From a BBC article, here are some crazy British laws that were never repealed: It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament It could be regarded an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British king or queen’s image upside-down. Eating mince pies on Christmas…
Tru dat.
What’s the latest vanity plate to be retroactively deemed offensive? Hailing from the great state of New York, the newly banned plate is “GETOSAMA.” The plate was issued to retired NYPD sergeant Arno Herwerth, and he is pissed! Said Mr. Herwerth: This is unbelievable… It’s unpatriotic and absolutely disgusts me…
At an “Arrive Alive” road safety briefing, before an audience, in an apparent attempt to really drive the point home, Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom included two pictures he really shouldn’t have: one of a headless body, the other of the head. The family of the victim (a 40-year-old father of…
Irish dockworker Denis McKenna must really love his sister. He was always making the ultimate sacrifice of missing work to take her to the doctor. Only one problem – he was seen wearing a “golf jumper” when he was supposed to be taking his sister to the doctor. So a…
Megan, a 13-year-old St. Louis girl, was being harassed online. Turns out the 16-year-old harasser, “Josh Evans,” who initiated things by contacting Megan on MySpace, was the creation of the parents of Megan’s former best friend. Over the course of 6 weeks, “Josh” said some nasty things, including that Megan…
You are Sheikh Khalid Ben Abdfullah Rashid Alfawaz, you’re rich, and you’re getting a divorce in an English court. During a Hearing, here are some of the judge’s comments: That the sheikh could choose “to depart on his flying carpet” to escape paying costs. That the sheikh should be available…
Japanese law forbids the importing of photographs showing male genitals. Why would I know this? No, not because of a recent trip to Japan. Because, returning home from a trip abroad, Japanese publisher Takashi Asai was carrying a book of Mapplethorpe photos that he published in Japan in 1994. Under…
Call Guinness Book. At least I’ve not read about an older streaker. As reported in the Irish Independent: Police in Duisburg, Germany are becoming rather irked with a serial streaker. They hauled him into court after he streaked during a girls’ football match. But they were rather surprised when, during…
…deal crack! A 79-year-old New York man was arrested and charged with possessing and selling crack cocaine out of his apartment. As reported at WNYT.com, Charles Ritchie “is part of a mid-level drug ring with clients spanning Southern Albany and Greene Counties. The operation has been going on, report police,…