Stupid Laws in United Kingdom page 3 of 4

It is illegal to hail a taxi while suffering from bubonic plague.

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It is illegal to eat mince pies on December 25.

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This decree from Oliver Cromwell in 1644 was meant to combat gluttony. You’re all criminals!

Any boy under the age of 10 may not see a naked mannequin.

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Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end may be sentenced to 24 hours in the stocks.

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It is illegal to be drunk on licensed premises.

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

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Nineteenth century, the bastion of women’s lib.

A bed may not be hung out of a window.

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Women are permitted to go topless in Liverpool provided they work as a clerk in a shop selling tropical fish.

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Urban legend? No one on the Liverpool City Council will give credence to a law along these lines. Seems like there must have been a story behind this one…

It is legal for a male to urinate in public, as long it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.

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

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