just got this from yahoo.

Most ridiculous British law:

1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament

2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside-down

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

4. Mince pies cannot be eaten on Christmas Day

5. In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter

6. A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet

7. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the king, and the tail of the queen

8. It is illegal to avoid telling the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing

9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour

10. In the city of York it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow

i like number 6, it is hard to be a cob.


peter

I like law 10 - free bows for Scot in York, I say!!

I think that might only be during the hours of darkness and possibly applies in Carlisle as well. I would"nt like to make a test case of it!
(except maybe for George Galloway!)
good shooting

I was told that we could kill a scotsman but only on a sunday and we had to use the bow & arrow!!
As you see I live in York.

If I recall correctly, one is entitled to 5 Pounds if one presents the head of a Catholic Bishop at the gates of Buckingham Palace.