Guy Fawkes day?

[MC Moot]

I didn’t really know anything about Guy Fawkes until I read “V for Vendetta”…is this date still recognized or relevant to you in the U.K?...anyone gonna burn some stuff up?...I rather like the legend/history of it…

Remember, remember the fifth of November,
The gunpowder treason and plot,
I know of no reason
Why the gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.

[Fern]

I would just get reaaaaaalll bombed if I were there. . . . . like shitting the bed bombed . . .

[Drederick Tatum]

Guy Fawkes day is awesome, although during my lifetime its awesomeness has gradually been eroded by the fun police. in NZ you can't buy firecrackers, sky rockets, or live primates anymore.

[Adam]

fire beer and drugs - its pretty awesome generally

[MC Moot]

Originally Posted by Adam

fire beer and drugs - its pretty awesome generally

anarchy?...in spirit anyway's?

[MC Moot]

Originally Posted by Drederick Tatum

Guy Fawkes day is awesome, although during my lifetime its awesomeness has gradually been eroded by the fun police. in NZ you can't buy firecrackers, sky rockets, or live primates anymore.

I don't understand...how do you get flying monkey's without sky rockets?

[Bob]

how does it compare to the fourth of july in terms of spectacle?

i guess that question can only be answered by people who have experienced both but i bet there's a few

[Adam]

probably similar to your 4th of july stuff but colder and I think the UK have looser fire works laws. But UK and USA celebrations are different anyway

Its an celebration of a pretty evil empire really - Guy Fawkes was a left-wing terrorist in times when people had cause to really bitch about the state.

[Guy Incognito]

Originally Posted by Adam

probably similar to your 4th of july stuff but colder and I think the UK have looser fire works laws. But UK and USA celebrations are different anyway

Its an celebration of a pretty evil empire really - Guy Fawkes was a left-wing terrorist in times when people had cause to really bitch about the state.

first off, depending on which account you believe he was either like adam said OR guy fawkes was the idiot who got too pissed and got caught and got the entire blame for the gunpowder plot, his role was supposed to be very insgnificant and the rest of the people involved got away. I have no idea of the truth.

second, there are displays everywhere and some families have do's in their back gardens etc but to be honest the fireworks are available for ages before and all the kids just let them off willy nilly for weeks before and its like a fucking war zone round our way for ages.

[MC Moot]

Guido was a bretheren soldier of Spain who's "aim was to displace Protestant rule by blowing up the Houses of Parliament while King James I and the entire Protestant, and even most of the Catholic, aristocracy and nobility were inside. The conspirators saw this as a necessary reaction to the systematic discrimination against English Catholics."

that's reason for treason and a fiesta...

[na§tee]

neds/chavs all over the country buy loads of cheap fireworks and let them loose in the street/your tiny back garden. yup.

toffee apples!

[Planetary]

My girlfriend just bought me V for Vendetta recently and i'm reading it at the moment. it was a coincidence that she bought it at this time too.

i don't mind November 5th but i have a reluctance to celebrate the execution of someone who dared to fight back.

[Planetary]

and yeah, toffee apples. i think im going to try making my own though, supermarket ones are always fluffy

[Tone Capone]

I remember when I was stationed in England. I went to hang out with some chick I had met in Nottingham (she lived in High Wycombe or however it's spelled) but, when I was driving back later that night I remember thinking "dang is the whole country setting off fireworks???" I guess it was cool...

[Helvete]

Originally Posted by na§tee

neds/chavs all over the country buy loads of cheap fireworks and let them loose in the street/your tiny back garden. yup.

toffee apples!

I thought they banned the sale of them in most places in the UK, don't think I've seen any for sale for years! They still get their hands on them though. Fireworks, not toffee apples.

[Adam]

^when I was a kid 16 year old was the legal age to buy, then 18 and now its 21 - no ban but I'm sure the controls will of probably got stricter which means less BANG

I think its illegal to set them off certain times of the year unless license