Arch;41134][QUOTE=Melvil said:
There's an oft told story about a student doing an exam at one of our older universities. After looking up the ancient ancient university statutes, going back nearly one thousand years, the student called the invigilator over and demanded his 'pint of ale' as per the ancient statute. Unfussed, the invigilator calmly went and got him a pint of ale......
......then fined him a large sum of money for doing his exams without his sword!
Fantastic! I envisage a whole town where suddenly, thanks to this bureaucrat, all the men have to wear hats on Tuesday, and do bow and arrow practice, and everyone has to salute poodles and so on...
A bit like Passport to Pimlico in some ways..[/QUOTE]
You know that all York citizens are allowed to kill Scott's with a bow and arrow from the walls of the city...also... every Man should, by law, practice his long staff technique and bowman ship every day!!!
And....
No invading alien force may mount an attack without a permit!!!!!!
I read that in a old by law book somewhere and it was brought in 1983 or there abouts!!!
I want to know... which department do you need to apply to and who will enforce it?!
You couldn't make this stuff up!!