Hi, everypony. Well soon it will be Christmas day, it all ready is in some places! Most people will be very excited because in almost no time at all, Santy Clause is coming with his pressies! It's a wonderful time of giving and kindness. Some may have "Christmas pie", better known as Mince pie stored away, ready to eat tomorrow with their family! Well, do not eat it tomorrow, for it is illegal to do so on Christmas day. The law stating this was brought in by Oliver Cromwell, during the 17th century. In fact, he banned all Christmas celebrations in 1657 due to the thought it might be full of Roman Catholic superstitions, and he wasn't a fan of Roman Catholics. Whilst the majority of weird laws get thrown out, for some reason the Mince Pie law remains in England. Okay, everyone ignores it, but the fact it is still there is pretty dang weird. Anyway, enjoy yourself, but don't brake the law! Merry Christmas Everypony!! PS; I also found out on a page that it is illegal for women to enjoy chocolate on public transport and that it is perfectly fine to shoot a welsh person with a longbow in Cathedral Close, Hereford, any time on a sunday. So... Yeah. Anyone else know of some weird scary strange laws?
Um... Is it bad that I ate a packet of mince pies when Sainsburies started stocking them in September? To this day it´s still illegal in England for an MP to enter the house of commons in full battle dress, ie. armour, sword and shield. Possession of any of these items will result in disciplinary action.
Theres a similar one in a town where I live, it is legal to shoot a Welsh person in the back with a longbow within the walls of Chester at any time after 1AM.
Damn right I will. In all seriousness I'm not sure if that law is true or not, but it's pretty irrelevant as I'm sure they would happily close that loophole should someone feel the need to exercise it.
There are a ton of strange laws in the USA having to do with the fact that there are state-level and local-level governments, but for the most part they are things that no one could even know were going on (given the bedroom nature of a lot of them).
So... What if they don't enjoy it? Like if they're allergic to it or something. I know it's a dumb question, but it buggers me, and now I won't be able to sleep because of that.
