Coco 'Criminal' Chanel as she was known on her trouser wearing days
There is an byelaw first introduced in 1800 which bans women from wearing trousers in Paris, according to today’s Telegraph.
This made me chuckle. Itmeans that A & S are both criminals. But considering this also makes criminals out of Coco Chanel and Rebecca, Eurostar competition winner, I feel we’re in good company.
Although the lawyers amongst us don’t want to admit it, there are any number of stupid laws about. These are laws that no-one actually takes any notice of but no-one can be bothered to get rid of. Here are a few of my favourites from the UK:
- Eating mince pies on Christmas Day is banned
- It is illegal to hang washing in the street
- 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
- It is illegal to bet or gamble in the library reading room
- It is illegal for a woman to be topless in Liverpool except as a clerk in a tropical fish store
Now that my silliness quota for the day is full, I’m off.
A
I have just come back from Paris and am glad to say that I broke no laws :o)
I have broken one of the other silly laws though, I shall leave you to speculate on which one….
Hahahaha this is quite funny!
Disco Nap would like to assure our readers that neither of us are lawyers.
I love a good list o’ facts I do.
So what’s the punishment for dying in the Houses of Parliament?
Haaa! Social ostracisation.