"Remember, Remember the 5th of November,

[ratzz]

gunpowder, treason and plot.

I see no reason why gunpowder and treason
should ever be forgot ..."

5th of November here last week (obviously!), and Guy Fawkes night was it's usual spectacular self.

I bought these bad boys for my parents-in-laws party, and I have to say they absolutely ROCKED!

Mind you, at £25, they bloody should have!

[Hoopz]

5th of November here last week (obviously!)

Wasn't it the 5th of November everywhere last week?   

[jbox]

5th of November here last week (obviously!)

Wasn't it the 5th of November everywhere last week?   

He could always pretend he was just giving the Chinese, Jews and Arabs a nod...   

[ratzz]

Quite right -- it was the 5th of November everywhere last week. But its a bit like saying it was the 4th of July here last week -- it means something as a date. 1st of the 1st, 25th of the 12th, 9 11, 7 12, etc... etc ...

You guys just ribbin' me?

[Hoopz]

It was the 4th of July there last week also?  I need to buy a new calendar!

 

[ratzz]

It was the 4th of July there last week also?  I need to buy a new calendar!

 

 

[Cakemeister]

Does Guy Fawkes Day mean something special to Britons?

[polaris]

Does Guy Fawkes Day mean something special to Britons?

well, we celebrate it every year with bonfires and fireworks.
its the anniversary of the gunpowder plot, in which some dudes tried to kill the king and blow up parliament.
 

oh and its generally referred to as guy fawkes night, as thats when the fireworks happen

[Grasshopper]

And we also burn effigies of Guy Fawkes. Good wholesome fun!

[polaris]

And we also burn effigies of Guy Fawkes. Good wholesome fun!

in that case im gonna hope that cakemeister wasnt thinking it was an american tradition.

[grantspain]

some twonk wrote in a local rag "why celebrate a terrorist"(nov 5th),referring to guy fawkes as a terrorist of course-but the dippy bint does not realise we are celebrating the capture and execution of guy fawkes and his buddy's not the act they were trying to carry out.

[cdbrown]

Its celebrating the fact that there's fireworks available in sainsburys!  I've still got some fireworks left, looking for a nice night to go down the park and fire 'em off.

[mr.Curmudgeon]

but the dippy bint does not realise we are celebrating the capture and execution of guy fawkes and his buddy's not the act they were trying to carry out.

Is this still the case for the majority of Britons? Because I get the sense that he is also seen, by some, as a bit of a (anti-fascist) folk hero. Alan Moore didn't develop the "V" character out of whole cloth...

[grantspain]

but the dippy bint does not realise we are celebrating the capture and execution of guy fawkes and his buddy's not the act they were trying to carry out.

Is this still the case for the majority of Britons? Because I get the sense that he is also seen, by some, as a bit of a (anti-fascist) folk hero. Alan Moore didn't develop the "V" character out of whole cloth...

the majority of britons are not british so they probably ain't got a danny la rue what its all about

[XyloSesame]

Is this still the case for the majority of Britons? Because I get the sense that he is also seen, by some, as a bit of a (anti-fascist) folk hero. Alan Moore didn't develop the "V" character out of whole cloth...

In the States, my peers thought of Guy Fawkes as a Brit anti-hero. Well before "V" was ever conceptualized.

Of course, we were going to take over change the world as well...



                  "I blame society. Society made me what I am."
                  "That's ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---, man. You're a white suburban punk just like me."

[polaris]

but the dippy bint does not realise we are celebrating the capture and execution of guy fawkes and his buddy's not the act they were trying to carry out.

Is this still the case for the majority of Britons? Because I get the sense that he is also seen, by some, as a bit of a (anti-fascist) folk hero. Alan Moore didn't develop the "V" character out of whole cloth...

i doubt many give a flying ---fudgesicle--- either way, its just an excuse to get pissed and let off fireworks. not many in this country care about whats happening around them now, let alone what happened 400 years ago.

[mr.Curmudgeon]

Right. I hear it's just like that in England also!   

[polaris]

Right. I hear it's just like that in England also!   

im confused, i thought you were talking about britain, england is part of britain

[mr.Curmudgeon]

I was making a bad joke, implying the United States is exactly the same way. (ie: about the 4th of July, for example)

[polaris]

ahh sorry dude, me bein dumb.

but for sure we can boast to havin one bigger thing than the yanks, a nationwide alcohol problem, we are truly world leaders of binge drinking

[grantspain]

Right. I hear it's just like that in England also!   

im confused, i thought you were talking about britain, england is part of britain

unlike Wales which part of the Moon

[polaris]

thats it, you're banned from wales


for everyone else , Wales is actually just the modern term for the garden of eden, or gods home on earth

 


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[grantspain]

thats it, you're banned from wales


for everyone else , Wales is actually just the modern term for the garden of eden, or gods home on earth

 


EDIT spellin

for everyone that don't know,Wales is where the English send their retards(people who like sheep,singing in groups of men of at least 100,pot noodle eaters and speaking whilst spitting-or is that the other way round)
 

[polaris]

actually those in the know now refer to england as east wales.

[knave]

...people who like sheep...

I've heard something about that If you add a fence it's called a leisure center... 

[grantspain]

...people who like sheep...

I've heard something about that If you add a fence it's called a leisure center... 

there's lovely

[btp2k2]

it was the 5th of November everywhere last week.

Nope, not here.