you can't die here. it is against the law.

Over the years, we have all heard of stupid laws that are still on the books. Recently, a British television company asked 3,931 people what they thought was the most ridiculous law that is still on the books in England.

The respondents were given a short list to choose from. Here were the top vote-getters:

In first place with 27% of the vote is a law that makes it illegal to die in the House of Parliament.

In second place-- a law that makes it an act of treason to afix a postage stamp upside down. (Presumably this has to do with the fact that most British stamps bear the face of royalty.)

And in third place-- a law that makes it legal for a clerk who works at a tropical fish store in Liverpool to be publicly topless (and no one else).

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=74676&in_page_id=2

"I'm sorry, m'Lady, the funeral will have to wait until he does his time. The law is the law."