I heard a more detailed version of the killing Welsh people in Chester when I was a student in the city in 1998-2001. According to this version the killing of a Welsh person was only legal after dark and if the victim was shot with a crossbow from the city walls; this has the advantage of making it rather difficult to take advantage of the 'silly law' and therefore added to its credibility. I recently heard the same legend told about the town of Shrewsbury.

I'd heard about the dying in Parliment one before.

Of course, the main thing is there are already so many atrociously silly laws ont he books. Many of them are holdouts from Victorian times, special cases, or something someone thought was a good idea at the time.

The last one is especially common: a law gets passed to prohibit a certain activity, but it's so broadly-written that it winds up banning a lot more.

"If someone knocks on your door in Scotland and needs to use the toilet, you have to let them enter."

Hmmm. Seems we have some 'Scottish Experts" here and there on the MoH that could verify this one for us. Ladies?

There is absolutely no truth in the idea of being able to knock on anyones door and demand access to use their toilet.

Of course, as long as you're not too drunk or anything, most Scots would probably oblige you anyway.

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