Scrub yer Doorstep.lol

cashman · 01-02-2007, 21:40

was on bbc northern news tonight- ancient ACCRINGTON BYE_LAW still in force today as follows- if you boil TRIPE in yer house you MUST scrub yer front doorstep it really cracked me up. will be watching for you all in the summer.

there was a few other silly ones on for other places. anybody know any DAFTER?

WillowTheWhisp · 01-02-2007, 21:44

Did it explain the connection between tripe boiling and scrubbed doorsteps?

cashman · 01-02-2007, 21:54

no it didnt willow they just stated a few ODD bylaws from differant places in the northwest. bet our councillors aint aware of em.

WillowTheWhisp · 01-02-2007, 21:57

I'd love to see them trying to check up on who's boiling tripe

cashman · 01-02-2007, 21:59

me gran used to do for me grandad, but cant remember her scubbing it.

Wynonie Harris · 01-02-2007, 22:04

Another one from Accrington was a bye-law forbidding you to carry an undressed animal carcass through the streets...so think on!

cashman · 01-02-2007, 22:07

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Another one from Accrington was a bye-law forbidding you to carry an undressed animal carcass through the streets...so think on!

ah so you saw it as well wyn? was also one about not keeping pigs in yer front garden in accy.

WillowTheWhisp · 01-02-2007, 22:13

Must remember to get a nice frock for it then if I want to move a dead animal.

Wynonie Harris · 01-02-2007, 22:16

You can't keep pigs in front of your house, Mr C. There was also one forbidding you from beating your carpet in a public park in Bolton and another one from Chester which only allowed you to shoot a Welshman with a bow and arrow after midnight.

katex · 01-02-2007, 22:16

Was an article in the Observer last week Cashman on this, and that some are about to be re-written, sorry, can't find a link, including:-

. Beating Carpets early in the morning.
. Don't loiter at the entrance of any church or chapel
. Leave orange peel, banana skin or other dangerous substances on the footway.
. Street games such as tip-cat (?) should not be played in a way which would cause an obstruction to the traffic.
. no person should spit on the floor, in a public carriage or any place of public entertainment regardless of whether any admission fee was paid.. !"
. No carrying of undressed carcass of any animal or any offensive offal in a public place
. Wilfully jostle or annoy foot passengers.
. Extinguish the light of any lamp.

Guess they all still apply today, except in a different type wording.

i.e. jostling on footpaths .. no mugging pedestrians at any time of day and so on.

Sure you can all find modern wording for the above crimes ...

WillowTheWhisp · 01-02-2007, 22:18

Plenty of annoying goes on that's for sure.

cashman · 01-02-2007, 22:46

yeh wyn loved the one were you can shoot em with a bow n arrow.

after midnight.

cherokee · 01-02-2007, 23:30

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Originally Posted by cashman

yeh wyn loved the one were you can shoot em with a bow n arrow.

after midnight.

haha instead of welshmen they could change it to chavs ...they would get loads of them after midnight

Ianto.W. · 02-02-2007, 00:07

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Wynonie Harris, only allowed you to shoot a Welshman with a bow and arrow after midnight.

If that one is still in force Wynonie my brother in law is going to get it right between the eyes, just joking Steve It was quicker to pay someone else to clean the gas fire out, yes me pay, just think what you missed, getting money out of a Jewish relative

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Lolly · 02-02-2007, 01:44

Some silly ones mainly America.... suprise you????

http://www.main.com/~anns/other/humor/sillylaws.html