Vox Polis

I always have a chuckle when I’m reminded of all those obscure laws that never get repealed. A law firm in Swansea has come up with a list of 10:

1. In Hereford you can shoot a Welsh person on a Sunday, with a longbow, in the Cathedral Close.
2. 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.
3. A bed may not be hung out of a window.
4. It is illegal for a lady to eat chocolates on a public conveyance.
5. It is illegal to be drunk on licensed premises.
6. Taxi drivers are required to ask all passengers if they have smallpox or the plague.
7. Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end will be sentenced to 24 hours in the village stocks (enacted by Edward VI).
8. Any boy under the age of 10 may not see a naked mannequin.
9. Throughout the whole of England it is illegal to eat mince pies on December 25.
10. You can shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow in Chester, inside the city walls and after midnight.

A few years ago Richard Smith and Bateman decided to travel America to break as many obscure laws as they could. For example, it is illegal to go whaling in the landlocked state of Utah or fall asleep in a cheese factory in South Dakota.

I wish someone would do the same in the UK. But trouble is you might get arrested. Look how seriously Scotland Yard are taking the obscure law that forbids the sale of honours.

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