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TheHood	Apr 23 2003, 04:05 PM Post #1
Group: Full Members Posts: 116 Joined: 7-March 03 From: south east london Member No.: 149	Was listerning to LBC RADIO today and they were doing an item on ye olde english laws that are still legal Did you know that in chester it is still legal to shoot a welshman with a crossbow And in worchester it is still legal to shoot a scotsman with a longbow if he is found wondering the streets after night fall Weird but true -------------------- I need a good head polishing!

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Egg Designer	Apr 24 2003, 12:26 PM Post #2
Group: Full Members Posts: 458 Joined: 27-May 02 From: Somewhere just left of sanity Member No.: 88	Hood, 'Mind your P's and q's' is an old saying from the 19th century, and was generally banded around in Bars. A p was a pint, and a q was a quart - about 1/3rd of a pint. If it was getting a bit rowdy in the bar, people were told to mind their pints and quarts - which then got shortened. Don't ask me how I klnow, it's just one of those things that my brain does! I don't know either -------------------- Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers of a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Fcuknig amzanig huh

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TheHood Ye Olde English Law Apr 23 2003, 04:05 PM

TheHood Another one for you A law was past, in the 19th ce... Apr 23 2003, 04:09 PM

Bird Oi, watch it sunshine! I knew about the Chest... Apr 23 2003, 06:12 PM

TheHood do you know where the frase mind you p's and q... Apr 23 2003, 10:24 PM

quaker its still legal in staines to create havoc piss in... Apr 24 2003, 11:50 AM

Egg Designer Hood, 'Mind your P's and q's' is a... Apr 24 2003, 12:26 PM

Balti Simular to the chester one, in hereford on sundays... Apr 24 2003, 01:14 PM

jamie treason to kill a chelsea pensioner on london brid... Apr 24 2003, 07:07 PM

Alex What, Zola? Apr 25 2003, 02:39 PM

Bat He may be old, but he don't act it! ... Apr 25 2003, 05:37 PM

TheHood new law passed by bush administration, It is legal... Apr 29 2003, 02:56 PM

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