Tropical Fish Business in England

What do tropical fish, religion and bare breasts have in common?

In Liverpool England, it is illegal for woman to be topless except if they work as a clerk in a retail tropical fish shop. Shirts do get wet when working around fish tanks so maybe this is the reason for this law. I wonder if anybody has dared to go bare.

City councilors in Liverpool claim this law is an urban myth but experts say it’s still in the British law books.

This is almost as silly as the British law still in existence where it is illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas Day or it’s perfectly legal for pregnant women to relieve herself anywhere she wants - including in a policeman's helmet!

A most unusual fish was discovered at Walker’s Aquatics in Waterfoot, Rawtenstall, Lancs. In the markings on one side of an astronotus ocellatus (typically called an Oscar), the word “Allah” was spelled out in Arabic. It was also believed to have the word "Mohammed" in its markings on its other side.

Within hours of discovering this unusual fish in the pet shop, television news reporters, paparazzi and locals arrived at the store to have a look at this declared sign from God.

A few weeks later, a customer bought the fish for 10 pounds. In addition, the customer bought a large tank and expensive equipment for more than 700 pounds.

Shop owner Tony Walker said he had expected more interest in the fish after all the attention the fish got from the media.

He still made a handsome profit and a few days of fame.