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Die and you’re under arrest! Britain’s most stupid laws
Tue Nov 6, 2:19 PM ET LONDON (AFP) - Queen Elizabeth II's speech in the British parliament Tuesday may have been routine but at least nobody got bored to death.That would have been against the law. Dying in parliament is an offence and is also by far the most absurd law in Britain, according to a survey of nearly 4,000 people by a television channel showing a legal drama series. And though the lords were clad in their red and white ermine cloaks and ambassadors from around the world wore colourful national costumes, at least nobody turned up in a suit of armour. Illegal. Other rules deemed utterly stupid included one that permits a pregnant woman to urinate in a policeman's hat and murdering bow-and-arrow-carrying Scotsmen within the city walls of York, northern England. A law stating that in Liverpool, only a clerk in a tropical fish store is allowed to be publicly topless, was also ridiculous, said a poll of 3,931 people for UKTV Gold television out Tuesday. Nearly half of those surveyed admitted to breaking the ban on eating mince pies on Christmas Day, which dates back to the 17th century and was originally designed to outlaw gluttony during the rule of the Puritan Oliver Crowmell. The laws and other regulations were culled from published research into ancient legislation that has never been repealed although subsequent statutes have rendered them obsolete. Respondents were given a shortlist and asked to vote. Most ridiculous British law: 1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27 percent) 2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside-down (seven percent) 3. In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (six percent) 4. Mince pies cannot be eaten on Christmas Day (five percent) 5. In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter (four percent) 6. A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet (four percent) 7. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the king, and the tail of the queen (3.5 percent) 8. It is illegal to avoid telling the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing (three percent) 9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour (three percent) 10. In the city of York it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow (two percent)
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By PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press Writer 58 minutes ago
DUNCANVILLE, Texas - The most popular address on Cedar Ridge Drive is Jim Trulock's split-level home, which has a group sex room and attracts as many as 100 people to swinger parties featuring "Naked Twister" nights.
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But the festivities could soon be over. In response to neighbors' complaints, the city has outlawed sex clubs in residential areas. Citations have been issued, and search warrants may be next.
"It's crazy that they want to force their morality down our throats," said Dawn Burton, 45, a regular guest at the parties. "We're all frustrated."
So are those who complain of the noise, traffic and parking problems that occur in their otherwise quiet, upscale neighborhood every Friday and Saturday, when Trulock's home is transformed into "The Cherry Pit."
Duncanville, which proclaims itself "The Perfect Blend of Family, Community and Business," is an unlikely venue for a neighborhood swinger club. The city of 36,000 just southwest of Dallas has about 50 places of worship and not a single registered sexually oriented business.
Duncanville officials insist they are not just another prudish Texas town giving the boot to spouse-swappers. They say it all boils down to a matter of law: Trulock is operating a business featuring live sex acts.
"It's not trying to judge anyone or pass judgment on someone's lifestyle," city spokeswoman Tonya Lewis said.
To support its claim, the city notes that the Cherry Pit accepts money from guests and promotes the parties on its Web site.
"We're not about infringing on the rights of the Cherry Pit patrons or owners," Lewis said. "But now your right to have fun has infringed on everyone else's. And now you have to draw the line."
Other cities have wrestled with the same issue.
Phoenix, for example, prohibited live sexual performances in 1998, effectively outlawing swinger parties. An appeals court upheld the law in 2003, and Duncanville used it as a blueprint when passing a ban last month.
Retiree Jack Martin, who lives a block behind Trulock's home, said he's concerned that the parties will reduce the value of his property.
Others are annoyed by the procession of cars that crowd their street on weekend evenings, or the flood of strangers who descend on the neighborhood.
"If you're going to do that, you should open a business," Martin said. "Go somewhere where it's allowed."
Attorneys for Trulock, 59, say the Cherry Pit is nothing more than a private residence where a group of friends get together on weekends to socialize in whatever way they prefer.
While guests are encouraged to make "voluntary donations" to cover the cost of food and refreshments, organizers deny that anyone is being charged admission to his parties.
Ed Klein, an attorney for the Cherry Pit, said many guests give no money, but those who do often chip in $10 or $20. Klein said he plans to file a lawsuit next week that will challenge the constitutionality of the ordinance and seek a temporary retraining order against the city.
"I don't think it's persecution so much as an invasion of their privacy," Klein said.
Arthur Leonard, a New York Law School professor who studies sexuality law, said the size of the parties might be a legal obstacle.
"It seems to me when you have that number of people involved, it becomes more like a public event," Leonard said. "It seems unlikely that a court would find privacy protection for an event this large."
