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Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 17 Mar 2012 20:18

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Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 17 Mar 2012 20:19



It is illegal to flag down a taxi in London, if you suffer from the plague.

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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 17 Mar 2012 20:19

no!

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 17 Mar 2012 20:19

Didn't they stop then or did they drive you straight to the police station?

supercrutch

supercrutch Report 17 Mar 2012 20:24

Oh! However will I get from Waterloo to Battersea?

Will I have to ring my little bell too?

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Jones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 17 Mar 2012 20:26

Is it just a taxi?

Wonders about the tube or bus.

****hmmm seems to me there would be more risk of contamination by public transport****

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 17 Mar 2012 20:26

lol...I see you are all in fine form tonight .....here is another.....


It is illegal to be drunk on Licensed Premises.


for more English laws still not repealed....

http://www.getmeasolicitor.com/strange-english-laws.htm

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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 17 Mar 2012 20:27

what!

It is illegal for a lady to eat chocolates on a public conveyance.

supercrutch

supercrutch Report 17 Mar 2012 20:30

Good plan Lynda *looks around for a handy burka* :-D

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Jones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 17 Mar 2012 20:30


Throughout the whole of England it is illegal to eat mince pies on the 25th of December.

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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 17 Mar 2012 20:31

Lynda, according to the link, taxi drivers have to ask each passenger whether they have small pox or the plague?

Now, you wouldn't lie to them, would you?

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 17 Mar 2012 20:33

Susan..... not eat mince pies on christmas day? they're just making these up surely?

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 17 Mar 2012 20:36

Don't ask me.....I haven't seen the inside of a pub since goodness knows when.....but here is one for the Londoners......One for yourself, that is.:-D

Londoners are not allowed to keep a pigsty in the front of their homes.

I wonder if it is ok if the Londoner moves to another part of the country......hmmm!......orft to ponder

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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 17 Mar 2012 20:38

how about inside their homes or behind their homes? ***hmmm not a very effective law that***

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 17 Mar 2012 20:39

isn't there some silly law stating
a London cabbie can widdle up the back wheel of his taxi

but only if he is carrying a bale of hay in the back

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The birth of Middlesbrough

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 17 Mar 2012 20:41

and eating a mince pie? ;-)

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 17 Mar 2012 20:42

Lolololol....now you have got to be making that up Joy

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~Lynda~

~Lynda~ Report 17 Mar 2012 20:44

My home in London is immaculate thank you very much, the only pigs are on the farm which is at the back of the house!
It's my country home that is a pigsty, front & back :-)

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Love London, Love Life~ It's the law

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 17 Mar 2012 20:45

All English Men over 14 are meant to carry out 2 hours of longbow practice each weekand supervised by the local clergy. This law dates from the middle ages when there was no regular British army and local gentry were ordered to train a quota of knights, archers, infantry, etc.

hmmm, seem like most of the country have broken the law.

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 17 Mar 2012 20:46

i wasn't really

also there an old law never repealed saying
we have to practice our archery on a sunday

i much prefer a AK47 myself

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