It's about Guy Fawke's Day? No one told me that! 
What holiday is this? 
QUOTE(diamondais @ Aug 12 2006, 09:23 AM) 318453
What holiday is this?
Guy Fawkes day, november 5th, when a guy named Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the British parliment building 400 years ago, was caught, killed in gruesome ways, and then burned in effigy every year on november 5th.
Okay, thats just weird. Enjoy yourselves. 
QUOTE(diamondais @ Aug 12 2006, 02:35 PM) 318456
Okay, thats just weird. Enjoy yourselves.
Well hey, we get fireworks. For a better cause than that American rebellion thing, too.
(Remember, remember, the fifth of November, gunpowder treason and plot,
We see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot!
)I wish we still had Guy Fawkes. I'm so envious!
See, the british don't care about children blowing their hands off... why should we?!
See, the british don't care about children blowing their hands off... why should we?!
QUOTE(Avaer @ Aug 13 2006, 05:36 AM) 318611
I wish we still had Guy Fawkes. I'm so envious!
See, the british don't care about children blowing their hands off... why should we?!
*peer* What? Yes we do! We don't let the children play with the fireworks!
No, that's the american bases in Germany 
We <3 playing with fireworks in the snow.
We <3 playing with fireworks in the snow.Hey, we celebrate some British related holidays..Queen Victoria's birthday. Go fireworks! 
Guy fawkes day, for a slightly expanded version from Shorlen's:
In 1604-5, there was a plot by a group of Catholics, let by Robert Catesby (-not- Guy (Guido) Fawkes as is commonly assumed - he was an ex soldier, and their explosives expert). It was in response to the refusal by King James I to give equal rights to Catholics.
They secured a lease for a coal cellar under the House of Lords, and filled the place with roughly 1800lb of gunpowder, enough to reduce the houses of parliaments, and several other nearby locations, including Westminster Abbey, to rubble.
As it neared the opening of parliament (which the king would be present for), Guy Fawkes was left in charge of the execution of the plot, while the others ran off to other areas of the country.
However, one of the conspiritors sent a warning to a prominent catholic, Lord Monteagle, warning them against going to the opening of parliament, and despite knowing about this, the others decided to continue with the plan. Unfortunately for them, the letter was then shown by Monteagle to Robert Cecil, the secretary of state. The tip-off lead to the vaults being searched. Then on the morning of the 5th November, Fawkes was found, posing as "Mr John Johnson", with a watch, slow matches, and touchpaper, shortly before the barrels of gunpowder were also found.
With the torture and interrogation done by the king's men, he revealed the names of his co-conspiritors.
After hearing of the failure of the plot, the conspiritors fled towards Huddington Court, however, they were court by the Sheriff of Worcestershire when they arrived in Stourbridge. A brief revolt was also attmepted in the Midlands, and ended in a shoot-out, leading to the death of Catesby and the capture of a fair few conspiritors.
Four of the conspiritors were executed in St. Paul's Churchyard, the others were hanged, drawn, and quartered. That is, pulled by horses through the streets on a wooden frame to the gallows, hanged by the neck, but not to death (now comes the fun part), then disembowelled, coupled with burning of genitalia and entrails before the victim's eyes (drawn), and then quartered - beheaded and the body cut into four.
And now we celebrate every 5th november with fireworks, and burning an effigy of Guy Fawkes on a bonfire.
(references: Wikipedia article - gunpowder plot)
In 1604-5, there was a plot by a group of Catholics, let by Robert Catesby (-not- Guy (Guido) Fawkes as is commonly assumed - he was an ex soldier, and their explosives expert). It was in response to the refusal by King James I to give equal rights to Catholics.
They secured a lease for a coal cellar under the House of Lords, and filled the place with roughly 1800lb of gunpowder, enough to reduce the houses of parliaments, and several other nearby locations, including Westminster Abbey, to rubble.
As it neared the opening of parliament (which the king would be present for), Guy Fawkes was left in charge of the execution of the plot, while the others ran off to other areas of the country.
However, one of the conspiritors sent a warning to a prominent catholic, Lord Monteagle, warning them against going to the opening of parliament, and despite knowing about this, the others decided to continue with the plan. Unfortunately for them, the letter was then shown by Monteagle to Robert Cecil, the secretary of state. The tip-off lead to the vaults being searched. Then on the morning of the 5th November, Fawkes was found, posing as "Mr John Johnson", with a watch, slow matches, and touchpaper, shortly before the barrels of gunpowder were also found.
With the torture and interrogation done by the king's men, he revealed the names of his co-conspiritors.
After hearing of the failure of the plot, the conspiritors fled towards Huddington Court, however, they were court by the Sheriff of Worcestershire when they arrived in Stourbridge. A brief revolt was also attmepted in the Midlands, and ended in a shoot-out, leading to the death of Catesby and the capture of a fair few conspiritors.
Four of the conspiritors were executed in St. Paul's Churchyard, the others were hanged, drawn, and quartered. That is, pulled by horses through the streets on a wooden frame to the gallows, hanged by the neck, but not to death (now comes the fun part), then disembowelled, coupled with burning of genitalia and entrails before the victim's eyes (drawn), and then quartered - beheaded and the body cut into four.
And now we celebrate every 5th november with fireworks, and burning an effigy of Guy Fawkes on a bonfire.
(references: Wikipedia article - gunpowder plot)
I'm still waiting for my 10 credits, Val.
