Law | T/F? |
It is illegal to drive any cattle through any street between the hours of 10am and 7pm. | |
It is illegal for a woman to be topless in the city of Liverpool, unless they work in a tropical fish store. | |
It is illegal to get a fish drunk. | |
London taxi drivers must ask all passengers if they have smallpox or the plague. | |
It is illegal to live and attend school in Wales and have not received lessons in the Welsh language by the age of 11. | |
It is illegal to keep a pigsty in front of your house, unless it is hidden from public view. | |
It is illegal for paddlesteamer or cruise liner to pass through Royal Leamington Spa without reciting a sonnet from Romeo and Juliet loudly enough for the town cryer to hear. | |
It is illegal to enter the Tower of London wearing a kilt or carrying bagpipes. | |
It is illegal to order or permit any servant to stand on the sill of any window to clean or paint it. | |
Treason in England, Scotland and Wales is punishable with the death penalty. | |
It is illegal for Scotch whisky to be produced with an alcohol content below 40%. | |
It is illegal to erect a washing line across any street. | |
It is illegal for a Frenchman to enter the city walls of Hastings without showing their passport or national ID card at the relevant checkpoints. | |
All English males over the age of 14 are to carry out two hours of longbow practice every week, supervised by the local clergy. | |
It is illegal to take a picture of a rabbit from January to April without an official permit. | |
Royal Navy ships that enter the Port of London are required to provide a barrel of rum to the Constable of the Tower of London. | |
A pregnant lady is allowed to relieve herself anywhere she likes, including in the hat of a London policeman. | |
It is illegal to enter the hull of the RMS Titanic without permission from the Secretary of State. | |
It is illegal to be drunk and in charge of a cow in Scotland. | |
It is illegal to be part of a group or movement which actively and vocally condone Nazi policies and viewpoints. | |
It is illegal to watch live television without a licence having been purchased for the address. | |
It is LEGAL to shoot a Welshman in the city of Chester, as long as it is within the city walls and using a crossbow. | |
It is illegal to stay on the London Underground's Circle line for over 5 hours unless there are 'extreme unavoidable' delays. | |
It is illegal in the city of Shrewsbury not to hold a door open for someone who is approaching the door and is less than 8 yards away. | |
It is illegal to import potatoes into England or Wales if one has reasonable cause to suspect that they are Polish potatoes. | |
A gentleman must remove his top hat when boarding and travelling on a London Underground train. | |
It is illegal to cause a nuclear explosion. | |
It is illegal to gamble in a library. | |
Any whale or great Sturgeon caught in the UK becomes the property of the Queen. | |
It is illegal to perform a homosexual act unless it is consensual, in private and limited to 2 people above the age of 21. | |
It is illegal on the Welsh island of Anglesey to own or use a car, motorbike or milk float. Tractors however, are exempt. | |
It is illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas day in England. | |
It is illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purposes of gambling. | |
It is illegal to mine or attempt to mine Plutonium without permission of the Home Secretary. | |
It is illegal to let your pet mate with any pet from the Royal House. | |
It is illegal to beat or shake any carpet rug or mat in any street in the Metropolitan Police District, unless it is a doormat and it is before 8am. | |
It is illegal to capture an alligator, an alligator's skin or any part of an alligator, dead or alive. | |
It is illegal to fire a cannon within 300 yards of anybody's house. | |
It is illegal to drive a car containing a dog that is not restrained using a safety harness, unless it is held in the arms of a passenger. | |
It is illegal to have an abortion in Northern Ireland, apart from in 'exceptional circumstances'. | |
It is illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purposes of gambling. | |
It is illegal to order or permit any servant to stand on the sill of any window to clean or paint it. | |
It is illegal to drive any cattle through any street between the hours of 10am and 7pm. | |
It is illegal to drive a car containing a dog that is not restrained using a safety harness, unless it is held in the arms of a passenger. | |
It is illegal to cause a nuclear explosion. | |
It is illegal to beat or shake any carpet rug or mat in any street in the Metropolitan Police District, unless it is a doormat and it is before 8am. | |
It is illegal to perform a homosexual act unless it is consensual, in private and limited to 2 people above the age of 21. | |
It is illegal to enter the Tower of London wearing a kilt or carrying bagpipes. | |
It is illegal to be drunk and in charge of a cow in Scotland. | |
It is illegal to enter the hull of the RMS Titanic without permission from the Secretary of State. | |
It is illegal to capture an alligator, an alligator's skin or any part of an alligator, dead or alive. | |
It is illegal to mine or attempt to mine Plutonium without permission of the Home Secretary. | |
It is illegal to live and attend school in Wales and have not received lessons in the Welsh language by the age of 11. | |
It is LEGAL to shoot a Welshman in the city of Chester, as long as it is within the city walls and using a crossbow. | |
It is illegal for a woman to be topless in the city of Liverpool, unless they work in a tropical fish store. | |
Any whale or great Sturgeon caught in the UK becomes the property of the Queen. | |
All English males over the age of 14 are to carry out two hours of longbow practice every week, supervised by the local clergy. | |
It is illegal to gamble in a library. | |
It is illegal to let your pet mate with any pet from the Royal House. | |
A gentleman must remove his top hat when boarding and travelling on a London Underground train. | |
It is illegal for paddlesteamer or cruise liner to pass through Royal Leamington Spa without reciting a sonnet from Romeo and Juliet loudly enough for the town cryer to hear. | |
It is illegal to fire a cannon within 300 yards of anybody's house. | |
It is illegal to erect a washing line across any street. | |
It is illegal to import potatoes into England or Wales if one has reasonable cause to suspect that they are Polish potatoes. | |
It is illegal to be part of a group or movement which actively and vocally condone Nazi policies and viewpoints. | |
It is illegal for a Frenchman to enter the city walls of Hastings without showing their passport or national ID card at the relevant checkpoints. | |
It is illegal to watch live television without a licence having been purchased for the address. | |
It is illegal to stay on the London Underground's Circle line for over 5 hours unless there are 'extreme unavoidable' delays. | |
A pregnant lady is allowed to relieve herself anywhere she likes, including in the hat of a London policeman. | |
It is illegal to get a fish drunk. | |
Royal Navy ships that enter the Port of London are required to provide a barrel of rum to the Constable of the Tower of London. | |
London taxi drivers must ask all passengers if they have smallpox or the plague. | |
It is illegal for Scotch whisky to be produced with an alcohol content below 40%. | |
It is illegal on the Welsh island of Anglesey to own or use a car, motorbike or milk float. Tractors however, are exempt. | |
It is illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas day in England. | |
It is illegal in the city of Shrewsbury not to hold a door open for someone who is approaching the door and is less than 8 yards away. | |
It is illegal to have an abortion in Northern Ireland, apart from in 'exceptional circumstances'. | |
Treason in England, Scotland and Wales is punishable with the death penalty. | |
It is illegal to keep a pigsty in front of your house, unless it is hidden from public view. | |
It is illegal to take a picture of a rabbit from January to April without an official permit. | |