11/7: Dumb Laws, Dumber Voters
7:15 p.m.
• Remember, it's not only the U.S. that has stupid laws. From a survey of Brits about dumb laws from across the Pond.
# It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27%)
# It could be regarded an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British king or queen's image upside-down (7%)
# Eating mince pies on Christmas Day is banned (5%)
# In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants (4%)
# The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the King, and the tail of the Queen (3.5%)
# It is illegal not to tell the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing (3%)
# It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament wearing a suit of armour (3%)
7 p.m.
• I vote in every Shittsburgh mayoral election. Problem is I vote with my feet.
With a roar of "Thank you, Pittsburgh," Mayor Luke Ravenstahl last night celebrated his first citywide election victory with a promise to bring a new outlook to the city.
You know there’s something messed up with the left-wing Post-Gazette endorses the REPUBLICAN candidate for mayor. God it’s going to be great watching the city go even further down the shitter, all the while local politicians will be blaming the evil suburbanites for everything.
• In my neck of the woods, the township commissioner candidate I voted lost thanks to a huge turnout by the other guy 437-258. I always like looking at local returns and seeing the tiny vote totals. I remember seeing some in the past where one vote decided an election.
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