tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post8638931163546539921..comments2024-03-27T19:54:34.479+00:00Comments on Falling On A Bruise: Bonfire NightFalling on a bruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518409624331248084noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-52460902667468263732007-11-06T18:25:00.000+00:002007-11-06T18:25:00.000+00:00"Bib Laden"That's a beard, not a bib, but the mist..."Bib Laden"<BR/><BR/>That's a beard, not a bib, but the mistake is understandable. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-11857064186898874642007-11-06T18:09:00.000+00:002007-11-06T18:09:00.000+00:00Sorry annie, but thank you for inspiring the post....Sorry annie, but thank you for inspiring the post. Maybe i can re-inflate your bubble by saying that we really do drink tea ALL THE TIME.<BR/>I am drinking one now as i type.<BR/><BR/>Yep, we still have Woolworths Joe but don't worry, you are not missing much.<BR/><BR/>Bib Laden has been popular among the bonfire effigy burning community lately Cheezy but i did see a kid guying with a maggie thatcher mask which made me chuckle. Didn't give any money of course but made me smile. <BR/><BR/>Fez, if someone blew up the current House of Lords all those Lords would have nowhere to sleep during the day.Falling on a bruisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05518409624331248084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-37776776139807333202007-11-06T17:05:00.000+00:002007-11-06T17:05:00.000+00:00Is it odd of me to consider Guy Fawkes to be a bit...Is it odd of me to consider Guy Fawkes to be a bit of a hero?<BR/><BR/>I remember the fifth of November, the gunpowder treason and plot. And not just because of Alan Moore, either. <BR/><BR/>Ook ookThe Fez Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032327740040303468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-26527486793778812232007-11-06T07:34:00.000+00:002007-11-06T07:34:00.000+00:00Regrettably I haven't attended yet, but the bonfir...Regrettably I haven't attended yet, but the bonfire night celebrations in the town of Lewes (near Brighton) are reputed to the best in the country. <BR/><BR/>http://allthingsbrightonbeautiful.com/gallery/lewes05<BR/><BR/>Marches... songs... boozing... crackers going off everywhere... burning barrels of tar rolling down hills... effigies of the sitting Pope being burnt (although they've also been known to burn effigies of people like Condoleeza Rice and Kim Jong Il too)... It gets pretty wild!Cheezyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10176170186766506070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-62916755503210088752007-11-06T02:35:00.000+00:002007-11-06T02:35:00.000+00:00You still have Woolworths? I haven't seen one of t...You still have Woolworths? I haven't seen one of those in a while.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-72046414952468889982007-11-06T00:18:00.000+00:002007-11-06T00:18:00.000+00:00ah, there goes my jaded idea of what bonfire night...ah, there goes my jaded idea of what bonfire night was like. sounds like our independence day to me.<BR/>i do enjoy a nice beach bonfire. loud fireworks, not so much.<BR/>thanks for indulging me while bursting my naive american bubble, lucy!Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03520811677683114077noreply@blogger.com