tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15497256.post8898550535666519032..comments2007-11-08T10:32:46.611-06:00Dr. Claude Mariottinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022725291281227401noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15497256.post-6997456103257015272007-11-08T10:32:00.000-06:002007-11-08T10:32:00.000-06:00Peter,<BR/><BR/>It is good to hear from you again. Of course we can’t believe everything we read in the Internet but those laws were so crazy that I posted them so that we could have a good laugh, not at you Brits, but at those who were clever enough the device such ridiculous “apocryphal” laws.<BR/><BR/>I know that here in the good USA we also have some crazy laws in our books. That says a lot about some of our lawmakers.<BR/><BR/>Claude MariottiniDr. Claude Mariottinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022725291281227401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15497256.post-91715140464629476412007-11-07T14:05:00.000-06:002007-11-07T14:05:00.000-06:00I was going to refer you to more detail on this at <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7081038.stm" REL="nofollow">this BBC page</A>, which originally included several examples from the USA as well. But I note that the BBC page now has this note:<BR/><BR/><I>This is an amended version of an earlier story which included several examples of laws from the survey which we have been unable to verify, and these have been removed.</I><BR/><BR/>But your list of laws seems to include these unverifiable, and so probably apocryphal, ones - apparently numbers 3, 5 and 10, others have been "amended". I can find no reference to the original survey at <A HREF="http://uktv.co.uk/" REL="nofollow">the UKTV website</A>. So, don't believe everything you read on the Internet, even about us crazy Brits.Peter Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13395635409427347613noreply@blogger.com