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And burnt Catholic effigies?

Guy Fawkes Night - Wikipedia

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Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Fireworks Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain, involving bonfires and fireworks displays. Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605 O.S., when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords. The Catholic plotters had intended to assassinate Protestant king James I and his parliament. Celebrating that the king had survived, people lit bonfires around London. Months later, the Observance of 5th November Act mandated an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plot's failure.

Sadly with things like the "Clean air acts" there aren't many bonfires these days and it's mainly just fireworks let off even at large organized displays. You definitely don't see kids asking for money with their crudely made "Guy" that they will then burn, and nobody has to check the bonfires for hibernating hedgehogs before setting them on fire. It's seems even worse throughout the Commonwealth where firework bans have stopped all aspects of it.

 

[ReBurn]

It's not November 5th here yet. Still have 4.5 hours until I set my effigies ablaze.

 

[Dacvak]

The one night a year it's okay to log onto 4chan

 

[AJUMP23]

I'm going to go vote them all out.

 

[YCoCg]

I'm going to go vote them all out.

What have you got against fireworks bruv?

 

[FunkMiller]

It's seems even worse throughout the Commonwealth where firework bans have stopped all aspects of it.

Absolutely nobody outside the UK celebrates Guy Fawkes Night. It was an ordinary evening here in Australia.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

Absolutely nobody outside the UK celebrates Guy Fawkes Night. It was an ordinary evening here in Australia.

Yeah well you're upside down, have giant spiders and frogs everywhere, drive on the wrong side of the road, let Steve Irwin die too young and say every sentence like you're asking a question.

Kangaroo tasted good tho…

 

[Rockondevil]

Absolutely nobody outside the UK celebrates Guy Fawkes Night. It was an ordinary evening here in Australia.

While you're right nobody celebrates it here, it is still the 5th today unless daylight savings has gone rampant.

 

[FunkMiller]

While you're right nobody celebrates it here, it is still the 5th today unless daylight savings has gone rampant.

Fuck, you're right. My brain is taking the day off.

 

[AJUMP23]

What have you got against fireworks bruv?

They scare the dogs.

 

[Esca]

Remember remember the fifth of November

 

[RaduN]

The what?

 

[Hookshot]

Absolutely nobody outside the UK celebrates Guy Fawkes Night. It was an ordinary evening here in Australia.

That article says you did up until the 70's, you called it "Cracker night" until the 80's when they banned fireworks and it stopped.

Maybe you could make a fire and throw the Pope on it or something, you might make the news for bringing back old traditions or more likely get charged with a hate crime.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

They scare the dogs.

Easily solved

 

[Dr.D00p]

Absolutely nobody outside the UK celebrates Guy Fawkes Night. It was an ordinary evening here in Australia.

We really should take this fucking place back...the uppity colonial scum have gotten out of hand with their insolence.

 

[Lukaku's First Touch]

This is going to be a crazy day, I'm going to wake up at night and check the results. Please do what's right Americans.

Good luck.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

I don't care about bonfire night anymore. Nor do I care about this US election. Well, I know who I want to win but that's not up to me. I'm sick of hearing about it.

 

[crobb2305]

cannot wait until the orange rapist is removed from the public sphere

 

[Oberstein]

There will be tears tomorrow.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

 

[SirKicksalot]

I rewatched V for Vendetta. It's even better after Covid lmao

 

[TheCed]

Canadian so... ... ... No ?

I do have a preffered someone but I've learned that talking about it on the internet is not always the best decision.

 

[The Lunch Legend]

I'm going to go vote them all out.

This is the way.

 

[HAYA8U5A]

I don't know about anybody else but I'm having a hard time spotting people that only read the topic title.

 

[Trilobit]

I guess we'll soon get thinly veiled threads like "What do you think of this year's precedented erection?" and "Do you prefer to bbq rump och sparris?" filled with codewords.

 

[The Lunch Legend]

I don't know about anybody else but I'm having a hard time spotting people that only read the topic title.

You should be ashamed, AJUMP23 .

 

[Neff]

Yes, I bought red fireworks.

Not really a blue fireworks guy. Hopefully more people bought red fireworks than blue fireworks. That would be cool.

 

[Randall365]

Attended fireworks on Saturday night, so no. There was a pretty good Guy on the bonfire though - looked quite real. They must have put petrol on it because it went up like a, well, a bonfire.

Never quite understood burning the Guy, because as we all know he died from a broken neck after hurling himself off the scaffold when they noosed him up, before they could hang him, cut him down, pull out his guts in front of him, burn them and chop him into 4 bits. Ha - fuck you King!

 

[DKehoe]

I don't know about anybody else but I'm having a hard time spotting people that only read the topic title.

 

[Quasicat]

So that's how you spell that. I remember the reference to it on Mary Poppins and thought Burt was saying "Gay Fox Day" with a heavy accent. Huh…the more you know.

 

[Spukc]

Yeah pretty sure i got prestige one in COD

 

[IDKFA]

This is going to be a crazy day, I'm going to wake up at night and check the results. Please do what's right Americans.

Good luck.

Check the results of Guy Fawkes night? Americans? Are you expecting Americans to bombarded your house with fireworks or something?

 

[ShirAhava]

 

[Hookshot]

Some kids just stole a Guy on Eastenders and I can hear fireworks popping off, the traditions live on another year.

 

[FunkMiller]

We really should take this fucking place back...the uppity colonial scum have gotten out of hand with their insolence.

Ha ha. The UK is too broke to do anything like that

 

[Kraz]

 

[Kiwicha]

I do my duty every morning as soon as I get up,and since I don' eat anything during the day, my ass remains minty fresh until the night.

 

[NeverYouMind]

I am across the ocean wondering why I received a sticker after voting?

 

[NeoGiffer]

Spoiler

 

[R6Rider]

I watch V for Vendetta at least once a year.

 

[Tams]

They scare the dogs.

Not if you do some very simply training of them.

Oh, and leaving your pet aline when you know they are scared of loud noises and you haven't trained them just means you shouldn't have such a pet.

 

[Blade2.0]

I voted for the milf

 

[Banjo64]

It's a shame local authorities and schools don't really seem to be interested anymore based on my anecdotal experience.

25 years ago our local park used to have a massive bonfire and firework display every year.

Like everything else in this country, they don't want to invest in us the people.

God bless the USA.

 

[KrakenIPA]

I will remember this day for a long time (because I finally played Blackthorne on SNES)

 

[ReBurn]

I rewatched V for Vendetta. It's even better after Covid lmao

It's a cornerstone of the annual November 5th celebrations. Like Hallmark movies at Christmas where the strong independent woman who don't need no man falls for the lumberjack who is also a single father of a pre-teen daughter.

 

[KormaChameleon]

I am British and if you mean lighting a firework, then no. If you mean having to comfort a scared dog of fireworks, then yes.

 

[Mr Moose]

 

[Dirk Benedict]

I did my duty, alright...

 

[MaestroMike]

can't risk blowing my hands off before gta 6 releases gotta minimize anything unsafe/risky until then

 

[Outlier]

I just got home from work and am currently doing my duty on the... Oh wait! You meant...