Comment on "No eating for free allowed! You must only watch it rot on the beach!"

raman_klogius@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• OfCourseNot@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  There exist an archaic law like that, but it doesn't include all booties, only 'Royal Fish', and imho it would be a stretch to consider bananas as whales or sturgeons.

  This case would be under maritime law. Iirc the cargo still belongs to the shipping company if it fell, but would be a 'finders keepers' if they threw it overboard. But I'm not a lawyer (sea lawyer?), I think this is for recoveries at sea, when it's already on shore local laws might apply instead, idk...

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  • NickeeCoco@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    OBJECTION! Bananas are the most regal of fish.

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  • cliffracer_cloaka@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    exist*s**

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    • OfCourseNot@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yup, that's I meant. Thanks!

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• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Not really archaic - if this was valuable stuff washing up on shore, the law would still be relevant.

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• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Man…I had no idea the monarchy was so into lathered up clean butts!

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• Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They still belong to the owner is the issue at hand, I believe. I.e. taking them would be theft.

  The issue is that the owner is easily known.

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