General Chat

To start you off -
It is still offence today for a hackney cab not to carry a bale of hay in the boot of their carriage!
Would love to see a Police Officer enforce that one......
Jayne

There is a by-law that says you can't put your washing out to dry on a Sunday.

A neighbour once told me not to do this when my brood were small. I said, that if God didn't want me to dry washing on the Sabbeth, then He should send me a week without rain!!

Placing a postage stamp bearing the monarch’s head upside down on an envelope is considered as act of treason.

Also, defacing or destroying anything bearing a likeness of the monarch is illegal. This includes burning paper money or tearing a stamp apart

Oooh GwenWould like to see someone done for treason for putting the stamp upside down - glad i havent been caught for that one, lol

AND.... don't forget to practice your archery on Sunday.
Deanna X

Annina, of course I never put my washing out on a sunday and hope you dont either!!!! Why - coz too busy practicing my Archery Deanna!!!!

It is illegal in England to state in print that a wife can & should derive sexual pleasure from intercourse.

Why arent these old laws re-pealed I would like to know?

Dermot - I wonder whether its the same for the husband, lol - I know the answer o that one a resounding NO.......

Under current legislation, it is a crime to lie to a government official but not for a government official to lie to the people.

Joan, dont give anyone any ideas lol

Thats it, i'm never going to York and wearing ma kilt lol

I was told that it is not an offence for a man to relieve himself, in the street, as long as it is against the front offside tyre of the vehicle.
Liz

Dear All

Hello,

Did you know that it is illegal to do any work on Christmas Day?

It goes back to the days of Cromwell and the Puritans.

This law has never been reviewed.

Best wishes
xx

Liz - sounds like you've been fobbed off! Tyres are a relatively recent invention!
It's illegal for a man to relieve himself in public (they only do it 'cos they can!) - but not for a woman. The reason?
A man exposes his genitals - a woman doesn't.

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

Oooh errr Elizabeth, I think I must be a criminal then.

I worked for 15 years in a hotel, and Christmas Day was basically forced work. There was no overtime, it was paid at single rate, and if anyone failed to turn up it was accepted as their resignation, and there was no job to return to after christmas. The bosses did enforce this as well.

This is the reason I would never go out for Christmas Dinner, knowing that the staff were unable to be with their families, due to the greed of hotel managements.

Dianne xx

A Muslim man is allowed 4 wives, but a Muslim woman is not allowed 4 husbands.
Would make so much more sense if she was.

Doesn't that old law exist that you must go to church on Sunday's?

Along the lines of the Scotsman in York above, there is apparently a local by-law in Hereford that alows you to kill a Welshman with a crossbow. I'm told it's the only town in England where a comparable statute still exists.

I'd love to know when THAT one was last enforced!

Puzzle: How to get Gordon Brown & Alastair Darling up to York on a Sunday ?

I think the law about urinating in the street has something to do with having to keep hold of the horse if the man was driving a cart.