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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Eagler on November 05, 2002, 06:59:17 AM
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heck if I know, that's what my calendar says :)
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Guy Fawkes = Chap who tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605 by packing the cellars with gunpowder which he (and a bunch of others) planned to detonate during the state opening which would have taken the king out as well.
He failed. We tortured and then executed him (and all the others) and 5th November becomes an excuse to become a pyromaniac for the day. Bonfires, fireworks, burning effigies of guy fawkes etc.
http://www.bonefire.org/guy/ (http://www.bonefire.org/guy/)
Gatso
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That has to be the hottest holiday ever ;)
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and you all celebrate it why? just needed another holiday?
I remember a huge bonfire on this day on beach of the North Sea at Tynemouth when I lived there - age 12.
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This year it coincides with the USA election day, another hot one!
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Do they celebrate because he almost blew up the Parliament or that he failed? ;)
My Mom and sister were in Reading, England 5 or 6 years ago during the Guy Fawkes holiday. They both said it was great fun.
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1. it's not a 'holiday'
2. It's not called 'Guy Fawkes Day' either.
It's merely referred to as November the 5th and it's merely an excuse for a fireworks display for the kiddies and a piss up with your mates round a bonfire.
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It's not actually a public holiday. Just a celebration. The kind of thing you have when you have such a long history - and down the centuries it's lost any meaning it might have once had.
Now, like Gatso says, it's just an excuse to set off fireworks and light large fires and eat.
Fireworks are cool, so I like Guy Fawkes Day. :)
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Aren't fireworks, like guns, illegal to the subjects of the Crown?
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I wish they would Rip, the kids round here are letting them off at people and we've had quite a few close calls. They soon stop when you run over and taketheir fireworks, but it's at the risk of being horribly burned. The main problem is that they sell them all year round, rather than just 5th Nov and new year. Lotsof the muslim families around here usethem for their weddings too, but it is the kids who act the most stupid with them.
FWIW Bonfires were always lit around Halloween (Autumnal Equinox) by first the pagans then the christians. Another case of popular traditions being painted with the message of the day (like christmas, easter etc).
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Aaah, the man who feels he needs a sidearm to feel like he's a citizen.
I'm sure there's more substance to the ideals laid down by the Founding Fathers than purely the right to gun ownership. I'd like to think so, anyway, but Ripsnort seems intent on proving me wrong.
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Originally posted by Ozark
Do they celebrate because he almost blew up the Parliament or that he failed? ;)
This would depend on whether or not you are a Protestant or a Catholic...and how long you hold a grudge.
The GunPowder Plot was a Catholic plot to blow up James I and his parliament....they had hoped that after Lizzie the First died that Catholics would receive better treatment under James. They felt they didn't and were pissed...so they tried to blow up the Parliament.
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Originally posted by Dowding (Work)
Aaah, the man who feels he needs a sidearm to feel like he's a citizen.
I'm sure there's more substance to the ideals laid down by the Founding Fathers than purely the right to gun ownership. I'd like to think so, anyway, but Ripsnort seems intent on proving me wrong.
:confused:
Stay in the business you're in, psycho-analysis is not your best asset.
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Dowd old pal, with all due whatever....this is a light hearted thread about Guy Fawkes and not another excuse for some yank bashing.
How bout we stick to the point and all stay friends, for a change.....?
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so its a holiday for a terrorist?
think OBL takes it off? :)
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Originally posted by Eagler
so its a holiday for a terrorist?
think OBL takes it off? :)
Technically this is correct, but OBL would have wanted to see both Guy and James blown up being as they are both Christians. Problem is, from his perspective, that Christians seem to be better at handling high explosives than our Musilm brothers,who keep blowing themselves up.
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Swoop old pal, if I think someone is yanking my chain (no pun intended) then I'll damn well yank their's in return (no innuendo or pun intended), i.e.:
"Aren't fireworks, like guns, illegal to the subjects of the Crown?"
Hmm... and he wasn't trawling for a response?
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Did Royalty in the UK go away?
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Rip,
Think of the Royal Family like the Right to Bear Arms: Anachronistic and potentially counter-productive but fundamental to our way of life :)
btw on November 5th we celebrate the fact that the plot failed not that it occurred.
To this day at the State of Opening of Parliament the Serjeant at Arms and some of the Yoemen of the Guard search the cellars for gunpowder.
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Ok then, let's play it your way. Either:
a) It was a serious question, and I've been crediting you with more intelligence than you actually possess
or
b) It was a troll.
Your choice, fella.
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So, when is Pompous bellybutton day? They must have one. It the one thing the English truly, excel at.
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So, back to my original question, are fireworks illegal to posess to the subjects of the Crown?
Yes or no?
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Originally posted by easymo
So, when is Pompous bellybutton day?
It is the day after "Bubble Gun Chewing, Drink Watery Beer and Be Real Loud and Obnoxious Day".:p
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No fireworks are not illegal. Niether are firearms for that matter: it's just a lot more difficult to get a license and certain types are completely restricted (including semi-automatic hand-guns).
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Thanks Pei!
incidently, the laws here are state by state. In our state, they're illegal to posess except on an indian reservation (Racism against whites obviously) however everyone fires them off anyway.
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I'm sure once we've had few more lawsuits from idiots who have managed to blow themselves up they will be illegal soon enough, followed by matches and cookers and knives.