Penny for the Guy?

[N8]

Haven't seen any Guys this year on the streets or any kids pushing them round asking for the above

Another great tradition lost

Pathetic PC namby pandy government now wants us all to go to organised civic firework displays and not have our own bonfires or little garden displays. All the decent fireworks have been withdrawn from public sale too What a load of rubbish; getting your eyebrows burnt off, hair/hat set on fire, burning yourself silly, losing a finger or two while celebrating Mr.Fawkes demise and failure are (were ) all part of growing up.

Oh, and it upsets a few Catholics too apparantly so most big organised displays don't even have a Guy on top'o the bonfire anymore Rubbish.

Luckily,the whole plot was hatched in a village a few miles away from me and tonight they've got open the actual old (and now restored!) house where Fawkes and Co planned their attack and a mahoooosive bonfire to light too Also my good friend got one of her classes to make me a guy this week too so it's all good for me Can't wait to burn effigies, let off the professional display only fireworks i've aquired and upset catholics 8)

 

[NITEFLY]

i (h) fireworks

 

[x-amount]

i (h) fireworks

Stop it.

great tradition

Great?

Pop down to Lewes next year to see a real Bonfire night do, and then tell me it's been hushed up.

 

[Clara]

I saw three Vicki Pollard look-a-likes with a large white teddybear asking for a 'penny for the guy'.

 

[N8]

Great?

Super!

No effigies allowed at both displays i went too

Still we burnt our own in my mates garden and blew a load of sh*t up so it was all ok in the end.

 

[x-amount]

Great?

Super!

No effigies allowed at both displays i went too

Still we burnt our own in my mates garden and blew a load of sh*t up so it was all ok in the end.

Still, it's not like they're exactly banning Christmas, is it?

 

[Beckiboo]

When I was in Wales the other week some little chavs asked me for some money for a guy, when I said no they swore at me and flicked their cigarette butts in my direction.

The spirit of Guy Fawkes still going strong!

 

[N8]

Not so bothered about Christmas though as it doesn't generally involve blowing stuff up and burning things

 

[x-amount]

Not so bothered about Christmas though as it doesn't generally involve blowing stuff up and burning things

Ok Jeremy.

 

[naddyz]

there was an effigy at the bonfire night event I went to, everyone cheered when he caught fire

and it was a proper public one and everything, doubtless catholics were allowed in

 

[Buckley]

there was an effigy at the bonfire night event I went to, everyone cheered when he caught fire

and it was a proper public one and everything, doubtless catholics were
allowed in

Did they have some sort of faith checking machine at the entrance?

My Catholicism was full of doubt!

 

[N8]

Burn baby burn! (disco inferno!!)

 

[MarkSimpson]

We don't have it in Belfast as a large section of the population wouldn't necessarily view the failure of the plot as cause for celebration. We just have an extended Halloween consisting of blowing stuff up every night from early September until mid-November. Not very exciting.

 

[Buckley]

We don't have it in Belfast as a large section of the population wouldn't necessarily view the failure of the plot as cause for celebration.

Eloquently put sir.

 

[naddyz]

there was an effigy at the bonfire night event I went to, everyone cheered when he caught fire

and it was a proper public one and everything, doubtless catholics were
allowed in

Did they have some sort of faith checking machine at the entrance?

My Catholicism was full of doubt!

it was like a big metal detector and if it beeped you had to join satans queue.

Was more fun in that queue anyway.

 

[x-amount]

We just have an extended Halloween consisting of blowing stuff up every night

An odd way of summing up the 80's?

 

[Buckley]

there was an effigy at the bonfire night event I went to, everyone cheered when he caught fire

and it was a proper public one and everything, doubtless catholics were
allowed in

Did they have some sort of faith checking machine at the entrance?

My Catholicism was full of doubt!

it was like a big metal detector and if it beeped you had to join satans queue.

Was more fun in that queue anyway.

Perhaps that's what St Peter's got at the pearly gate - a beep from the doubt detector opens the trap door to eternal damnation. No less likely than all the other guff!

 

[jeembo]

We don't have it in Belfast as a large section of the population wouldn't necessarily view the failure of the plot as cause for celebration.

Eloquently put sir.

As if anyone actually celebrates it for any other reason than to bring a bit of fun to anotherwise cold time of the year. Same with Christmas really. It's just a good excuse to give/receive presents and get together for a right good knees up.

 

[MarkSimpson]

We just have an extended Halloween consisting of blowing stuff up every night

An odd way of summing up the 80's?

Well, perhaps, but with the addition of a procession of drunk 11-year-olds in tracksuits who think that holding a cheap plastic mask 6 inches in front of their face while mumbling a song represents good value for a pound. Give them money and you'll see them every night, give them nuts and an orange and they're gone for good...