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The Ridgeway's Guide to Law and Order, packed full of interesting stuff. One big

obvious thing we didn't do is discuss those sort of weird foreign unrepealed

laws and I suppose it's sort of like a DJ staple thing to do. But some of the

mouth-ass knitting and and I was looking online to see if any of them were

actually verifiable because often you think they're this sort of archaic laws

that don't need to be called. Well some of them probably they were laws but

they're they don't count any more anyway they're funny because they were made

you know 200 years ago like you've got to practice archery if you're over

14 for an hour a day and that is funny but it's not like it's a law that's

around a day that you could find a loophole in it's like although they haven't

been repealed haven't they? Well they haven't been repealed because there's no

point but you know but there's something about you you're allowed to shoot a

Welshman with a bow and arrow in the city of Jester or somewhere. I really

wouldn't advise it. I think that he's lawless. I wouldn't I wouldn't take that

yeah. It's law. Yeah okay. Well one I found that it has been verified which I

think is quite extraordinary. Just I just want you to think Rick about the

practicalities involved in this. In Bahrain a male doctor may legally examine a

woman's genitals but it's forbidden from looking directly at them during the

examination he may only see their reflection in a mirror. That's like that's

like viewing an eclipse. It's not it's not for his own safety I assume it's for

decency is it? But well I guess it is. It's obviously as you say to to but what

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