Remember, remember, the 5th of November
The Gunpowder Treason and plot ;
I know of no reason why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.



Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes,
'Twas his intent.
To blow up the King and the Parliament.
Three score barrels of powder below.
Poor old England to 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!

Hip hip Hoorah !
Hip hip Hoorah !

A penny loaf to feed ol'Pope,
A farthing cheese to choke him.
A pint of beer to rinse it down,
A faggot of sticks to burn him.
Burn him in a tub of tar,'
Burn him like a blazing star.
Burn his body from his head,
Then we'll say: ol'Pope is dead.

happy burn a catholic day!

(November 5, 2012 at 3:27 pm)The_Germans_are_coming Wrote: happy burn a catholic day!

That was the least that was done. He was hung drawn and quartered.

Fuckin' fireworks are pissing me off. What is the point of an explosive if you aren't blowing anything up?

(November 5, 2012 at 3:31 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: That was the least that was done. He was hung drawn and quartered.

nope. he jumped of the block in fear and thereby broke his spine.

(November 5, 2012 at 3:45 pm)The_Germans_are_coming Wrote:

(November 5, 2012 at 3:31 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: That was the least that was done. He was hung drawn and quartered.

nope. he jumped of the block in fear and thereby broke his spine.

I had to google that but you are correct. I had believed wrongly all these years!!!

I haven't heard it referred to as "Guy Fawkes Day" in a long time.

Here it's just bonfire night, where the intelligent go to a display and enjoy the fireworks, and the slightly less intelligent start bonfires in their garden with petrol and set themselves and often their houses on fire (My father is a fire fighter so I'm regularly told about rather terrible stories involving fires on bonfire night).

Err...yeah.

I wish I were in Lewes tonight!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcW_61miVGU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc1lwKfSQ...re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=4bwh...=endscreen

I wish we had a holiday like this in America...

(November 5, 2012 at 6:53 pm)festive1 Wrote: I wish we had a holiday like this in America...

Why don't we atheists extend bonfire night into International Burn a god day, Americans you can use the same fancy dress from Halloween, we brits could bring the fire, we make effigies of gods to go on the fire.

A day to celebrate, the burning of religious intolerance, and the ending of religion. It's about time we atheists had our own holiday, and a bit of fun!