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Post by StormInateacup on Jul 21, 2012 18:00:13 GMT -5
Extant, but somewhat silly laws in the UK
It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament
It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside-down
In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless unless she is a clerk in a tropical fish store
Mince pies cannot be eaten on Christmas Day 1
In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter
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 to avoid telling 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 in a suit of armour
In the city of York it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow
1: I happen to know that this one has been on the books since Cromwell's day, as mince pies were seen as a symbol of the much hated Catholicism and were a sign that the household thus celebrating were in fact clandestine Papists. Who says my University education was wasted, eh?
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Post by StormInateacup on Jul 22, 2012 1:05:37 GMT -5
King Arthur's sword, known to all of us as Excalibur would not, by Arthur, an Ancient Briton, have been called any such thing. His name for it would have been Caliburn.
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Post by StormInateacup on Jul 26, 2012 8:25:00 GMT -5
In the late 1990's, employees at Disneyland, badly discontented with the pay, conditions, management practices and poor pension plans had come almost universally to refer to the Disneyland Theme Park as Mousechwitz.
Upper echelons on the organisation got wind of this and fearing the terrible backlash it could cause in the wider community, sent out edicts stating that from that moment on, any employee using the term Mousechwitz would be summarily dismissed, with total loss of all benefits and pension plans.
Within 10 mins of the edicts being issued, employees were said to havw replaced the term Mousechwitz with Duckhau
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Post by StormInateacup on Aug 3, 2012 4:06:50 GMT -5
MIT invented an alarm clock which, when it has gone off the first time and you've whacked the snooze button, runs away and hides.
The thinking behind this is that when it goes off the second time, with a louder, more sustained tone, you have to get out of bed to look for it so that you can turn it off
Thus you can't roll over and go back to sleep.
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Post by marisol on Aug 5, 2012 2:31:50 GMT -5
But will it survive the cat knocking it off the table 3-4x's a day.
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Post by BadBeast on Aug 12, 2012 1:09:49 GMT -5
"user feels depressed, extremely anxious, irritable, hostile, alienated, fearful, confused, and paranoid . . . . ."
List of withdrawal symptoms . . . . . .
from Sugar!
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Post by StormInateacup on Aug 12, 2012 2:03:08 GMT -5
"user feels depressed, extremely anxious, irritable, hostile, alienated, fearful, confused, and paranoid . . . . ." List of withdrawal symptoms . . . . . . from Sugar! They left out headaches and nausea. Evil shit innit??
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Post by ayezatulbrite on Aug 12, 2012 19:46:21 GMT -5
The European Chess Union recently banned female competitors from wearing tight, revealing or low cut clothing. They said that the distraction it caused to male opponents was giving the women an unfair advantage. don't be silly, women can't play chess!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2012 20:37:04 GMT -5
The European Chess Union recently banned female competitors from wearing tight, revealing or low cut clothing. They said that the distraction it caused to male opponents was giving the women an unfair advantage. don't be silly, women can't play chess! You just never noticed cuz you was too busy trying to look down their blouses.
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Post by ayezatulbrite on Aug 13, 2012 17:01:13 GMT -5
don't be silly, women can't play chess! You just never noticed cuz you was too busy trying to look down their blouses. I tried to start a game of chess on here and you all ran away with your tail between your legs!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2012 22:43:23 GMT -5
That musta been before I was coming around regular, cuz I never saw it!
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Post by StormInateacup on Aug 14, 2012 6:18:51 GMT -5
Syphilis is first documented as appearing in Europe around 1490. By the late 17th Century it is estimated that approximately 15% of the British population suffered from it.
Randy feckers!!
eta: By the mid 19th Century that percentage had risen to 20%. Eww. It would have paid to be celibate, really.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2012 8:47:20 GMT -5
Syphilis is first documented as appearing in Europe around 1490. By the late 17th Century it is estimated that approximately 15% of the British population suffered from it. Randy feckers!! eta: By the mid 19th Century that percentage had risen to 20%. Eww. It would have paid to be celibate, really. Or, it would have paid to not kill off all the wise ones and scientific minds in favor of "prayer and self flagellation".
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Post by StormInateacup on Aug 14, 2012 9:17:59 GMT -5
Mercury - as an inhalant, a draught or a topical ointment for the lesions was the only form of treatment available for it too. Victorian chemotherapy - caused vomiting, salivation, baldness and ulceration. Talk about the fecking cure being worse than the disease, right?
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Post by ayezatulbrite on Aug 14, 2012 9:46:48 GMT -5
aluminium is spelt with 2 Is
colour is spelt with a U
UR WELCOME
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