Guy Fawkes Day

Paladin UK · November 05, 2009, 01:58:25 PM

Ho....

You dont hardly see any kids now with a Guy

Just up the road from us there is a large CO-OP store and there wuz always a couple of kids with their Guys!! Aint seen none this year, kinda sad really

I `spect elf `n` safety has stepped in `n` said that they Guy would have to have the correct fencing and lighting around him and that the kids would have ta wear Yellow safetyHi-Vis jackets!!

Paladin (What useta go `Guying`when he wuz a wippersnapper ) UK

Daniel Nighteyes · November 05, 2009, 02:40:14 PM

Speaking of Guy Fawkes, have any of you seen the movie V for Vendetta? Excellent movie, but wierd and spooky as all get-out. I had to watch it twice to get all the plot twists, and would watch it again in a heartbeat. The main character, a man simply known as V, wears a Guy Fawkes mask throughout the movie, and the Gunpowder Treason & Plot, Part Deaux is a great part of it.

It stars Hugo Weaving (Elrond in The Lord Of The Rings movies, and Agent Smith in The Matrix movies), as well as Natalie Portman(Star Wars' Padme Amidala), who's always extremely easy on the eye.

Angel_Eyes · November 05, 2009, 05:05:19 PM

Hi Sir Chas, just watched a free fireworks show.
The local school field backs onto my rear fence line and they just had a Guy Fawkes party.
Me and the missus sat in my loading room, (has a large picture window), and were treated to a fine free show of wonderful fireworks
We are slightly higher than the majority of the town and overlook the main part, so were able to look out and see all the displays all around the area.
Did my old Scottish heart good, all the show and not a penny spent!!!

(Still got a pile of the old pennies if you need some)

AE

Icebox Bob · November 05, 2009, 08:28:36 PM

Quote from: Daniel Nighteyes on November 05, 2009, 02:40:14 PM
Speaking of Guy Fawkes, have any of you seen the movie V for Vendetta? Excellent movie, but wierd and spooky as all get-out. I had to watch it twice to get all the plot twists, and would watch it again in a heartbeat. The main character, a man simply known as V, wears a Guy Fawkes mask throughout the movie, and the Gunpowder Treason & Plot, Part Deaux is a great part of it.

It stars Hugo Weaving (Elrond in The Lord Of The Rings movies, and Agent Smith in The Matrix movies), as well as Natalie Portman(Star Wars' Padme Amidala), who's always extremely easy on the eye.

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Frenchie · November 05, 2009, 11:38:57 PM

Well, I'm French- and Irish-Canadian by heritage, so Guy Fawkes Day doesn't mean much to me; neither side of me seems to get too teary-eyed about a bunch of Englishmen being blown to bits heh heh heh

And if it weren't for sharing a first name, I'd probably not think of him at all. But the poetry about it reminds me of

Up the long ladder and down the short rope!
To Hell with King Billy and God bless the Pope!
If that doesn't do
We'll tear him in two
And send him to Hell with his red, white and blue!

Up the Irish!

Daniel Nighteyes · November 06, 2009, 04:08:54 PM

Quote from: Icebox Bob on November 05, 2009, 08:28:36 PM
The 'Challenge' -
The 'Response' -

I guess that means you watched it, huh?

Jeremiah Sullivan · November 06, 2009, 10:39:29 PM

Quote from: Frenchie on November 05, 2009, 11:38:57 PM
Well, I'm French- and Irish-Canadian by heritage, so Guy Fawkes Day doesn't mean much to me; neither side of me seems to get too teary-eyed about a bunch of Englishmen being blown to bits heh heh heh And if it weren't for sharing a first name, I'd probably not think of him at all. But the poetry about it reminds me of

Up the long ladder and down the short rope!
To Hell with King Billy and God bless the Pope!
If that doesn't do
We'll tear him in two
And send him to Hell with his red, white and blue!

Up the Irish!

It still seems odd to this son of NY Irish Catholics that my first Guy Fawkes Bonfire was observed in the yard of a Roman Catholic Church in Rickmansworth, Herts. some years ago. My Episcopalian wife, (DAR descendent of English Prods) was with me and thought the whole idea of the RC parish celebrating was hilarious.

Had a grand time, to boot.

"The last man to enter Parliament with honest intentions...." So said my UK neighbor.

Somehow it wasn't as weird as the time I went pub crawling in Dun Loaghaire with a couple of lads from the Garda Siochana and a couple from the RUC.

Sir Charles deMouton-Black · November 02, 2010, 09:19:26 PM

Its comin' round agin! So; BUMP, or should I say BOOM? I gotta check out that youtube clip of 1800 pounds of Holy Black blowin' up under the "House of Parliament"!

Dr. Bob · November 02, 2010, 11:13:23 PM

Kewel!! We need to do that to the present Congress! Can't afford the powder! Oh well.

Sir Charles deMouton-Black · November 03, 2010, 10:28:06 AM

Quote from: Dr. Bob on November 02, 2010, 11:13:23 PM
Kewel!! We need to do that to the present Congress! Can't afford the powder! Oh well.

So! You have a new flavour to the housa Reps. Lets see if it changes anything?

Dr. Bob · November 03, 2010, 05:24:17 PM

Not very likely is my prediction!

Doc Cuervo · November 03, 2010, 08:41:13 PM

Quote from: Dr. Bob on November 02, 2010, 11:13:23 PM
Kewel!! We need to do that to the present Congress! Can't afford the powder! Oh well.

Let's take up a collecton.

Dr. Bob · November 03, 2010, 09:22:26 PM

Quote from: Doc Cuervo on November 03, 2010, 08:41:13 PM
Let's take up a collecton.

A man with a PLAN!! Doc, I like the way you think!

Fiddler Green · November 04, 2010, 12:22:16 AM

Gota' love anyone who wanted to touch off that much BP!

Drayton Calhoun · December 03, 2010, 07:55:14 PM

Quote from: Dr. Bob on November 03, 2010, 09:22:26 PM
A man with a PLAN!! Doc, I like the way you think!

Wouldn't that be kind of like flushing a cherry bomb down the toilet?

Doc Cuervo · December 08, 2010, 02:08:50 AM

Quote from: Sir Charles deMouton-Black on November 02, 2010, 09:19:26 PM
Its comin' round agin! So; BUMP, or should I say BOOM? I gotta check out that youtube clip of 1800 pounds of Holy Black blowin' up under the "House of Parliament"!

Now that was a right nice little blast.

"There is no problem that can not be overcome with the proper judicous application of sufficent high explosive."

Mogorilla · December 13, 2010, 07:55:53 AM

To all who have seen V for Vendetta, check out the graphic novel or the 10 part comic book. They are much better. I was an early fanboy from ~1986 when the comic was released (I was a college chemistry major, comic books were a degree requirement). Anyway, check those out.

Go Guy!

Sir Charles deMouton-Black · November 05, 2011, 10:38:04 AM

So; Here I am at my son's In-Laws in Cyprus. I find out that the English Ex-Pats celebrate Guy Fawkes Day here too!

They had a slightly different celebration here this summer when 96 containers of ammo seized from Gaza gunrunners went up due to an out of control grass fire. That might have been no matter, but one of the island's power plants was in the next lot!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2013417/Cyprus-blast-Naval-chief-6-firefighters-12-dead.html