Reply With QuoteIt is perfectly legal to marry your first cousin in the UK
I thought this was an interesting read on a forum today.
This could go for miles or die on its arse.
I'll kick it off
In several U.S. states, including California, Colorado, New York and New Jersey, it’s 100% legal to marry your first cousin.
People who go the wrong way in Tesco when there are clearly marked arrows
The guy behind you in the petrol station who drives round you to get to the next pump!
It is perfectly legal to marry your first cousin in the UK
Last edited by Kevin; 6th May 2020 at 11:17.
Is it even frowned upon?
It's a bit weird isn't it? Too close to home for my liking.Originally Posted by Kingstepper
This is a very wide subject from fruit on a pizza to sodomy.
Have to say though that as long as there's enough room for the person at the rear pump to get through, I'm happy to pull through to the front pump.
For the avoidance of doubt, I am referring to the petrol station.
The guy in front of you at the petrol station who spends 20 minutes inside shopping, and then ten minutes faffing around when he gets back into his car. Or lady of course.
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Nowt wrong with the latter, it's the drivers who don't drive through to he furthest pump on the island that need a poke...
In Norfolk it is compulsory
Cutting the overhanging branches of a tree or shrub when the said tree or shrub is in the neighbours garden.
Why is that frowned upon? Seems fine to me! :)
Tax avoidance by large corporations or wealthy individuals. I don’t have a problem with it though. It’s legal. If Governments don’t like it, change the bloody law!!
A bit difficult to change other countries' laws, isn't it?
Morris Dancing.
I'm fine with the sodomy.
Though, like christmas presents, it is better to give than to receive...
There’s no need to change other Countries’ laws. Laws can changed locally to target suspected tax evasion.
Absolutely! I was cutting the tree overhanging my conservatory so my neighbour decided to spray his hosepipe on me while I was up a ladder with an electric chainsaw! My guess is he frowned upon it too.
That only shows that you have no idea how international tax avoidance works. Apple, MacDonald's and others have perfected a system which allows them to shift profits from high-tax to low-tax countries almost at will.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_e...rofit_shifting
It is fine but my last neighbour would moan at me for cutting back, in fact he insisted that he did it for me for which I refused. My brother had an issue with a chap with a row of fir trees which overhung his garden. He put up with the roots killing a 3 ft band of grass along the length of the trees for years and had yearly squabbles with him when he attempted to trim them back.
Says he, with a forum name like that..
Parking comes in lots of legal forms but winds the hell up out of a lot of people..
I would say people that use their front fog lamps when visibility is not reduced to 100 metres or less by fog or falling snow but then, it isn't legal - it's simply some stupid folks either think it looks cool and don't give a damn or, are simply ignorant of the law.
Oh but it is illegal as it's identified as a MUST and MUST NOT in the highway code
Corrected as Ralphy pointed out that I'm not paying attention
...and try as I might I can't work out what the code is for strikethrough...
Last edited by Gyp; 6th May 2020 at 13:45.
Driving through a Red light on temp traffic lights, when you can clearly see through to the other side and there is no oncoming traffic.
I have gone around people who are sat at the red, and they frown at the very least.
Not sure if frowned upon by many, or just ignorance of the rules...
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That's what he said.
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Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
I'll go with parking across someone else's driveway. Not necessarily alll the way across, but enough to make driving in or out a pain.
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Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
I always thought that was illegal, you live and learn, fountain of knowledge on here.
You're right.
I think I've misread that sentence about a dozen times before the true meaning appeared.
I've either got lockdyslexia or angry man on the internet syndrome
Driving a Citroen 2cv
Illegal in France, even parking across the front of your own driveway where there is a dropped kerb - a flic can have you towed away without notice. Fun fact - in French the word for a dropped kerb is 'a boat'
S and /S in square brackets :)
Last edited by DMC102; 6th May 2020 at 13:30.
My bold for irony purposes - it's not legal to jump temporary traffic lights: the offence of contravening a red light signal is contained in s. 36 of the Road Traffic Act 1988. Regulation 10 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002 specifies which signs come within the ambit of s. 36. One of these signs is "(g)the red light signal when displayed by the light signals prescribed by regulation 33 or by regulation 35".
Reg 33 provides for fixed traffic lights. Reg 35 provides for "Portable light signals for the control of vehicular traffic". So as long as they comply with the requirements of Reg 35 they are enforceable under s. 36. Penalty is a fine and obligatory endorsement/optional disqualification.
Think how much it would save on wedding invites.
Curses - wrongly shaped brackets.
What I would have expected. Wonder whether poster also ignores temp speed limits?
I was under the impression it was illegal to park over someones driveway if there was a car in the drive, but no car in the drive then perfectly legal.
I'll nominate overtaking.
There was a time when pulling a well judged overtake was a skill most drivers had learnt, and if you were happy to sit behind the car in front you left a good gap so if someone behind you wanted to overtake they could pull into the gap and overtake one car at a time as the gaps in traffic presented themselves.
These days everyone seems to be driving at 40mph everywhere with inches separating the traffic. If you overtake two cars driving in such a manner in a 60 more often than not you can expect to get flashed for being some kind of maniac, or having made the overtake you find the car behind is now travelling at 60 because he's hit the accelerator in an attempt to make it harder for you to pass. I'd share my thoughts on these people but this is the wrong place on the forum.
[S]No, that didn't work. So where do they go?[S/]
Or that
Of course. It’s only meant for others who cannot drive proper like.
;)
Let me try and find where I got my info from on cutting through temp lights, I definitely read it somewhere sometime - but as your details Lampoc seem pretty thorough and clear cut, I think I need to reconsider my actions!
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Put the / before the second S
There
Not unlike Brussel Sprouts - If they're forced upon you at school, you're unlikely to enjoy them as an adult.
Works for Morris Dancing too, I suspect...
I'll bow to your superior knowledge on the final point.
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Breitling Cosmonaute 809 - What's not to like?
Here?
Where on the stair?
I also thought it was okay to go through on red as long as you can clearly see the other side, bit of a grey area there as to what constitutes clear obviously. But as you say, Lampocs post seems thorough enough to be correct. Maybe we have been operating under the spell of an urban myth.
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Within limits - taking photos of people in public spaces - [in the UK, do not try this next to an Iranian airbase] - people have some really weird ideas about their right to privacy or what you can legally photograph.
I dislike - Parking in a parent & child Space without having a child in the car. Its lazy and selfish to do this.
I find people dislike - Gambling*. I'm keen on horses; the bigger races like Cheltenham/Ascott/KingGeorge/the derby/etc.
About half of my team at work are same as me (they like a flutter) and I could often see the other half 'frown' on this.
*I say gambling as a person whos never placed a bet worth more than £10 !
Mmmm... Flirty.
This!
And particularly this, it makes my blood boil and seems to be becoming more common.
The guy in front of you at the petrol station who won’t drive round the car in front of him to get to the empty pump, thereby unnecessarily increasing your wait.
Last edited by Cynar; 6th May 2020 at 17:06.
I’ve found an answer to this. I drive an innocuous looking small hatchback, but it does have 340 horsepower. People a) tend to stay overtaken and b) by the time they’ve worked out what’s going on, I’m generally in the next county.. 😀
Cheers,
Plug
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