Those abysmal bagpipes
I wonder if this is a bit too resemblent of the "nanny state" phenomenon, but I'd be glad to have a law like this in place:
... the bagpipes are to be quietened by an edict from Brussels.
From this month, pipers must adhere to strict volume limits or risk breaking European Union health and safety laws. Bands have been ordered to tone down or wear earplugs to limit noise exposure to 85 decibels.
Typically, a pipe band played at full volume peaks at 122 decibels outdoors, noisier than the sound of either a nightclub or a chainsaw, which rises to 116 decibels.
As an undergrad I remember having a class with what came to be a "bagpiping intermission". The university held grad ceremonies on campus while classes were in session, which meant that having a band of bagpipers roaming the campus for a week or so in the spring and summer semester. Basically for a week or two you'd be required to take a 3-5 minute break from class simply because you couldn't hear anything that anyone else was saying during that time.
It wasn't a bad quality pipe band that brought me my hatred of bagpipes - in fact they were one of the world's best, having won the world championships 5 times, being the only non-UK group to win more than once