Remember, remember, the 5th of November... Happy Guy Fawkes Day everyone!
(edit: To post new link, the old one didn't work)
[ November 05, 2004, 06:09 PM: Message edited by: Raia ]
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Aw! I never get to burn a dummy Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
What a Guy!
Posted by tt&t (Member # 5600) on :
It was Guy Fawkes here last night. There's been fireworks going off all week, and huge displays last night.
The only thing I don't like about Guy Fawkes/fireworks in general is the potential damage and injuries - particularly to pets.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Burn one for the old Guy!
Posted by MaydayDesiax (Member # 5012) on :
Hmn... I can think of a traitor that we Americans can burn in effigy.
I'm talking about Benedick Arnold.
I mean, who else inspired a plate of eggs?
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Thank you thank you, Raia! November the 5th brings good memories and so many people just go "what?" when I mention Guy Fawkes.
(Maybe I should just hop over to the provincial parliament with some gunpowder and...)
"Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot. We know no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot."
(It's been 399 years!)
Happy Bonfire Night Everybody!
EDIT: Tt&t you have Guy Fawkes Night in NZ!? You just made me cry. Now I KNOW I have to get that third citizenship .
[ November 05, 2004, 07:17 PM: Message edited by: Teshi ]
Posted by tt&t (Member # 5600) on :
Yes, we do. Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
It's like all the things I miss about England combined with all the things I like about Canada... gah!
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
As long as no one is burning the Pope in effigy, have fun!
Posted by tt&t (Member # 5600) on :
Yes, NZ is perfect. Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Weeeell it's a little out of the way...
Posted by tt&t (Member # 5600) on :
That's a bad thing?
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
I don't know. It's a good thing in the world apocalyse sense but a bad thing in the "I want to visit my relatives" sense.
It's interesting- since I've always lived in the Northern Hemisphere. The Southern hemisphere conjures up vague images of sea and kangaroos and heat and huge spiders and coral reefs and Willard Price and Antarctica. It's alien.
That's why I want to visit, to see if it is "out of the way" and to make it less alien .
Posted by tt&t (Member # 5600) on :
Hehe. Well we don't have kangaroos, huge spiders, coral reefs, or heat. We do, however, have a lot of sea.
And I like that NZ is so far away from everywhere, for the most part. Sometimes it's somewhat irksome, and it'd be cool if, say, Hawaii was a bit closer, but really I'm glad to be so far away from America.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Irksome is a cool word.
Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :
quote: Well we don't have kangaroos, huge spiders, coral reefs, or heat.
They do, however, have sheep. Lots of sheep. Ten a person. Pretty soon they'll be falling off the islands.
edit: New Zealand is comprised of TWO islands. edit again: Now that I think about it, there are more than two islands. Two main ones, though.
[ November 05, 2004, 09:19 PM: Message edited by: Rappin' Ronnie Reagan ]
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
I've always wanted to go there. I've also never been out of the Northern hemisphere, and would like to go.
And now that I know how to make a really really good mutton curry, all that sheep don't bother me. Yum!
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Just Hawaii, eh?
Anyway, happy Guy Fawkes. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:I'm talking about Benedick Arnold
That would be Benedict.
And I've never understood why he gets such a bad rap...
Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
quote:Thank you thank you, Raia! November the 5th brings good memories and so many people just go "what?" when I mention Guy Fawkes.
Teshi, I learned about Guy Fawkes from the Paddington Bear books.
quote:They do, however, have sheep. Lots of sheep. Ten a person. Pretty soon they'll be falling off the islands.
Say, how is Shrek doing?
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
quote:but really I'm glad to be so far away from America.
I'm glad you're far away from America, too. Thank God the Pacific Ocean is as big as it is.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
I read about Shrek too. Heh.
And I was never very into Paddington but I do have a healthy appreciation for him and I would "look after this bear." Posted by tt&t (Member # 5600) on :
quote: I'm glad you're far away from America, too. Thank God the Pacific Ocean is as big as it is.
Yes, I can see why you'd be frightened of me. Rampaging kiwis are SCARY! Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :
quote: I'm glad you're far away from America, too. Thank God the Pacific Ocean is as big as it is.
