So...what are you folks in the UK doing to celebrate?

5th of November I'll be standing next to a massive bonfire and setting off big bright firework thingys.

Oh... and eating lots...


... and dreaming of:


(Clip created from the movie "V For Vendetta.")



Get your "5th of November - Gunpowder Folk" avatar here? - This week only :)

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If you want to see your government go out with a big bang wear a "Gunpowder Folk" avatar with pride this week.

(All sizes fit all people.)

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Hey, it looks like Guy's ghost has blown up my post rather than Parliment!!!

[Edit} Ooops, just realised, wrong thread!!! {edit}

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Hey, it looks like Guy's ghost has blown up my post rather than Parliment!!!

Hey.

If some one blows up your post think yourself lucky.

. No post = no bills :o)


You know you look rather dashing in your Guy Fawkes mask. Houdi (Keith) also looks rather smart.

Think I'll join you.

You know you look rather dashing in your Guy Fawkes mask. Houdi (Keith) also looks rather smart.

Think I'll join you.

Thank you kind sir. However, on my linux box, it's showing up my original avatar. I thought that if one changes preferences in seti, it affects all machines?

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You know you look rather dashing in your Guy Fawkes mask. Houdi (Keith) also looks rather smart.

Think I'll join you.

Thank you kind sir. However, on my linux box, it's showing up my original avatar. I thought that if one changes preferences in seti, it affects all machines?

Just 'refresh' (f5?) or reload the page a couple of times.

What you are seeing is what is left in the cache (saved back images in your web browser) on your machine.

Your web browser is just storing what it thinks are 'often used' or 'common' images or pages.... It just needs a kick to update itself sometimes..

If you can't 'refresh' then a 'reboot' often does the trick.

HI all
my younger sister died on the morning og Guy Fawkes...5th November 2002..at the age of 39...she always wanted to go out with a bang...\\i'm just sorry I wasn't there with her.........however..since her death I've consulted amedium and she's doing okay...much better than when she was on the earth plane as she had so much physical pain and atrophy of her body.
I'm not writing this to be maudlin...just celebrating life.....not one of us knows how or when this physical existence will end...I truly belive that it isn't an end..on;y a transition to the next phase...isn't that what we're all doing in trying to confirm that there's 'life out there'???
Much metta,love and hugs to all
Jewels x

So...what are you folks in the UK doing to celebrate?

5th of November I'll be standing next to a massive bonfire and setting off big bright firework thingys.

Oh... and eating lots...


... and dreaming of:


(Clip created from the movie "V For Vendetta.")



Get your "5th of November - Gunpowder Folk" avatar here? - This week only :)

- -

If you want to see your government go out with a big bang wear a "Gunpowder Folk" avatar with pride this week.

(All sizes fit all people.)

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Ok, This Guy Fawkes Stores all this gunpowder under a Government Building
and it was discovered because of loose lips, Fawkes and his co-conspirators are tried for treason
and Supposed to be Hung for a few minutes and then get Drawn Quartered and Beheaded..Except Fawkes Jumps off the gallows and breaks his neck......

Have I got this right?

Why is this celebrated?

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HI all
my younger sister died on the morning og Guy Fawkes...5th November 2002..at the age of 39...she always wanted to go out with a bang...\\i'm just sorry I wasn't there with her.........however..since her death I've consulted amedium and she's doing okay...much better than when she was on the earth plane as she had so much physical pain and atrophy of her body.
I'm not writing this to be maudlin...just celebrating life.....not one of us knows how or when this physical existence will end...I truly belive that it isn't an end..on;y a transition to the next phase...isn't that what we're all doing in trying to confirm that there's 'life out there'???
Much metta,love and hugs to all
Jewels x

We can't change the dates on which we celebrate important things in our lives.

But we can make those days special.

What is your sisters name?

This 5th of November she will be remembered by us to.

Ok, This Guy Fawkes Stores all this gunpowder under a Government Building
and it was discovered because of loose lips, Fawkes and his co-conspirators are tried for treason and Supposed to be Hung for a few minutes and then get Drawn Quartered and Beheaded..Except Fawkes Jumps off the gallows and breaks his neck......

Have I got this right?

Why is this celebrated?

It's the cafe... We celebrate life however odd (I think..) :o)

Anyone have photos of their Bonfire party?


(PS: I'm changing my avatar because I want to be debonair like Sirius & Houdi..)

Ok, This Guy Fawkes Stores all this gunpowder under a Government Building
and it was discovered because of loose lips, Fawkes and his co-conspirators are tried for treason
and Supposed to be Hung for a few minutes and then get Drawn Quartered and Beheaded..Except Fawkes Jumps off the gallows and breaks his neck......

Have I got this right?

Why is this celebrated?

On the very night of the thwarted Gunpowder Plot, it is said that the populace of London celebrated the defeat by lighting fires and engaging in street festivities. It would appear that similar celebrations took place on each anniversary and, over the years, became a tradition.

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Ok, This Guy Fawkes Stores all this gunpowder under a Government Building
and it was discovered because of loose lips, Fawkes and his co-conspirators are tried for treason
and Supposed to be Hung for a few minutes and then get Drawn Quartered and Beheaded..Except Fawkes Jumps off the gallows and breaks his neck......

