Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t'was his intent
To blow up the King and Parli'ment.
Three-score barrels of powder below
To prove old England's overthrow;
By God's providence he was catch'd
With a dark lantern and burning match.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells ring.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!
And what should we do with him? Burn him!
Ah the most pointless of English celebrations!
Here's to the celebration of a 400 year old tradition of celebration the crushing of high treason against our noble country! God save the Queen!
I hope the orghas from the UK will take the time to set of some fire works or at least burn some stuff, if not tonight the weekends always a great time for a bonfire.
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Happy Guy Fawkes/Bonfire Night!
Last edited by tibilicus; 11-05-2009 at 19:29.
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V for vendetta anyone?
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Planning to watch it later tonight.
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Penny for the Guy?
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I brought the movie into class and convinced my history teacher it needed to be watched :D
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By the livin' Gawd that made you,
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I think the movie is awesome.
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I don't know about everyone else, but I for one attempted to blow up Parliament.
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But you decided to get drunk and celebrate before didn't you.
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Nah, he failed cos he couldn't get his mouth 'round the chimney.
Last edited by InsaneApache; 11-06-2009 at 09:04.
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
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loved that movie. even named my guitar after the main character (Evey).
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What a coincidence, I named my piano Fate. Originally Posted by Hooahguy
"I'm going to die anyway, and therefore have nothing more to do except deliberately annoy Lemur." -Orb, in the chat
"Lemur. Even if he's innocent, he's a pain; so kill him." -Ignoramus
"I'm going to need to collect all of the rants about the guilty lemur, and put them in a pretty box with ponies and pink bows. Then I'm going to sprinkle sparkly magic dust on the box, and kiss it." -Lemur
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Ditto that. It's probably on my personal top ten list. Originally Posted by Mithrandir
In the film's cast interviews, probably my favorite one was with Sinéad Cusack, who played Dr. Delia Surridge. She said that her fellow Northern Irelanders(?) are fond of saying that Guy Fawkes was the only man who entered Parliament with honest intentions.
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Indeed. The honest intent to blow the bloody thing up.
As to the plot itself. I read an article recently that suggested that the papist part of the plot was pure spin. As was stated there were many catholics due to attend parliament that day. The real reason, the article goes on to say, was the new union between Scotland and England. It seems that the English courtiers felt like foreigners in the own court, such was the number of Scottish hangers on that Jimmy fetched down with him, possibly from Govan.
Anyway, it seems that the people of London were fearful of this Scottish 'invasion' of the capital and that the plot itself was just part of an overall plan to ethnically cleanse London of Scots. Having lived in Scotland and been subject to their 'hospitality' one can only sympathise.
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.
"The purpose of a university education for Left / Liberals is to attain all the politically correct attitudes towards minorties, and the financial means to live as far away from them as possible."
