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Re: Bonfire night...
Originally Posted by robin1234
(Post 8070782)
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.
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Re: Bonfire night...
real sausages with onions...mmmm....:)
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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........ |
Re: Bonfire night...
Originally Posted by nooj
(Post 8072025)
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 mean you wouldn't want to TEACH about the rest of the world would you shheeeshhh!!!!! |
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.
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Re: Bonfire night...
Originally Posted by Kaffy Mintcake
(Post 8072130)
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.
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Re: Bonfire night...
Originally Posted by Kaffy Mintcake
(Post 8072130)
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.
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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? |
Re: Bonfire night...
Originally Posted by Bradford Lass
(Post 8072233)
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? |
Re: Bonfire night...
Originally Posted by kimilseung
(Post 8071862)
I am unsure how to read this post, Poe's Law
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Re: Bonfire night...
Originally Posted by Kaffy Mintcake
(Post 8072130)
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.
It's the best we can do, but at least it's better than nothing :rolleyes: |
Re: Bonfire night...
Originally Posted by Bradford Lass
(Post 8072233)
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?
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...) |
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...
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........... |
Re: Bonfire night...
found some sparklers which we'll fire up in the garden after dinner....apparently those are banned in MA too :lol:
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Re: Bonfire night...
Originally Posted by robin1234
(Post 8073133)
Typical of a liberal -- "unsure" = dithering, no courage of your convictions.
I am unsure how to read this post, Poe's Law |
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