How weird!

I’ve taken these 25 strange laws from the Times Online. If you can find out why any of them was/were created, send us a comment, please.

25. It is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabid dogs or corpses.

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

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

22. In France, it is forbidden to call a pig Napoleon.

21. Under the UK’s Tax Avoidance Schemes Regulations 2006, it is illegal not to tell the taxman anything you don’t want him to know, though you don’t have to tell him anything you don’t mind him knowing.

20. In Alabama, it is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle.

19. In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk.

18. Royal Navy ships that enter the Port of London must provide a barrel of rum to the Constable of the Tower of London.

17. In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants – even, if she so requests, in a policeman’s helmet.

16. In Lancashire, no person is permitted after being asked to stop by a constable on the seashore to incite a dog to bark.

15. In Miami, Florida, it is illegal to skateboard in a police station.

14. In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation.

13. In England, all men over the age of 14 must carry out two hours of longbow practice a day.

12. In London, Freemen are allowed to take a flock of sheep across London Bridge without being charged a toll; they are also allowed to drive geese down Cheapside.

11. In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing squad.

10. In the UK, a man who feels compelled to urinate in public can do so only if he aims for his rear wheel and keeps his right hand on his vehicle.

9. In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on Sundays can be jailed.

8. In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon more than six-feet long.

7. In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and from staying after sunset.

6. 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.

5. In Boulder, Colorado, it is illegal to kill a bird within the city limits and also to “own” a pet – the town’s citizens, legally speaking, are merely “pet minders”.

4. In Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.

3. In London, it is illegal to flag down a taxi if you have the plague.

2. In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman’s genitals but is forbidden from looking directly at them during the examination; he may only see their reflection in a mirror.

1. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast is legally the property of the King; the tail, on the other hand, belongs to the Queen – in case she needs the bones for her corset.

Musical sentence

Can you imagine a minor offender being sentenced to listen to the kind of music they most loathe?

This is what has just happened to repeat offenders for playing their stereos too loudly or disturbing neighbours with band practices in Fort Lupton, Colorado.

Judge Paul Sacco said that, after noticing the usual practice of fining these offenders was not proving to be a deterrent,  he decided to try something new and give them a dose of their own medicine making them listen to his musical selection at high volume for one hour.

Offenders have to face one-hour sessions of listening to Barry Manilow or the theme tune from the children’s TV show “Barney and Friends” or ther uncool music. However if it turns out that many of the offenders happen to like a particular song, that tune is removed from the playlist.

Apparently, Judge Sacco’s unusual method is proving more effective than the former system of fines, since  it has cut down the number of repeat offenders.

(taken from The Mail Online)

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All we need is Love

We’ve just started a new year, but where are all those Christmas good wishes gone? Why don’t we give peace a chance?

This 1967 Beatles song tells us what the world needs.

more about “All You Need Is Love – The Beatles“, posted with vodpod

Love, love, love (x 3)

There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done
Nothin’ you can sing that can’t be sung
Nothin’ you can say, but you can learn how to play the game
It’s easy…

Nothin’ you can make that can’t be made
No one you can save that can’t be saved
Nothin’ you can do, but you can learn how to be you in time
It’s easy…

All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need (x2)

Nothin’ you can know that isn’t known
Nothin’ you you can see that isn’t shown
Nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be
It’s easy…

All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need

All you need is love (All together now)
All you need is love (Everybody)
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need

Love is all you need
(Echo: Love is all you need) (x13)

(Yesterday)

Love is all you need
(Echo: Love is all you need) (x3)

(She loves you yeah, yeah, yeah) (x2)