It is illegal to give any pie to fellow diners.
It is also illegal to take unfinished pie home. All pie must be eaten on the premises.
It is also illegal to take unfinished pie home. All pie must be eaten on the premises.
Legend has it that horses love ice cream, and this was a way to lure someone else’s horse to “follow” you home… ie, steal the horse! This law shows up in multiple areas, so this may well have been a low-key way to “find” a few new horses.
10-1 Use of vehicles for commercial advertising. No person at any time shall operate, drive or park or cause to be operated, driven or parked upon any street alley parkway, sidewalk or public property within the city, without first obtaining written permission therefor from the city clerk, any advertising vehicle, sound truck or commercial vehicle…
This decree from Oliver Cromwell in 1644 was meant to combat gluttony. You’re all criminals!
The Belgian Judicial Code provides a list of goods and items that may not, in principle, be seized by a bailiff (art. 1408), basically in order to safeguard minimal living conditions and means. While such a list is useful in itself, its details harken back to days of yore. Most notably, it details that a…