I'm interested to know what you meant by this, Verily.
Posted by tt&t (Member # 5600) on :
I think he meant he's worried that if I got too close, I'd take over America. Mm. You better lookout, I just MIGHT!
Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :
You say that as if it's a bad thing.
Posted by tt&t (Member # 5600) on :
Well, I would make a mightyfine ruler. If I do say so myself.
Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :
Can I be vice ruler?
[ November 06, 2004, 02:07 AM: Message edited by: Rappin' Ronnie Reagan ]
Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
C'mon, you get tipsy regularly. You're not THAT straightedge. *patpat*
Also, it's a proven fact that NZ should be closer to Hawaii. Unanimous agreement by ALL the authorities.
Posted by MaydayDesiax (Member # 5012) on :
My apologies, KQ, I've been reading Much Ado About Nothing in Shakespeare lit.
Posted by tt&t (Member # 5600) on :
Only if you bring me cookies.
And no, no, Hawaii should be closer to NZ. NZ being closer to Hawaii would be bad.
Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :
*brings cookies*
Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
I say we compromise and move 'em both halfway.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
quote:And no, no, Hawaii should be closer to NZ. NZ being closer to Hawaii would be bad.
But you haven't really lived until you've lived in the Northern Hemisphere!
Posted by tt&t (Member # 5600) on :
How would YOU know? Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
Friends of friends of friends of friends of dogs of friends of friends that live in Australia or Brazil (can't remember which) have given me the low down. Trust me, I know.
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Mmmmm, drinking and fire. Reasons to move to England... it would make for a very nice birthday.
Posted by rubble (Member # 6454) on :
Raia,
We had a blast this year. My 4-year-old learned about Guy Fawkes at school and got to go watch the fireworks on Sat. Night (6th it turns out). He still doesn't read, though, and insists that it is
Guy Forks Night!
Oh, to be so innocent as to only care that it is a fun filled evening of fireworks displays! We'll give him a few years and remind him again of the true story. For now "Forks" is good enough, I guess.
Posted by ? (Member # 2319) on :
Nnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooo!
My first Guy Fawkes Day since I've been back from England and I completely forgot about it. I was going to take a date and burn a dummy, but it's too late now.
Mmmmm, I still remember my last one. Going down to Hastings. Seeing the wooden crates stacked 50 feet on the beach. Being asked multiple times on the street "Penny for the guy?" while trying to teach about the Book of Mormon. Then at night seeing the big stack of wood being lit on fire. It was a great day.
And now I've missed it this year.
? Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
*giggle* rubble, that is so cute! Awwww!!
I remember Rabin was asassinated on Guy Fawkes Night (I was 11, or 12)... I had gone to see the fireworks with my dad, and came back to find my mother in hysterics, watching the news, when she jumped up and told us that he'd been killed. That was pretty traumatic!
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
It's funny, I never realised there was a difference between Forks and Fawkes- I pronounce them the same way. I figured it out though; using American pronounciation, they're quite different!
English: Fohrks and Fohrks. American: Forrrks and Fahkes.
I remember a huge bonfire that was piled up way over my head with broken furniture, and swings and stalls and lights and fireworks I had to cover my ears for. Posted by rubble (Member # 6454) on :
Teshi,
You've hit the nail right on the head. My son hasn't picked up any accent, per se, from attending his British school, however, there are certain words that he has only used there that he speaks exactly as his teacher does. One place where that is particularly interesting is in his "Spanish" accent. I'm pretty sure he's picking it up from the children around him because the teacher is a native speaker. However, words like "dos", which I would pronounce as in "dose of medicine" he pronounces "doss" as in "toss out the window."
Funny the things kids pick up! Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
The thing is although I am able to talk with an American/Canadian accent, I read in my head in an English accent.
Posted by MEC (Member # 2968) on :
I actually convinced some of my friends who didn't know what Guy Fawkes day was that it was a day that they named after the scientific discovery of guy foxes (they didn't see the spelling of the day, just the pronounciation), and that before that date everyone believed there were only female foxes. I also convinced them that that's the reason vixen came to be developed as a term for a lady, because there were supposedly only female foxes.
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