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    Nov 5, 2009, 08:47 AM
    Happy Guy Fawkes Day
    Today is Guy Fawkes Day in England .

    On November 5, 1605, England held a celebration for the opening of Parliament. Guy Fawkes tried to spark a revolution by blowing up the building – and the royal family along with it .
    The plot was foiled when one of Fawkes's co-conspirators sent a letter to a friend telling the friend to stay away from Parliament that night. The letter was intercepted and Fawkes was found in the basement of Parliament getting ready to light the fuse on several dozen barrels of gunpowder. He was hung for his crime.

    Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated by burning effigies of Fawkes in a communal bonfire, and by setting off Fireworks... and of course downing a couple of warm ones (yuk) .:D:eek:
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    Nov 5, 2009, 09:41 AM
    Ha ha warm ones-give me a glass of dry white anytime-
    It's already dark here and I can see fireworks!
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    Nov 5, 2009, 10:37 AM

    Kind of skitzoid of you folks to both burn someone in effigy while celebrating a day in his honor... no ?
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    Nov 5, 2009, 10:53 AM

    Don't blame me-i just live here-im swedish!guess the english love an underdog. :-)albeit a dead cold one. .
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    Nov 5, 2009, 01:29 PM
    Fizz
    Quote Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    Today is Guy Fawkes Day in England .

    On November 5, 1605, England held a celebration for the opening of Parliament. Guy Fawkes tried to spark a revolution by blowing up the building – and the royal family along with it .
    The plot was foiled when one of Fawkes's co-conspirators sent a letter to a friend telling the friend to stay away from Parliament that night. The letter was intercepted and Fawkes was found in the basement of Parliament getting ready to light the fuse on several dozen barrels of gunpowder. He was hung for his crime.

    Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated by burning effigies of Fawkes in a communal bonfire, and by setting off Fireworks.....and of course downing a couple of warm ones (yuk) .:D:eek:
    What a pity he didn't succeed, then they could have celebrated a revolution instead of a fizz
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    Nov 6, 2009, 03:25 AM

    People in the US are most familiar with Guy Fawkes as the mask used in the movie V is for Vendetta.
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    Nov 6, 2009, 03:56 AM

    It went well here-and her majesty s still on the throne-ha ha-question-is there a Boston tea party celebration? Asks ignorant.
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    Nov 6, 2009, 04:12 AM

    Good that you ask . Interest in the Boston Tea Party has increased tremendously in the last year. Another reenactment of the tea party happened in Washington on the Capitol Building steps yesterday.

    CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Tea Party activists hit the Hill, arrested outside Pelosi's office - Blogs from CNN.com
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