The UK’s top 10 most ridiculous British laws were listed as:
- It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament
- It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British king or queen’s image upside-down
- It is illegal for a woman to be topless in Liverpool except as a clerk in a tropical fish store
- Eating mince pies on Christmas Day is banned
- If someone knocks on your door in Scotland and requires the use of your toilet, you are required to let them enter
- In the UK a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman’s helmet
- The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the King, and the tail of the Queen
- It is illegal not to tell the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing
- It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament wearing a suit of armour
- It is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls of York, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrowIn other foreign climes…
- In Ohio, it is illegal to get a fish drunk
- In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation
- A male doctor in Bahrain can only examine the genitals of a woman in the reflection of a mirror
- In Switzerland, a man may not relieve himself standing up after 10pm
- It is illegal to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle in Alabama
- In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on a Sunday could be jailed
- Women in Vermont must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth
- In Milan, it is a legal requirement to smile at all times, except during funerals or hospital visits
- In France, it is illegal to name a pig Napoleon!
