Remember, remember

the 5th of November
The Gunpowder, Treason and Plot

Guy Fawkes day is not my favourite holiday, even if I do like bonfires and fireworks.
Many years ago I went to bonfire night in Lewes, Sussex, where some of the protestant martyrs were burned. They seem to still take it personally after all these years. And that is in a quiet peaceful country.
One of the very few times I have been scared of a mob, and none of it was directed at me.

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He wore sex appeal like good cologne, just enough to be a constant undercurrent without knocking anyone over at ten paces..... he stood out against the backdrop of her sleek modern office of steel, leather and glass like a bonfire in a snowdrift.
OK, I don't know quite what to make of this: it's a site called The Atheist Conservative.
the fifth of november...

I always wonder how it came to take so thoroughly in British society - literally everybody takes part, I certainly don't remember ever hearing of anyone staying away for religious reasons. Perhaps it latched on to pre-existing local traditions? There's certainly something northern and pagan about it - a good communal burn-up just as the nights start to get long and dark.

That would have been a great opportunity to inform them that you were a Viking invader.

By Mustafa Mond, FCD (not verified) on 07 Nov 2006 #permalink

Well depends, eh? I don't think there are any actual hard feelings down in Sussex - not the French, we don't talk about the French there...

As for York; while we do provide for a good tourist attraction, there is always that good old "pit of snakes" welcome back, that was famously provided once.

Sunderland man injured after launching firework from bottom

LONDON (AFP) - A man was rushed to hospital in Britain with severe internal injuries after trying to launch a powerful firework from his bottom, an ambulance service spokesman said.
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The incident took place on November 5, when Britons light bonfires and let off fireworks to commemorate a 17th century plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

By Mustafa Mond, FCD (not verified) on 09 Nov 2006 #permalink

Sunderland man injured after launching firework from bottom

LONDON (AFP) - A man was rushed to hospital in Britain with severe internal injuries after trying to launch a powerful firework from his bottom, an ambulance service spokesman said.
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The incident took place on November 5, when Britons light bonfires and let off fireworks to commemorate a 17th century plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

By Mustafa Mond, FCD (not verified) on 09 Nov 2006 #permalink