Don’t You Just Love Absurd Laws?
BBC News had a poll recently to find what people thought was the most riduculous law. This covered laws in multiple countries, not just the UK.
I have to admit they came up with some doozies.
It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament
That was the winner, with 27% of the vote. Definitely pretty silly, but my personal favorite was:
It is illegal for a woman to be topless in Liverpool except as a clerk in a tropical fish store
just because I have to wonder how the exemption came about.
There are plenty of absurd laws in many countries, but this was a really good list. It’s a good thing that most of these aren’t enforced.
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November 7th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Note to self: don’t get job in tropical fish store in Liverpool.
November 7th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
I’ll bet that the penalties for dying in Parliament are pretty severe.
November 15th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
I’ll bet that the penalties for dying in Parliament are pretty severe.
Indeed — it’s a death penalty.