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Post by krazydiamond on Nov 5, 2007 8:47:28 GMT -5
;D
KD
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Post by parfive on Nov 5, 2007 9:18:17 GMT -5
What . . . no fireworks??
Mark musta OD'd on pumpkins last week. ;D ;D
Rich
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Post by ladyt on Nov 5, 2007 13:02:01 GMT -5
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erbojones
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Post by erbojones on Nov 5, 2007 16:34:17 GMT -5
We've got fireworks (real ones) going off all over the place here!! Had a bonfire yesterday so we've done our bit!
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earthdog
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Post by earthdog on Nov 5, 2007 20:08:38 GMT -5
Pardon my ignorance but what in the Sam hell is a,
"Guy Fawkes Day"?
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Post by cpdad on Nov 5, 2007 20:47:46 GMT -5
im in the same boat earth....im just to lazy to go look it up ;D...i aint got a clue ;D...kev.
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Post by akansan on Nov 5, 2007 21:52:58 GMT -5
I've never been sure if Guy Fawkes Day was in commemoration of the discovery of the treason (prior to its enactment) or in celebration of Guy Fawkes.
Basically, Guy Fawkes and some others attempted to blow up the Parliament building and kill King James I in order to bring down the Protestant government. It was supposed to happen at the stroke of midnight on November 5th.
Right?
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Post by beefjello on Nov 5, 2007 23:35:40 GMT -5
I found this..
A common phrase is that Fawkes was "the only man to ever enter parliament with honourable intentions".
He meant to blow it up, right?
Hmm..
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Post by joe on Nov 6, 2007 0:55:14 GMT -5
Well... Happy GF day! Light one for me!!
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erbojones
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Post by erbojones on Nov 6, 2007 6:21:10 GMT -5
Yep, Guy was a member of a group who plotted to blow up parliament (called the Gunpowder Plot which if it had been successful would have been possibly the biggest attack in British history!) but they got found out and the plotters were rounded up. Guy was tortured until he confessed and then he was hung until semi-conscious, drawn around the streets by a rope and then cut into four pieces (hung, drawn and quartered).
The celebration is really about the plot not happening but there was also a religious undertone to the plot as the plotters were Catholic and wanted to remove the Protestant King and Parliament.
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Post by LCARS on Nov 6, 2007 20:51:01 GMT -5
Wow, I learned something.  |
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KG1960
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Post by KG1960 on Nov 6, 2007 22:17:45 GMT -5
If I remember my readings correctly, the plotters actually managed to place a large stash of gun powder under Parliament and just had to light the fuse. The authorities got wind of the plot and were laying in wait for whoever came to light the fuse, which happened to be Fawkes who along with the other plotters met with a brutal end. I think 17th century??
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Post by parfive on Nov 5, 2012 11:49:46 GMT -5
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Post by BAZ on Nov 5, 2012 18:54:17 GMT -5
And now for something completely different...  |
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Post by Woodyrock on Nov 6, 2012 2:01:42 GMT -5
The basement of the U.S of A. House of Congress is well guarded to prevent a like happening.
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Post by Original Admin on Nov 6, 2012 4:41:16 GMT -5
Cheers KD - It went well - we did some small fireworks in the back garden (James doesnt like loud ones yet!!) Fireworks on here - oh no - well - the site was hacked again on Saturday and I have spent the last few days trying to clean it up - didnt get round to putting on the show. I'll put them up for New Year |
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Post by Original Admin on Nov 6, 2012 4:44:06 GMT -5
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Post by Original Admin on Nov 6, 2012 4:56:02 GMT -5
Rich - I carved 3 pumpkins - one big one for the outside of the house, and two small ones for the kids. James said "Dad - your pumkin looks cross!!" (which I found funny). Neither of the small pumpkins made it out of the house and onto the rounds of trickntreating - I think the boys are more into carrying their buckets and ensuring they are filled with sweets as opposed to messing with burning candles. This..... is a relief in a way. The large pumkin was hung outside the house and it looked a sorry state as whilst the candles remained lit - water poured off it as it chucked it down all night!!!! |
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Post by Simon on Nov 6, 2012 11:52:26 GMT -5
Loads of fireworks, no kids at home anymore so we watched everyone elses. The local kids don't come here on Halloween we live in the witches house.  Plus we have the big bad dog.  |
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Post by sandsman1 on Nov 7, 2012 4:23:39 GMT -5
baz thats some funny stuff had me crackin up
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Plus we have the big bad dog.
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