Saw in the paper on friday that a guy who had a £20(?) fine from the DVLA (about a SORN i believe) and in court he invoked the right of a duel to the death of a DVLA nominated champion.
Might be quite amusing to see
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What if they nominate Slugger Prescott?
Where can I buy tickets?
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Is this some old law that he's trying to use?
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Is this some old law that he's trying to use?
He thinks there is an old law still on the statue books permitting his demand that the issue is settled in this way. The DVLA have asked him to prove it.
Personally I would *love* to see him kill a DVLA representative just to see the reaction of the people who justify illogical speed restrictions on the basis that if it's enshrined in law it must be right and sensible!
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Many years ago a student at Oxford found an ancient statute in the University regulations which said that he was entitled to a quart of strong ale on every day that he was sitting examinations. He claimed it and it was reluctantly supplied; 2 days later he was fined 3 huineas for not wearing a sword! Ho Ho!
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Aren't there some weird old laws which have never been repealed, like the man with a red flag in front of a car one?
and that it is legal to shoot a scotsman with a bow and arrow withoin coventry city limits?
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Aren't there some weird old laws which have never been repealed,
As a member of the landed gentry I hope that my right to lie with village virgins on their wedding nights is still law...
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All laws in England & Wales are extant until repealed, and usually no one bothers to repeal them. Thus the celebration of Christmas is an offence (law passed by Cromwell).
If its on the books its a law and thats it.
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"Aren't there some weird old laws which have never been repealed, and that it is legal to shoot a Scotsman with a
bow and arrow within Coventry city limits? "
Pity it doesn't extend to the Palace of Westminster !
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"Aren't there some weird old laws which have never been repealed, and that it is legal to shoot a Scotsman with a
bow and arrow within Coventry city limits? "
I'm off, hunting Scottish traffic wardens in Coventry.
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Or, if you re-read the wording it may mean that it is legal to shoot a Scotsman who has a bow and arrow in Coventry.
So you need to look for a bow and arrow wielding Scot and shoot him with your (legally held) gun !
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Here they are, from www.dumblaws.com
Chester
You can only shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow inside the city walls and after midnight.
Hereford
You may not shoot a Welsh person on Sunday with a longbow in the Cathedral Close.
Liverpool
It is illegal for a woman to be topless in public except as a clerk in a tropical fish store.
York
Excluding Sundays, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow.
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That sounds like a good idea for
(a) the archery industry
(b) Chester, Hereford and York tourist authorities!
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the magna carta says that every free englishman has the right to fish somewhere on every river
and thus for every river in england there MUST be a stretch where you dont need fishing licences etc
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Here's another English law.............
"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."
So, the next time plod pulls you.................
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Expatriates in the Philippines are said to have been here too long when each time they take their dog for a walk they use the same tree he does.....
I was incensed to returned to my parked vehicle once to find a figure using my back wheel for said purpose. I yelled at him and used a few choice words in the local argot referring fairly specifically to the occupation of his mother. When he turned round at my voice I noticed he was zipping up a set of police issue trousers and adjusting the gun on his hip.....ah, yes, Good Evening Officer, I thought you were someone else, etc etc..
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Magna Carta also makes external jurisdiction (e.g. from Brussels) null and void, but for some reason the government has drawn a veil over that bit...
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If it did BrianW, there'd be nobody left ! Mind you I'm not sure that we'd noitce any difference.
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