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Postby Nadkor » Wed Sep 07, 2011 1:52 pm

UCUMAY wrote:
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In England, a woman cannot rape a man.

:eyebrow: That's an odd law.


Yup.
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Postby The Anti-Cosmic Gods » Wed Sep 07, 2011 1:54 pm

All drug laws are stupid laws.

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Postby Devious Imposters » Wed Sep 07, 2011 1:55 pm

I just found out that Oral sex is illegal In Florida..
I am in soooooo much trouble...
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Postby UCUMAY » Wed Sep 07, 2011 1:56 pm

Devious Imposters wrote:I just found out that Oral sex is illegal In Florida..
I am in soooooo much trouble...

It's illegal in Oklahoma too. I've broken that law.
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Postby Fartsniffage » Wed Sep 07, 2011 1:56 pm

Nadkor wrote:
Macapule Island wrote:In England, we have all sorts of archaic and useless laws. For example, it is illegal for a taxi not to have hay for the horses, and you can still kill a Scotsman inYork with a bow.


Storica wrote:where i live people are alowed to shoot the welsh with a longbow if they are in the cathedral


False.


Why is it false?

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Postby Rankinth » Wed Sep 07, 2011 1:59 pm

In England it's illegal for any car without a driver to go over 40 MPH (so turn your handbreak on)

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Postby Rankinth » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:00 pm

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False.


Why is it false?


It's no false, the laws were never removed

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Postby Nadkor » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:03 pm

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False.


Why is it false?


Because if you use a bow to kill a Scotsman or a Welshman in either York or the cathedral you will be arrested, charged, tried, and convicted of murder.

There may once have been a statute or something passed that, for example, said that you could shoot a Scotsman with a bow in York, but even if it has never been explicitly repealed the doctrine of implied repeal means it is no longer in force. If it even existed in the first place.
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Postby The Republic of Lanos » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:05 pm

Devious Imposters wrote:I just found out that Oral sex is illegal In Florida..
I am in soooooo much trouble...


But it's legal to kill your kid if you hide it in a swamp and blame it on your imaginary friends. ;)

That's stupid.

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Postby Nadkor » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:05 pm

Rankinth wrote:
Fartsniffage wrote:
Why is it false?


It's no false, the laws were never removed


Doesn't matter if they were explicitly removed or not, they no longer apply.
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Postby Scandigrad » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:07 pm

In Virginia, No animal may be hunted for on Sunday with the exception of raccoons, which may be hunted until 2:00 AM.

Also, in a town near my house, there is this law:

� 152-3. Gates.
All gates shall be self-closing and self-latching, with latches placed at least four (4) feet above the ground. It shall be unlawful for any such gate to be allowed to remain unfastened while the pool is not in use. Fences shall be constructed so as to come within two (2) inches of the ground at the bottom.

� 152-5. Violations and penalties.

Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a maximum fine of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.) or by imprisonment for not more than twelve (12) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Close your gates.
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Postby Shinjitai » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:09 pm

It is illegal to die in the houses of parlaiment
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Postby Fartsniffage » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:12 pm

Nadkor wrote:
Fartsniffage wrote:
Why is it false?


Because if you use a bow to kill a Scotsman or a Welshman in either York or the cathedral you will be arrested, charged, tried, and convicted of murder.

There may once have been a statute or something passed that, for example, said that you could shoot a Scotsman with a bow in York, but even if it has never been explicitly repealed the doctrine of implied repeal means it is no longer in force. If it even existed in the first place.


See, saying more than just "False" is far more illuminating than not. :)

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Postby Devious Imposters » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:12 pm

The Republic of Lanos wrote:
Devious Imposters wrote:I just found out that Oral sex is illegal In Florida..
I am in soooooo much trouble...


But it's legal to kill your kid if you hide it in a swamp and blame it on your imaginary friends. ;)

That's stupid.

Yes..... Unfortunately you are correct on that.
Not only stupid but very sad.
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Postby Nadkor » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:14 pm

Fartsniffage wrote:
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Because if you use a bow to kill a Scotsman or a Welshman in either York or the cathedral you will be arrested, charged, tried, and convicted of murder.

There may once have been a statute or something passed that, for example, said that you could shoot a Scotsman with a bow in York, but even if it has never been explicitly repealed the doctrine of implied repeal means it is no longer in force. If it even existed in the first place.


See, saying more than just "False" is far more illuminating than not. :)


CBA all over the place, though.
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Postby Fartsniffage » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:16 pm

Nadkor wrote:
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See, saying more than just "False" is far more illuminating than not. :)


CBA all over the place, though.


Fair enough. Not everyone knows you're a parasite in training though. :p

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Postby The darkness esscence » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:17 pm

If you put a door on a house you own it (England) although you will probaly be evicted after a while, I dont think any of these laws are actually enforced anymore
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Postby Shinjitai » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:18 pm

It is illegal to die in the houses of parlaiment.
Lol i wonder what happens if you die, do they handcuff their dead corpse or something
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Postby Nadkor » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:24 pm

The darkness esscence wrote:If you put a door on a house you own it (England)


...no.
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Postby Nadkor » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:24 pm

Fartsniffage wrote:
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CBA all over the place, though.


Fair enough. Not everyone knows you're a parasite in training though. :p


True...
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Postby Macapule Island » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:38 pm

Nadkor wrote:
Fartsniffage wrote:
Why is it false?


Because if you use a bow to kill a Scotsman or a Welshman in either York or the cathedral you will be arrested, charged, tried, and convicted of murder.

There may once have been a statute or something passed that, for example, said that you could shoot a Scotsman with a bow in York, but even if it has never been explicitly repealed the doctrine of implied repeal means it is no longer in force. If it even existed in the first place.


That's obvious, but the point is the law still exists. An extremely good lawyer could somehow get that person off, probably...

And thus it is not false. Another, a pregnant woman is allowed to urinate into a policemans hat. This too is fact.

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Postby Macapule Island » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:41 pm

Also, I just remembered that someone cannot enter Westminster Palace in a suit of armour.

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Postby Shinjitai » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:43 pm

Macapule Island wrote:Also, I just remembered that someone cannot enter Westminster Palace in a suit of armour.

I believe you mean, "houses of parliament"
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Postby Nadkor » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:44 pm

Macapule Island wrote:
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Because if you use a bow to kill a Scotsman or a Welshman in either York or the cathedral you will be arrested, charged, tried, and convicted of murder.

There may once have been a statute or something passed that, for example, said that you could shoot a Scotsman with a bow in York, but even if it has never been explicitly repealed the doctrine of implied repeal means it is no longer in force. If it even existed in the first place.


That's obvious, but the point is the law still exists.


No.

An extremely good lawyer could somehow get that person off, probably...


With a defence based on a law from 7-800 years go that says you can shoot a Scotsman with a bow in York? Yeah...no. It doesn't matter how good the lawyer is, that person isn't getting off.

And thus it is not false.


...yes. Yes it is.

Another, a pregnant woman is allowed to urinate into a policemans hat. This too is fact.


Probably. I believe the position is that a pregnant woman can urinate wherever she needs to (provided that in doing so she isn't committing another offence). Someone, at some tome, pointed out that it would include inside a Policeman's helmet, and that stuck.
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Postby New Unsociety » Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:42 pm

All laws regarding victimless "crimes".
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