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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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 Posted - 11/10/2003 : 11:58:02
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Sorry if this is completely irrelevant to a lot of you, but do any of my British brethren ever feel like explaining to some people that Bonfire Night is night singular? Not plural. We've had fireworks going off round here for over three weeks. It feels like Beirut at times!
 "I have joined the Cult Of Frank/And I have dearly paid"
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realmeanmotorscutor
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 11/10/2003 : 13:18:37
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damn right you should apologize! jk, but please do explain. what is this bonfire night?
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
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Posted - 11/10/2003 : 14:44:14
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Did you ever read "V for Vendetta"? It's a great comic "novel" "based" on Guy Fawkes - great comic! Here's a little on Guy Fawkes Day/Bonfire Night (though maybe I'm wrong?) I got to experience the holiday in 1994 when was studying in England. Really cool holiday:
http://www.bonefire.org/guy/
"On the night of November 5th, throughout Britain,
bonfires are set alight, effigies are burned,
and fireworks are set off.
The people do this to commemorate their country's
most notorious traitor"
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2003 : 15:02:26
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OK, here's the beef.
In 16 hundred and whatever, this geezer called Guido Fawkes and a bunch of his massive wanted to get rid of the lords of the manor, i.e. parliament. To do this, he decided to implement some large explosives in the cellar of the Houses of P, on State opening day (I think).
(Un)fortunately, he was arrested before he could do any damage, and subsequently hung, drawn and quartered.
To commemorate this, and for no better reason than it gives us a chance to make things go bang, we have Bonfire Night on 5th November each year, in which we basically build huge fires from various pieces of junk and the odd hedgehog, and then burn Guy Fawkes in effigy (or this year, I believe, the odd G Dubya).
Over time, the fireworks were added to signify the explosives, and its now up to crazy proportions. There's a bunch of crazy traditions to go with it, like every good event, including kids building guys and going around charging people to look at it, or something.
Also, you have the traditional childrens hands/sparklers/hospital interface, and the occasional rocket through granny's letterbox.
This is all well and good, I'm as pyromainiac as the next man, but it has literally been going on since about 24th of October, because of Divali the week before. Its still going on now, there were fireworks outside of my bedroom window when I posted this topic.
If you go out on Nov 5th, it literally feels like the blitz, but two weeks later? Its just getting annoying.
"I have joined the Cult Of Frank/And I have dearly paid"
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
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Posted - 11/10/2003 : 15:05:38
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Funny stuff! Hey, sorry for my ignorance here, but what's Divali?
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 11/10/2003 : 15:09:19
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Divali is the Hindu festival of lights I believe, round about the week before Nov 5th. Lights, hence the fireworks.
"I have joined the Cult Of Frank/And I have dearly paid"
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2003 : 15:11:16
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Ok - thanks :)
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gracie
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11/11/2003 : 10:32:11
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| The fireworks are piising me off too. I haven't had a full nights sleep for weeks due to the fact that my dogs go crazy every time one goes off. |
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