Have I got this right?

Why is this celebrated?

On the very night of the thwarted Gunpowder Plot, it is said that the populace of London celebrated the defeat by lighting fires and engaging in street festivities. It would appear that similar celebrations took place on each anniversary and, over the years, became a tradition.

Thanks for clearing that up for me ICE, I thought the King was hated and it was a bad thing that Fawkes was caught....

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Thanks for clearing that up for me ICE, I thought the King was hated and it was a bad thing that Fawkes was caught....

Erm...

Actually the King was hated and some say Fawkes was a hero.

But if he had succeeded we (English speakers) might all be speaking Spanish or Italian now...


It's a lunatic British thing but we are sort of celebrating Guy Fawkes's faliure.


400 years on and I just like the fireworks... and I liked that he tried...

If 'Guy' was here today we might love him.

An MP3.

SNIPs...

Nope...but there is good news...the shed is still in one piece.. :o)

The embers in the chimenea are just flickering their last.

You mean the shed is still standing but you blew up your house...

<Me scratches head...>

Shouldn't it be the other way around?

Ok, This Guy Fawkes Stores all this gunpowder under a Government Building
and it was discovered because of loose lips, Fawkes and his co-conspirators are tried for treason
and Supposed to be Hung for a few minutes and then get Drawn Quartered and Beheaded..Except Fawkes Jumps off the gallows and breaks his neck......

Have I got this right?

Why is this celebrated?

On the very night of the thwarted Gunpowder Plot, it is said that the populace of London celebrated the defeat by lighting fires and engaging in street festivities. It would appear that similar celebrations took place on each anniversary and, over the years, became a tradition.

Thanks for clearing that up for me ICE, I thought the King was hated and it was a bad thing that Fawkes was caught....

It's actually all about religion, and terrorism. Guy Fawkes and a group of English conspirators wanted to kill King James I of England, his family, and most of the aristocracy by blowing up the House of Lords in the Palace of Westminster during the State Opening of Parliament.

Things haven't changed much since then. Terrorists were using religion to try to kill to make things the way they wanted.

So yes you are right Ratava, the King was hated by some because he was not Catholic, and yes it was a bad thing that that Fawkes was caught - if you were a Catholic at the time.

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Ok, This Guy Fawkes Stores all this gunpowder under a Government Building
and it was discovered because of loose lips, Fawkes and his co-conspirators are tried for treason
and Supposed to be Hung for a few minutes and then get Drawn Quartered and Beheaded..Except Fawkes Jumps off the gallows and breaks his neck......

Have I got this right?

Why is this celebrated?

On the very night of the thwarted Gunpowder Plot, it is said that the populace of London celebrated the defeat by lighting fires and engaging in street festivities. It would appear that similar celebrations took place on each anniversary and, over the years, became a tradition.

Thanks for clearing that up for me ICE, I thought the King was hated and it was a bad thing that Fawkes was caught....

It's actually all about religion, and terrorism. Guy Fawkes and a group of English conspirators wanted to kill King James I of England, his family, and most of the aristocracy by blowing up the House of Lords in the Palace of Westminster during the State Opening of Parliament.

Things haven't changed much since then. Terrorists were using religion to try to kill to make things the way they wanted.

So yes you are right Ratava, the King was hated by some because he was not Catholic, and yes it was a bad thing that that Fawkes was caught - if you were a Catholic at the time.

Is it possible that many people secretly sympathise with him? Not just in Britan, but around the world. For example in the movie V for Vendetta, would you say that people who watch it are on V's side or the government's? I know, it's fiction set in different times under different circumstances, but well, you know what I'm trying to say.

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Ok, This Guy Fawkes Stores all this gunpowder under a Government Building
and it was discovered because of loose lips, Fawkes and his co-conspirators are tried for treason
and Supposed to be Hung for a few minutes and then get Drawn Quartered and Beheaded..Except Fawkes Jumps off the gallows and breaks his neck......

Have I got this right?

Why is this celebrated?

On the very night of the thwarted Gunpowder Plot, it is said that the populace of London celebrated the defeat by lighting fires and engaging in street festivities. It would appear that similar celebrations took place on each anniversary and, over the years, became a tradition.

Thanks for clearing that up for me ICE, I thought the King was hated and it was a bad thing that Fawkes was caught....

It's actually all about religion, and terrorism. Guy Fawkes and a group of English conspirators wanted to kill King James I of England, his family, and most of the aristocracy by blowing up the House of Lords in the Palace of Westminster during the State Opening of Parliament.

Things haven't changed much since then. Terrorists were using religion to try to kill to make things the way they wanted.

So yes you are right Ratava, the King was hated by some because he was not Catholic, and yes it was a bad thing that that Fawkes was caught - if you were a Catholic at the time.

Is it possible that many people secretly sympathise with him? Not just in Britan, but around the world. For example in the movie V for Vendetta, would you say that people who watch it are on V's side or the government's? I know, it's fiction set in different times under different circumstances, but well, you know what I'm trying to say.

