Answer — Exercise 2
05 - Working life (Part 2)·Outcomes Intermediate - Workbook
Question
Read the list of some of the world's strangest rules. Find and correct a mistake in each example.
Answer
- You are not allowed to die in the Houses of Parliament in London.
- You aren't supposed to put a stamp showing the British king or queen's head upside-down on an envelope.
- In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and asks to use your toilet, you've to let them come in.
- In Ohio, you aren't allowed to get a fish drunk.
- In Florida, unmarried women aren't supposed to parachute on a Sunday.
- In Vermont, a woman has to get written permission from her husband to wear false teeth.
- In Milan, you've to smile at all times, except during funerals or hospital visits.
- In France, you're not allowed to name a pig 'Napoleon'.