In Competition No. 2950 you were invited to propose a new and ludicrous piece of legislation along with a justification for it.
Although Basil Ransome-Davies makes it into the winning line-up, some might argue that his proposal is far from ludicrous, given that cats are taking over the internet. Another suggestion that struck me as eminently sensible included Carolyn Thomas-Coxhead’s call for a ban on the wearing of protuberant rucksacks in busy places.
Chris O’Carroll’s neat meta entry, which demands a ban on ‘journals of news and opinion … sponsoring competitions that award prizes for light verse and frivolous comic prose’, made me smile, and I also commend D.A. Prince, who was not alone in considering that there is an urgent need for the equivalent of a Highway Code for pedestrians.
The winners take £30 each. Brian Murdoch pockets £35.
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