Admit your ignorance - things you've only just realised/learned

[Pat "5mph"]

Scotland has it's own legal system. The UK Sunday opening laws only apply in England and Wales. There are laws regarding this in Scotland.
https://www.gov.uk/trading-hours-for-retailers-the-law

Indeed, here shops do open whenever they like.
Lots of big supermarkets are 24/7, no alcohol after 10pm any day, or before 10am (I think) on a Sunday.

 

[matticus]

Indeed, here shops do open whenever they like.
Lots of big supermarkets are 24/7, no alcohol after 10pm any day, or before 10am (I think) on a Sunday.

What a fun country - vive la difference!

p.s. is this actually true; "Refusing to let a stranger use your toilet" is a crime in Scotland [source The Scotsman] ??

 

[Alex321]

What a fun country - vive la difference!

p.s. is this actually true; "Refusing to let a stranger use your toilet" is a crime in Scotland [source The Scotsman] ??

This is what the Scotsman actually has to say on the matter:

"It has been claimed that if someone knocks on your door in Scotland and needs to use the toilet, you are bound by law to let them enter.

The Scottish Law Commission however said there was no evidence to support this and that the myth may have grown around local custom and point to Scottish people’s “strong sense of hospitality”.

It appears as though this ‘law’ was little more than a tradition, or polite custom. That said, trespassing was once legal in Scotland due to a law that allowed free passage through people’s land and it’s not entirely beyond the realms of possibility that the custom was borne from this. Initially passed to allow people to cross large areas of land belonging to neighbouring clans (which gives you an idea of the age of this law), it is now used today by hikers."

https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/scottish-law-myths-explored-and-debunked-2463903

 

[matticus]

This is what the Scotsman actually has to say on the matter:

"It has been claimed that if someone knocks on your door in Scotland and needs to use the toilet, you are bound by law to let them enter.

The Scottish Law Commission however said there was no evidence to support this and that the myth may have grown around local custom and point to Scottish people’s “strong sense of hospitality”.

It appears as though this ‘law’ was little more than a tradition, or polite custom. That said, trespassing was once legal in Scotland due to a law that allowed free passage through people’s land and it’s not entirely beyond the realms of possibility that the custom was borne from this. Initially passed to allow people to cross large areas of land belonging to neighbouring clans (which gives you an idea of the age of this law), it is now used today by hikers."

https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/scottish-law-myths-explored-and-debunked-2463903

Darn. It seemed a nice thing. This line fooled me: "Scottish law legally obliges you to let anyone use your toilet if they ask you to." (different article to yours)

 

[stephec]

What a fun country - vive la difference!

p.s. is this actually true; "Refusing to let a stranger use your toilet" is a crime in Scotland [source The Scotsman] ??

I might give that one a go if I'm ever passing Balmoral.

'Excuse me, do you mind if I use the throne?' 🤣

 

[oldwheels]

What a fun country - vive la difference!

p.s. is this actually true; "Refusing to let a stranger use your toilet" is a crime in Scotland [source The Scotsman] ??

The Scotsman is no longer a respected newspaper IMO.
Facts are optional.

 

[palinurus]

I learned earlier in the week that I couldn't spell Muesli.

 

[ColinJ]

I learned earlier in the week that I couldn't spell Muesli.

That's a coincidence - I was just thinking that I can't spell Moosleigh either!

 

[Profpointy]

That owls dont go twit-twoo..as in story books... cycling back at night I hear one owl go twit and another go whooo from separate places and when i told my birding pal this he said thats because one is male and the other female ..they have separate calls according to their sex !!

Whilst I understand that is true, I did read an account of a bird watcher trying to mimic owl calls to get a response and record it. Eventually it emerged that two twitchers had actually been twit-tooing to each other !

 

[Drago]

Coronation Street isn't real.

 

[Jameshow]

Coronation Street isn't real.

Nor is Emmerdale! sorry to break bad news!!

 

[richardfm]

Nor is Emmerdale! sorry to break bad news!!

But The Archers is

 

[Ming the Merciless]

That's a coincidence - I was just thinking that I can't spell Moosleigh either!

It’s that from before Santa recruited Rudolf and his map.

 

[stephec]

Coronation Street isn't real.

Phoenix Nights was almost a documentary series though.

 

[Dave7]

Coronation Street isn't real.

You utter b*stard....you have just ruined my life. How could you do such a thing.