General Chat

don't worry, i didn't make the connection at first either, google is such a wonderful thing lol

Der......silly me.......What Red said

the plague lasted a long time after 1665....it probably still exists today

Hi John

where does it say 1665?....There has got to be a law against it somewhere :-D

Taxis didn't exist in 1665.

A Police Officer cannot arrest you without his hat on.

Carol

In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants

If you fancy eating a mince pie in England this Christmas Day,
you could find yourself in legal hot water.

But nip across the border into Wales or Scotland,
and you can tuck into this festive treat to your heart's content.

:-P :-P :-Pand :-P



Liverpool

It is illegal for a woman to be topless in public except as a clerk in a tropical fish store.

Chester

You can only shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow inside the city walls and after midnight.

Hereford

You may not shoot a Welsh person on Sunday with a longbow in the Cathedral Close.

but apparently you can still shoot a scotsman with a bow and arrow in York....except on a Sunday

You have stunned Susan into silence and that doesn't happen often :-D :-D

I wonder what the reasoning behind this law was

Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end will be sentenced to 24 hours in the village stocks (enacted by Edward VI).


Lol Lynda.....we know the reasoning behind your law

that's an odd number...79p




Update.....

None of you can come to stay with me because.....


A license is required to keep a lunatic. :-D :-D :-D

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D @ Lynda (you catch on quick doncha?)

Lol and Lol

bet you have broken this law


if a poststage stamp with the Queens head on is placed upside down it is counted as Treason, which still carries the death penalty. Hmm do you think the Queen knows of this law?


Read more: http://socyberty.com/law/10-hilariously-weird-laws-of-england/#ixzz1pPQCrsJg

my great grandfather was fine 4 pence for not marking his pig
and a shilling for not going to church

lol Lynda :-D

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also there an old law never repealed saying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

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.

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 :-)

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

and eating a mince pie? ;-)