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海外文化:英國最荒唐的十條法律

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海外文化:英國最荒唐的十條法律

英國人投票選出的最荒唐的十大法律包括:

1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27 percent)
死在議會大廈內屬違法行爲。(27%)

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2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside-down (seven percent)
將印有英國國王頭像的郵票倒貼在信封上是一種叛國行爲。(7%)

3. In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (six percent)

在利物浦,女性不得在公共場合袒胸露背,但熱帶魚商店的店員除外。(6%)

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5. In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter. (four percent)

在蘇格蘭,如果有人敲你的家門,要求使用你的衛生間,你必須讓他(她)進入。(4%)

6. A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet (four percent)

孕婦可以隨地大小便,這屬合法行爲,包括便溺在警察的帽子裏。(4%)

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7. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the king, and the tail of the queen (3.5 percent)

在英國海岸發現的任何已死亡的鯨魚,其頭部自動歸國王所有,而尾部則歸女王所有。(3.5%)

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8. 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 (three percent)

向稅收官隱瞞你不想讓他知道的內容屬違法行爲,但不告訴他你不介意他知道的內容則屬合法行爲。(3%)

9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour (three percent)
身披盔甲進入議會大廈是一種違法行爲。(3%)

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10. 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 (two percent)

在(英國)約克郡,在古城牆內殺死蘇格蘭人屬合法行爲,但前提條件是該蘇格蘭人必須手持弓箭。(2%)