Well I never

In Britain, it is illegal to import potatoes into England or Wales if you have reasonable cause to believe that they are Polish.

 

Several cities in the USA have banned female Ginkgo trees because they have smelly nuts.

 

In Chester, a person is permitted to shoot a Welshman with a bow and arrow, as long as he is inside the city walls after midnight.

Scots can still be jailed and whipped for entering England. They face the penalties if they stray into Carlisle, Cumbria, according to a lawbook for the city written in 1561, which has never been revised.

 

Vladimir Putin just recently made it illegal to tell kids that gay people exist.

 

Funnily enough, Noggin The Nog is still legal

 

What about Captain Pugwash and roger the cabin boy?

 

Ziggy it is not politically correct to mark my xenophobic old laws post as "Useful"

 

Fortunately or not the Pugwash character names are an urban myth. It was actually Tom the cabin boy . Master Mate not the other version , and there was no Seaman from that place in Essex

 

Yes, Harry you're quite right - Here is a Wiki Link with the correct names of all the crew: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Pugwash

You will of course be impressed with the hometown of Willy !

 

Never knew Willy was a Wigan lad ! Dan Dares sidekick Digby was from Wigan as well.
We must specialise in superheroes sidekicks around here !

 

In Northern England, it is illegal to decline a reasonable dare. I'll report back when I get chance.

 

Might come in handy sometime

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/in_york_it_is_perfectly_legal_to

 

In Washington State, you can't carry a concealed weapon that is over 6 feet in length.