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- From: cei352@cck.coventry.ac.uk (The Freak)
- Subject: Re: **BIZARRE LAWS***
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- Organization: Coventry University, Coventry, U.K
- References: <1992Nov18.015253.8426@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1egr5fINN65s@clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk> <1992Nov20.180050.4080@dsd.es.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 11:34:46 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.180050.4080@dsd.es.com> pmartz@dsd.es.com (Paul Martz) writes:
- >In article <1egr5fINN65s@clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk>, cstadba@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr C D Ward) writes:
- >> In England every able bodied man is required to practice archery with
- >> a long bow for at least two hours every Sunday !!!
- >>
- >> The only capital offence left in England is stealing from Her Majesty's
- >> dockyards.
- >
- Once again,we come back to good ol' eccentric England for another bizarre
- law....DID YOU KNOW THAT IN ENGLAND IT IS ILLEGAL TO SHAKE A CHARITY
- COLLECTION BOX WHILST STREET COLLECTING.? It seems as though not many
- english citizens know this though,as they keep hasseling me everytime I
- walk down the road.It is a petty law,but there again we are a petty country!
-
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- * Mentally Unstable...... * THE FREAK. *
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