Whether you’re coming over to the UK as an international student or have lived here your whole life, chances are, you won’t have heard some of these oh-so strange British laws. Read on to find out exactly how many winged pets the Queen of England owns, and just how many uses there are for a policeman’s helmet…
BTW, the image of the goose (above) was supposed to be a swan, but turns out swans just aren’t as hilarious.
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MPs aren’t allowed to wear a suit of armour in parliament.
Because let’s face it, they all want to.
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You can’t keep a pigsty in front of your house.
This is true unless the pigsty is hidden, so if you feel compelled, for some unfathomable reason, to keep a pigsty right there for the world to see, just throw a cover over it… or something.
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If an employer gives you a bad reference, it might constitute libel.
Good news for bad employees! (That is in no way an encouragement.) However; if your employer does wish to give you a bad reference, they must be willing to stand up in a court of law and fight their corner.
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Unless you’re the Queen of England, you can’t catch, kill or eat a Mute Swan.
(Mute is the breed, not the level of noise)
The Queen owns them. All of them. And if she wishes, she can kill and eat them too. -
You can’t watch live TV in Britain unless you’ve bought a license.
Just record it, then watch it – simples.
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If you’re in Scotland, drunk, in charge of a cow, you’re committing an offence.
So if you must be drunk while in charge of a cow, I’d say make sure you’re in Wales or something.
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If you import potatoes into England, and you suspect they may be Polish potatoes, you’re in for it.
If that isn’t potato discrimination, I don’t know what is.
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London cabs aren’t allowed to carry rabid dogs or corpses.
Oh.
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It is illegal to cause a nuclear explosion.
Oh!
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You can’t die in the Houses of Parliament.
Technically, you can. Technically. But legally? Nope.
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Pregnant women can relieve themselves anywhere they want, including in a policeman’s helmet.
It’s on the bucket list.
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If you live in Scotland and somebody requests the use of your toilet, you have to let them.
But if you’re a policeman and the requester is a pregnant woman, just pass her your helmet and close the door.
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If you stick a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside down, you’re committing treason.
There are no accidents.
Stay in school, kids.
– Karis and Elizabeth.
