"The only honest guy to enter Parliament" is what my dad had to say about him.
But what about Guy Fawkes Day?
For centuries there was a Law requiring British subjects to
celebrate his capture. I enjoyed Guy Fawkes Night as a kid.
A few cheap fireworks in the garden, sparklers and Jumping
Jacks that were eventually banned.
Halfheartedly celebrated here in NZ but you can't have a
firework party when it doesn't get dark until 9pm! A few
bangs going off now ... it's 10pm. I'm going to bed.
Here in Wales we’ve had fireworks going off since Friday. The local rugby club had
their display on Friday evening, some idiot set some off somewhere the same
evening around midnight, a few went off Saturday and the scouts hall had theirs on
Sunday. Tonight there will be more fireworks going off. I can’t stand the stupid things!
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@drewnogalthey frightened my dog so bad she got out and went missing for 4 days, thankfully we found her 15 miles away the police had picked her up and put her in kennels when we collected her she cried and we cried from then on she never left our sided.
@wolfgang59 saidFawkes was a devote Catholic who hated the protestant King James; he was involved in a plot to assassinate him apparently. He was certainly a man of great courage who led the riskiest elements of gunpowder plot. He also fought for the Spanish Catholics in the 80 day war.
"The only honest guy to enter Parliament" is what my dad had to say about him.
But what about Guy Fawkes Day?
For centuries there was a Law requiring British subjects to
celebrate his capture. I enjoyed Guy Fawkes Night as a kid.
A few cheap fireworks in the garden, sparklers and Jumping
Jacks that were eventually banned.
Halfheartedly celebrated here in NZ ...[text shortened]... rty when it doesn't get dark until 9pm! A few
bangs going off now ... it's 10pm. I'm going to bed.
He was resilient under torture but eventually cracked. He was allegedly betrayed by other catholic members of his posse who became fearful of the wrath of God for killing other Catholics sitting in parliament. In the final analysis he was a traitor to the English crown and was executed for it.
I love fireworks, the smell, the lights the sounds.
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@divegeester
Sounds like a great man... should be a day to commemorate the loss of one of Englands finest not celebrate his death. He was English?
@drewnogal saidnorth texas...
Here in Wales we’ve had fireworks going off since Friday. The local rugby club had
their display on Friday evening, some idiot set some off somewhere the same
evening around midnight, a few went off Saturday and the scouts hall had theirs on
Sunday. Tonight there will be more fireworks going off. I can’t stand the stupid things!
is it monday???
fireworks, beer, and guns...
is it tuesday???
guns, fireworks, and beer...
is it wednesday???
beer, more beer, guns...
is it thursday???
@trev33 saidHe was a Yorkshireman, born into a protestant linage and who converted to Catholicism before moving to Spain to fight the Dutch.
@divegeester
Sounds like a great man... should be a day to commemorate the loss of one of Englands finest not celebrate his death. He was English?
Greatness is something thrust upon men; I imagine the only thing he had thrust upon him was a red-hot poker into his anus, which was one of the preferred torture techniques of the time.
@trev33 saidYes he was English though later in life he took the name Guido.
Sounds like a great man... should be a day to commemorate the loss of one of Englands finest not celebrate his death. He was English?
His aim was to kill the king rather than any MPs.
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@wolfgang59 saidAlthough that would undoubtedly have followed had his plot to sell the country to Rome and Madrid succeeded.
Yes he was English though later in life he took the name Guido.
His aim was to kill the king rather than any MPs.
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@wolfgang59 saidBut what a bonus they would have been.
Yes he was English though later in life he took the name Guido.
His aim was to kill the king rather than any MPs.
@badradger saidPoor thing and how lucky that you found her. I was surprised to see someone taking their dog for a walk last Monday night. Of all the times to do that?
@drewnogalthey frightened my dog so bad she got out and went missing for 4 days, thankfully we found her 15 miles away the police had picked her up and put her in kennels when we collected her she cried and we cried from then on she never left our sided.
@drewnogal saidYears ago I took my dog to a public display. He was fine.
Poor thing and how lucky that you found her. I was surprised to see someone taking their dog for a walk last Monday night. Of all the times to do that?
In fact more than fine ... interested. He was about 3 or 4 yeras
old. As he got older he began to dislike the noise until he
was "normal"!