they are suffering from plague or smallpox.
3. A member of the House of Commons is not allowed to resign his seat. However, if one wants to leave the post, he applies for (and is automatically granted) the Stewardship of the Aylesbury Hundred, which is a job with no duties or pay but which makes him ineligible for membership of Parliament.
4. Anyone entering the Houses of Parliament while wearing a suit of armour is liable to be arrested.
5. Any whale washed up on the shore is the property of the Queen, so she can use its bones for her corset.
6. In Hereford you can shoot a Welsh person on a Sunday, with a longbow, in the Cathedral Close.
7. You can shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow in Chester, inside the city walls and after midnight.
8. It is legal for a male to urinate in public, as long it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.
9. A bed may not be hung out of a window.
10. It is illegal for a lady to eat chocolates on a public conveyance.
11. It is illegal to be drunk on licenced premises.
12. Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end may be sentenced to 24 hours in the stocks.
13. Any boy under the age of 10 may not see a naked mannequin.
14. In London it is illegal to hail a taxi while suffering from bubonic plague.
15. It is illegal to go within 100 yards of the queen when not wearing socks.

The Welsh had better watch out if this lot is to be believed

[Johnboy]

Hi Chantal,
Years ago Air Force Law stated that an Airman should not be billeted more than 100 yards away from his horse!
JB.

[peter]

Hi Chantal,
Years ago Air Force Law stated that an Airman should not be billeted more than 100 yards away from his horse!
JB.

and quite rightly so, his horse might get lonely otherwise.

Doubtless a hangover from when certain cavalry regiments became the Royal Flying Corp.