Is it possible that many people secretly sympathise with him? You mean since 1605 there are many people wanting to blow up the British Houses Of Parliament? Because they follow a certain religion?

Yes, I'm sure there are, but none of them remotely sympathizing with Guy Fawkes of 1605 I expect. By then he had changed his name to Guido, the Spanish form of Guy. Catholic Spain and England were at war between 1585 and 1604. I expect if the Spanish couldn't defeat King James I, then Guy thought he could by blowing up Westminster and any other innocent people who were there on the day of the State Opening of Parliament.

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Ok, This Guy Fawkes Stores all this gunpowder under a Government Building
and it was discovered because of loose lips, Fawkes and his co-conspirators are tried for treason
and Supposed to be Hung for a few minutes and then get Drawn Quartered and Beheaded..Except Fawkes Jumps off the gallows and breaks his neck......

Have I got this right?

Why is this celebrated?

On the very night of the thwarted Gunpowder Plot, it is said that the populace of London celebrated the defeat by lighting fires and engaging in street festivities. It would appear that similar celebrations took place on each anniversary and, over the years, became a tradition.

Thanks for clearing that up for me ICE, I thought the King was hated and it was a bad thing that Fawkes was caught....

It's actually all about religion, and terrorism. Guy Fawkes and a group of English conspirators wanted to kill King James I of England, his family, and most of the aristocracy by blowing up the House of Lords in the Palace of Westminster during the State Opening of Parliament.

Things haven't changed much since then. Terrorists were using religion to try to kill to make things the way they wanted.

So yes you are right Ratava, the King was hated by some because he was not Catholic, and yes it was a bad thing that that Fawkes was caught - if you were a Catholic at the time.

Is it possible that many people secretly sympathise with him? Not just in Britan, but around the world. For example in the movie V for Vendetta, would you say that people who watch it are on V's side or the government's? I know, it's fiction set in different times under different circumstances, but well, you know what I'm trying to say.

Is it possible that many people secretly sympathise with him? You mean since 1605 there are many people wanting to blow up the British Houses Of Parliament? Because they follow a certain religion?

Yes, I'm sure there are, but none of them remotely sympathizing with Guy Fawkes of 1605 I expect. By then he had changed his name to Guido, the Spanish form of Guy. Catholic Spain and England were at war between 1585 and 1604. I expect if the Spanish couldn't defeat King James I, then Guy thought he could by blowing up Westminster and any other innocent people who were there on the day of the State Opening of Parliament.

I meant, more like in recent times. Adopting his ways of attaining desired ends. Perhaps because of certain... fears about the world today. I find it interesting that so many people sympathize with the character in the movie, even though the real Fawkes is the ispiration. I could be wrong about the inspiration. Just read some interesting comments about just that here. The bottom part.

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Ok, This Guy Fawkes Stores all this gunpowder under a Government Building
and it was discovered because of loose lips, Fawkes and his co-conspirators are tried for treason
and Supposed to be Hung for a few minutes and then get Drawn Quartered and Beheaded..Except Fawkes Jumps off the gallows and breaks his neck......

Have I got this right?

Why is this celebrated?

On the very night of the thwarted Gunpowder Plot, it is said that the populace of London celebrated the defeat by lighting fires and engaging in street festivities. It would appear that similar celebrations took place on each anniversary and, over the years, became a tradition.

Thanks for clearing that up for me ICE, I thought the King was hated and it was a bad thing that Fawkes was caught....

It's actually all about religion, and terrorism. Guy Fawkes and a group of English conspirators wanted to kill King James I of England, his family, and most of the aristocracy by blowing up the House of Lords in the Palace of Westminster during the State Opening of Parliament.

Things haven't changed much since then. Terrorists were using religion to try to kill to make things the way they wanted.

So yes you are right Ratava, the King was hated by some because he was not Catholic, and yes it was a bad thing that that Fawkes was caught - if you were a Catholic at the time.

Is it possible that many people secretly sympathise with him? Not just in Britan, but around the world. For example in the movie V for Vendetta, would you say that people who watch it are on V's side or the government's? I know, it's fiction set in different times under different circumstances, but well, you know what I'm trying to say.

Is it possible that many people secretly sympathise with him? You mean since 1605 there are many people wanting to blow up the British Houses Of Parliament? Because they follow a certain religion?

Yes, I'm sure there are, but none of them remotely sympathizing with Guy Fawkes of 1605 I expect. By then he had changed his name to Guido, the Spanish form of Guy. Catholic Spain and England were at war between 1585 and 1604. I expect if the Spanish couldn't defeat King James I, then Guy thought he could by blowing up Westminster and any other innocent people who were there on the day of the State Opening of Parliament.

I meant, more like in recent times. Adopting his ways of attaining desired ends. Perhaps because of certain... fears about the world today. I find it interesting that so many people sympathize with the character in the movie, even though the real Fawkes is the ispiration. I could be wrong about the inspiration. Just read some interesting comments about just that here. The bottom part.

I see what you mean now. "Is it possible that many people secretly sympathise with him?" Yes, absolutely. We burn Guy Fawkes every year, but we probably admire him for standing up for his beliefs and trying to do something about it. Even if methods are unacceptable even by today's standards.

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