The law is an ass* that is not permitted to sleep in a bathtub^

The alter­na­tive to ERP. Photo by Nut­syFa­gan

Yes, I am triv­i­al­is­ing impor­tant mat­ters. But there are things that are so triv­ial they can’t be ignored further.

I read in the Syd­ney Morn­ing Her­ald about a British tv sta­tion that claims to have done a sur­vey about absurd laws in the UK that have never been repealed. Among the laws voted for is one which states that it is ille­gal to die in par­lia­ment. You are also not allowed to enter Par­lia­ment in a suit of armour.

I don’t know if any of my Welsh cousins have ever been in the city of Chester at night, because “if you catch a Welsh­man within the City Walls after mid­night then you are allowed to hang them and you can shoot a Welsh­man from the Walls with a long bow.”

And if you think doing your taxes is con­fus­ing enough, “it is ille­gal not to tell the tax man any­thing you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him infor­ma­tion you do not mind him knowing”.

I think we could use some of the laws to solve some of our ails. Wanna fix traf­fic bot­tle­necks on our road? For­get the ERP! Do it the Penn­syl­va­nia way: “Auto­mo­biles trav­el­ling on coun­try roads at night must send up an rocket every mile, then wait ten min­utes for the road to clear”.

There’s more from around the world.

*Cover­ture
^But your honor, my don­key was just rest­ing in the bath­tub with his eyes closed

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