I should have been arrestedFaced with The Law when I and a bunch of equally idiotic mates set off a load of loud explosions down the local chalk pit, we blamed bigger boys who had run off. Tell us of the times when you got away with something naughty and slightly out of order.
Thanks to MatJ for the suggestion
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 26 Jan 2012, 13:36)
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Oh no it's notAccording to The Guardian, it was true at least as recently as 2007
www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2007/nov/07/uk.queensspeech20072
Though I suspect it wouldn't wash as a plea in court...
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The law may still be on the booksBut it will be superseded in court by the laws governing, say, murder.
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MatJ LOOK, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 9:41,
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As the article itself says"In most cases, the implied repeal argument would probably work," said Mr Coad. "Whatever people in York may think about Scotsmen with bows and arrows, they would have a hard time avoiding several centuries of homicide acts."
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emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 9:59,
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The start of that article is wank.The reason those laws aren't repealed is because they don't need to be as they have precisely zero legal weight.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 12:24,
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