johnyf opened this issue on Nov 05, 2005 ยท 7 posts
johnyf posted Sat, 05 November 2005 at 8:52 AM
Attached Link: http://www.msn.americangreetings.com/view.pd?i=383322094&m=8880&source=msne999
This is for all our American friends! Found it over at 3d Com.
pakled posted Sat, 05 November 2005 at 9:23 AM
ok..I'll try to remember it in 3 weeks..;) s'ok..isn't Guy Fawkes day coming up?
I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit
anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)
drawbridgep posted Sat, 05 November 2005 at 9:29 AM
Guy Fawkes is today!! I'm never sure if we celebrate that he failed to blow up parliament, or that he tried.
johnyf posted Sat, 05 November 2005 at 10:08 AM
lol. Yes, I realise it isn't until the end of the month. I thought you would enjoy the link! John
TheBryster posted Sat, 05 November 2005 at 10:34 AM Forum Moderator
YUP! Guy Fawkes night tonight...if the weather holds. Actually, there has been a load of tv documentaries on the subject over the last few days. One prog re-built the original House of Lords at full size and blew it up with the same amount of gunpowder that the conspiritors were going to use just to see if Fawkes could have succeeded in killing the King. BLAM! Went off like a nuke! Would have taken out windows 5 miles away!!!!!! And the reason we have bonfires on 'Bonfire Night'? King James ordered bonfires to be lit all over the country in celebration at the capture and execution of the traitors. And in case you didn't know, Fawkes was arrested, tortured for 5 days on the rack and other stuff, and was excecuted by being hung by the neck until almost dead, drawn - which means having his guts cutout of him and burned in front of him, and quartered - chopped into pieces. We knew how to sort out enemies of the state in those days. Today, we would probably slap him on wrist and give him community service. Or not! He was after all, a terrorist!
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sackrat posted Sat, 05 November 2005 at 1:07 PM
Thanks for the thought John,..............Thanksgiving, or as the native Americans know it,.......the Day the Neighborhood Went to Hell in a Handcart Day.
"Any club that would have me as a member is probably not worth joining" -Groucho Marx
pakled posted Sat, 05 November 2005 at 2:47 PM
pretty much the same as William Wallace, tho his parts went on tour..;) in seperate directions..;) Actually, Thanksgiving is different for Canada and the US. The holiday was set to the last Thursday in November by FDR, in an effort to extend the Christmas shopping season during the depression. More useless factoids from Pakled..;)
I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit
anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)