The city has already cited Trulock with three violations, which carry a maximum $2,000 fine. Duncanville City Manager Kent Cagle this week pledged to continue enforcing the new law.
The case against the swinger parties "does appeal to a lot of people's sense of morality," said Lewis, the city spokeswoman. "That's been a lot of complaints we've gotten from residents: 'I came to Duncanville to have a family. I didn't come here to live next to a sex club.'"
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ok i haven't really blog in long time. I just been so busy with , well life. between 35 hours at work offically and unoffically 40 and 11 hours of school and the 6 hours of sleep and the rest be spent doing task and chours and all that good crap. i am sorry i have been away. Also with the planning the wedding. i am still excited and can't wait to be mrs.cunningham. But for the most part get to spend my rest of my life with the one person i want to be with. That always makes me smile. so let me update you. work has goten alot better, had couple leave, one i was truely sorry see go and another i could not wait to get out my area. Funny thing aobut life you never know what can happen. I am always fear full about loosing my job, but recently now, not to much. i am honest ,and carring ,and dam hard worker. even if no one knows it. i kind like that way. Lot of you already know i like to be in the back ground of things. Like a support. While be mangement being very new thing,i think i am getting it. Even though the only feedback i got from an employee who hated me before i go there. LOL wow i sure do know how piss people off without trying. I wish i could yell out to every one this one little fact i am just strange, but in good way. i know some of you all already know this. Some you have seen my oddness first hand. I just wait till they notice what i saying. i warn them all at work. Wait till they see me eat my eggs. LOL I still can see kiern's mom face as she watch. Till that day i never thought about how strange that was to anyone. I also get the same look from kieran now and then. Tonight i e-mail and told him what my biggest fear is. I think he know and some you do too. Have you ever looked in the mirrior and just felt so black in blue in your heart. I use to but recently it going away. My fears are fadding, its because of him. But the one thing i do like about my self i don't hold grudge ,nor hold on till the past. i never hated that past employee,just lil dislike but not hate. Now i just ingor him, like he is not there. To keep such hate and anger i belive hurts the soul. i feel sorry for him, any one really who spends engery on hatting. goodnight every one i have big day Me! |
whats new
getting married in the spring. may
school full time
little sleep
no sex
become blo personal ciannbon delivery person
A wedding maybe and sweet 15th in the works
Current mood: 
happy
Category: Life
The last blog i wrote than me and my boyfriend made plans and he express wishes he would like to see happen this year.
One thing he express with that had to happen would be, me moving to Louisiana when he came home. He did mention getting married sometime in the spring. We chat lightly about have ceremony here in San Antonio.
Also in April marks my oldest niece fifth-teen birthday. This would be her Quinceanera. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinceanera
The Quinceañera or Quince Años (sometimes represented XV Años, meaning "fifteen years") is, in some Spanish-speaking regions of the Americas, a young woman's celebration of her fifteenth birthday, which is celebrated in a unique and different way from her other birthdays. In some countries, such as Puerto Rico or Peru, the word Quinceañero is used instead of Quinceañera when referring to the celebration.
The word is also used to refer to the young woman whose 15th birthday is being celebrated (analogous to the word cumpleañera for "birthday girl"). The closest equivalents to the Quinceañera in the English-speaking world are the sweet sixteen or, in more affluent communities, a debutante ball at the age of eighteen.
We have been planning this event over 2 yrs. Majority of these parties are planned 5 years in advance, we estimated it costing close to 5,000. That is cheap.
My mother is very excited about one grandchild becoming a woman and have a new in-law.
So this coming new year brings happiness
It has been a while since I have talked to my boyfriend or even seen him. There not a day that goes by that I don’t think about him. I have been trying to throw my self into my work and keep focus on work and Sergio party. I am settling here with my sister. I am not use to be in a small room. It’s strange not to have my own home. I count the months until I can move out. I am currently applying for supervisor positions with the company I work for now. I have been interview for two postions, but haven’t been called back. I apply and interview. I miss my old place. I miss my boyfriend. I am always second guessing my self about my parenting skills. My check book handling is stable for now. I can’t imagine how I will go for the period of time that he will be gone with out his touch or any physical contact. I have caught my self day dream about kissing him; I have to start to miss his lips. (Sigh) I am now work the 6 am to 2:30 pm shift at work and becoming a morning person, with the help of soda. But I am only eat twice a day and snacking in between. Trying to stay away from mc Donald’s, and since some times I take comfort in food. This is really bad. But is lot better than take comfort in the arms of another man. I will take eat less and be stress so I have no sex drive for so many months. We will see how long this last.
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