The queen of England owns ALL the sturgeons, whales and dolphins within 3 miles of England.

Seriously? One person owns these fish? How is this fair to you lowly commoners? Do you Brits actually believe that the royals are better than you because of who their parents were? Is this common knowledge over there? How is this healthy for your self esteem? your fish are OWNED by this idiot.


Yeah, i could never kneel to this wench or her inbred brood.

79. Technically The Queen still owns the sturgeons, whales and dolphins in the waters around the UK. A statute from 1324, at the time of the reign of King Edward II , states that: "Also the King shall have ... whales and sturgeons taken in the sea or elsewhere within the realm." This statute is still valid today, and sturgeons, porpoises, whales and dolphins are recognised as 'Fishes Royal'. When captured within three miles of UK shores, or washed ashore either dead or alive, they may be claimed on behalf of the Crown. Generally, when brought into port, a sturgeon is sold in the usual way, and the purchaser, as a gesture of loyalty, requests the honour of its being accepted by The Queen.

www.royal.gov.uk...

oh, and this dude is your future king, bow bitches!

God how bored must you be - wading through ancient laws no one either remembers or can be arsed to carry out.
Actually we are so not arsed we can't even get our act's together to go through the ridiculous ones ourselves.
You need a job?

lol when do you think the last time she requested a dolphin? i'd say its pretty common knowledge i remember when i was little and hearing about how the queen owns all the swans.And the queen has barely any real power left do you know what would happen if she tryed to use some of her powers?don't be so silly

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In a country where technicalities in law mean everything in the end, I thought this was funny.

What if these fish mate and make baby fish outside of the 3 mile radius? Is the baby fish then still technically hers or not?

What if you eat a piece of whale from within the 3 mile radius?

Does she own that piece of whale inside of you?

If so then,

What if you excrete it?

Pretty lame rule but who really cares? BTW - Prince William is heir to the throne... not Charles.

Originally posted by Zamini
reply to post by Suspiria

 

In a country where technicalities in law mean everything in the end, I thought this was funny.

What if these fish mate and make baby fish outside of the 3 mile radius? Is the baby fish then still technically hers or not?

What if you eat a piece of whale from within the 3 mile radius?

Does she own that piece of whale inside of you?

If so then,

What if you excrete it?

Just Facebooked my Barrister friend all the questions you posed.

She want's to know why I'm taking drugs this early in the day.

Im in York and we still have plenty of weird and wonderful bylaws here. For instance, we can still kill scottish men as long as it is from the city walls and we are using a bow and arrow. We are also allowed to stone catholics on the knavesmire (common land, now york race course). Of course, im not sure how quoting the bylaws would stack up in court.......

Point im making is the same as others above..........old country therefore plenty of old laws / bylaws / statutes. For those not from the motherland that may get confused by these things, the power of the crown dissipated following the civil war and almost disappeared after the second civil war (charles 2).

The subsequent Georges' saw this power base wane further before a brief respite under Victoria. The real power base since these days has been in the influence that royal favour gives within the elite classes - like in the USA there is kudos to gain from being attached to the president, however unpopular the particular incumbent is.

Hope that makes sense and may clear up misunderstandings

Originally posted by fenceSitter
Pretty lame rule but who really cares? BTW - Prince William is heir to the throne... not Charles.

Technically Charlie Boy IS heir. But there's no way his mother will abdicate. I'm sure even SHE thinks he's a gibbering fool.

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She should rather question the drug use of the people who wrote these laws Monthy Python style

Originally posted by fenceSitter
Pretty lame rule but who really cares? BTW - Prince William is heir to the throne... not Charles.

charles is still the heir as he's the prince of wales and he cannot step aside under current rules

theres alot of wierd laws still in force such as technically the police cannot work on christmas day but they actually do

if you probably look at most countries you'll find alot of daft laws

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tut yes you know what we all believe .


sure your opinion would change if you suddenly got a invite to the palace to pick up a title .

maybe Sir Saw a bandwaggon of anti Uk threads and hopped on?

It's an old anachronism, no big deal.

Seems to me that some of our non-UK members are more obsessed with the British Royal Family than we Brits are.
I think it's because of a deep rooted sub-conscious desire to want to belong.

Ask nicely and we might just let you back in the fold.

Originally posted by Thunderheart
Seriously? One person owns these fish? How is this fair to you lowly commoners? Do you Brits actually believe that the royals are better than you because of who their parents were? Is this common knowledge over there? How is this healthy for your self esteem? your fish are OWNED by this idiot.

Yeah, i could never kneel to this wench or her inbred brood.

79. Technically The Queen still owns the sturgeons, whales and dolphins in the waters around the UK. A statute from 1324, at the time of the reign of King Edward II , states that: "Also the King shall have ... whales and sturgeons taken in the sea or elsewhere within the realm." This statute is still valid today, and sturgeons, porpoises, whales and dolphins are recognised as 'Fishes Royal'. When captured within three miles of UK shores, or washed ashore either dead or alive, they may be claimed on behalf of the Crown. Generally, when brought into port, a sturgeon is sold in the usual way, and the purchaser, as a gesture of loyalty, requests the honour of its being accepted by The Queen.

www.royal.gov.uk...

oh, and this dude is your future king, bow bitches!

Of course the Queen ownes the fishes..does she have chips to go with?
Is that where they get the three mile limit over here
Dont know who the guy in the picture is ..kinda thought it was George Bush ..ya think they are related ?

Originally posted by fenceSitter
Pretty lame rule but who really cares? BTW - Prince William is heir to the throne... not Charles.

No it's definitely Charles and maybe even queen Camilla

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I did, I thought the combination of the following words:

your fish are OWNED by this idiot.

escorted with the picture of Elizabeth.

Was tremendously funny. Hey, maybe I'm developing this humor I hear people talk about!

Forgive me

i think this post deserves a flag...not

this law is probley long forgot about and law makers got other # on their minds like how can we minipulate the other laws to give us more power

and prince charlie can abdicate the thrown to william when the queen dies, we shud have a king ruler again and get rid of all the toff nose pratts in lords

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The technicality is of course, if you're a government dissident and you're fishing and happen to catch a whale they can screw you over hard because you stole from Elizabeth and therefore from the entire commonwealth.



Is this law even real? I remember reading about ridiculous laws on the internet but they seemed to perfectly set up to be a joke.

Trout anyone?