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from "Bioboffin" contains these words:

You are quite correct: a silly law is one which people ignore.

Quite so. I need to fit some sockets in my conservatory - so I shall.
I'm debating whether to run a new ring back to a spare way on the
fuseboard or whether to just extend the existing ring through the wall,
but whichever I do I shall be doing it myself.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.