Bonfire night...
Nov 4th 2009, 10:57 pm
#46
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Re: Bonfire night...
I think that the reason that fireworks are banned in many states & municipalities is that the right to own and set off fireworks is not enshrined in the United States Constitution. Experience shows that, unless a right is constitutionally protected, Marxists or doctrinaire Pelosi Democrats will take it away.
Nov 4th 2009, 11:33 pm
#47
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Re: Bonfire night...
real sausages with onions...mmmm....
Nov 5th 2009, 12:00 am
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Re: Bonfire night...
at my daughter's school they had asked parents to come in and talk about significant cultural events and festivals - I was going to come and tell them about Guy Fawkes night but then the teacher said that she had done a little research and thought that it might not be "suitable". [ the kids are 3-6]
I wasn't intending to talk about the hanging drawing and quartering!! Just the fireworks and maybe the poem Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot...
boo hoo.. homesick too today........
I wasn't intending to talk about the hanging drawing and quartering!! Just the fireworks and maybe the poem Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot...
boo hoo.. homesick too today........
Nov 5th 2009, 12:05 am
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Re: Bonfire night...
at my daughter's school they had asked parents to come in and talk about significant cultural events and festivals - I was going to come and tell them about Guy Fawkes night but then the teacher said that she had done a little research and thought that it might not be "suitable". [ the kids are 3-6]
I wasn't intending to talk about the hanging drawing and quartering!! Just the fireworks and maybe the poem Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot...
boo hoo.. homesick too today........
I wasn't intending to talk about the hanging drawing and quartering!! Just the fireworks and maybe the poem Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot...
boo hoo.. homesick too today........
I mean you wouldn't want to TEACH about the rest of the world would you shheeeshhh!!!!!
Nov 5th 2009, 1:09 am
#50
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Re: Bonfire night...
I think some of you should celebrate this tradition in the US. I'd go to it, it sounds like a blast! I bet others would too, if hosting appeals to you.
Nov 5th 2009, 2:00 am
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Re: Bonfire night...
Nov 5th 2009, 2:14 am
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Re: Bonfire night...
Chumping- collecting the wood
getting rid of your old junk
pie and mushy peas
plot toffee
these fireworks that seemed to chase you that were banned?
The smokey smell
My cat having a prescription for valium, apparently a human dose, it was the first year she didnt disappear and actually watched the fireworks from the window with a serene expression! Can a cat have an expression?
getting rid of your old junk
pie and mushy peas
plot toffee
these fireworks that seemed to chase you that were banned?
The smokey smell
My cat having a prescription for valium, apparently a human dose, it was the first year she didnt disappear and actually watched the fireworks from the window with a serene expression! Can a cat have an expression?
Nov 5th 2009, 2:33 am
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Re: Bonfire night...
Chumping- collecting the wood
getting rid of your old junk
pie and mushy peas
plot toffee
these fireworks that seemed to chase you that were banned?
The smokey smell
My cat having a prescription for valium, apparently a human dose, it was the first year she didnt disappear and actually watched the fireworks from the window with a serene expression! Can a cat have an expression?
getting rid of your old junk
pie and mushy peas
plot toffee
these fireworks that seemed to chase you that were banned?
The smokey smell
My cat having a prescription for valium, apparently a human dose, it was the first year she didnt disappear and actually watched the fireworks from the window with a serene expression! Can a cat have an expression?
Nov 5th 2009, 12:24 pm
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Nov 5th 2009, 1:22 pm
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Re: Bonfire night...
but we can foil wrap some spuds and put them in the pit, My Son and his friend will make a 'mini' guy fawkes and we will stand out by the fire and re-call bonfire nights of the past! 
It's the best we can do, but at least it's better than nothing
Nov 5th 2009, 2:39 pm
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Re: Bonfire night...
I've given The Kitten smaller doses of that, as an appetite stimulant (it works, btw) but never intentionally as a trank (though there was one time the vet started her on a higher dose, and she was definitely stoned...)
Nov 5th 2009, 2:58 pm
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Re: Bonfire night...
The Hub of the Universe (Boston, to folks unfamiliar with Beantown and its traditions) is surely the place to be to celebrate Guy Fawkes...
http://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=10826
Each November 5th, on Guy Fawkes Day, Bostonians celebrated “Pope Day” by burning the pope in effigy, holding processions featuring the Roman Pontiff and the devil walking hand in hand and launching pogrom-type vandalizing of Catholic homes and businesses.
In 1834, rioters burned down an Ursuline convent in North Boston and by 1840 a virulently anti-Catholic political party, the “Know Nothings,” was formed in reaction to Catholic immigration to the United States. The Know Nothing party swept Massachusetts elections in 1854, winning both governorship and legislature.
Puritan laws had forbidden Catholics from holding any kind of political office and Boston practice portrayed Catholics as mindless automata in the service of the foreign pope.
All of that changed in a big way in 1960...........
In 1834, rioters burned down an Ursuline convent in North Boston and by 1840 a virulently anti-Catholic political party, the “Know Nothings,” was formed in reaction to Catholic immigration to the United States. The Know Nothing party swept Massachusetts elections in 1854, winning both governorship and legislature.
Puritan laws had forbidden Catholics from holding any kind of political office and Boston practice portrayed Catholics as mindless automata in the service of the foreign pope.
All of that changed in a big way in 1960...........
Nov 5th 2009, 9:05 pm
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Re: Bonfire night...
found some sparklers which we'll fire up in the garden after dinner....apparently those are banned in MA too 