You tell me what to think of this.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7613575.stm

Seriously?

Stupid laws.

Hilarious stuff. Talk about being outdated or sometimes, just plain daft.

The UK's top 10 most ridiculous British laws were listed as:

1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27%)

2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British king or queen's image upside-down (7%)

3. It is illegal for a woman to be topless in Liverpool except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (6%)

4. Eating mince pies on Christmas Day is banned (5%)

5. If someone knocks on your door in Scotland and requires the use of your toilet, you are required to let them enter (4%)

6. In the UK a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet (4%)

7. 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%)

8. 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%)

9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament wearing a suit of armour (3%)

10. It is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls of York, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow (2%)

Other bizarre foreign laws voted by those polled included:

In Ohio, it is illegal to get a fish drunk (9%)

In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation (8%)

A male doctor in Bahrain can only examine the genitals of a woman in the reflection of a mirror (7%)

In Switzerland, a man may not relieve himself standing up after 10pm (6%)

It is illegal to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle in Alabama (6%)

In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on a Sunday could be jailed (6%)

Women in Vermont must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth (6%)

In Milan, it is a legal requirement to smile at all times, except during funerals or hospital visits (5%)

In France, it is illegal to name a pig Napoleon (4%)

TEEN Choice award

Thats right. Hugh Laurie is Fox TV's teen choice for best actor. Quite and achievement, really considering he had the likes of Jared Padalecki (the dude from Supernatural), Milo Ventimiglia (the pussy power stealing dude in Heroes) and Wentworth Miller (bald, genius civil engineer from Prison break). Its weird just seeing his name up there.

The article that informed me of this postulated that House's rebellious nature has something to do with the win. Teens relate to him. I guess I do too.

I always wondered why I liked the show so much. Was it because of all the clever lines? Was it House's atheistism and cutting remarks towards the religious? Or is it really because he is such a rebel?

I think its a combination. I am a bit of a rebel, my disregard for authority having caused other people grief at some point or another. But I have always differentiated my rebellion form the typical teen's rebellion, partly because my personal growth seems to have happened in reverse. I'm mostly now trying to grow down (if that terms actually exists), but that idea has been visited many times before.

We can't dismiss the role of the script either when it comes to deciding what makes me watch the show. I love watching Top Gear, but Fifth Gear bores me to sleep. Both shows are about cars, so we can quite safely say that it isn't a passion for motoring that keeps me watching the show. I love it when Jeremy, Richard or James takes on an American car, because then I can expect the usual witty but incredibly scathing reviews. For some reason, singing the praises for a car isn't quite as funny as insulting the crap out of it. And their lines stay with me. Apparently, the most memorable part of my Oh My God rant was the burning my nipples off bit. Well that line came straight out of Jeremy's mouth.

Whatever it is, David Shore has done me a great service. And for his portrayal of House, Hugh deserves every award he gets.

Bad and good news.

I just had a post about how the justice system of any democracy is so easily misinterpreted for whatever the rich and powerful feel like doing. Paris Hilton recently proved my point. She somehow convinced the sheriff in her jail that she had a medical condition and needed to go home. So instead of finishing her jail term, she was placed under house arrest for 40 of the 45 days she needed to be in jail. Evading a jail sentence eh? The sheriff in question is going to be held in contempt of the courts for allowing her to do that. But I suspect that for him its worth it. God only knows how much she paid him to let her go. The rest of the world is understandably outraged at this. What can we do? Best we can hope for is that the judge overseeing the case now will insist that she finishes her full sentence. In jail.

On a less depressing note, we now have a working model of wireless power transmission. Tesla's vision has finally come true. We have had charging pads where users just need to place their device on a pad to charge it without plugging it in. But this time, its power transmission over 2 meters. With an efficiency of 40 percent. Very exiting stuff, I must say.

Both articles are available on BBC. Check them out for more details.