England the Brave!
So Guy Fawke’s hometown has banned the celebration this year because it is just too scary. I back this decision, I can recall the hordes who have died year after year at bonfires all around England. I believe the York Council is correct and everyone should celebrate Guy Fawkes day today by wrapping themselves up in bubble wrap and hiding in a safe place in the basement. Remember, remember the fifth of November, but don’t enjoy it you insensitive dangerous clods.
November 6th, 2007 at 5:56 am
Do you remember the year Sissy’s hair caught fire from the stray bottle rocket? That wouldn’t have happened if she lived in a Nanny State! (Montgomery County doesn’t allow fireworks so I guess it counts)
November 6th, 2007 at 9:57 am
Wow, read the article. Things have really changed in Great Britain. I remember 20 years ago, when Bill and I went there on our honeymoon, watching a little school girl practicing her balance beam skills on top of the crenelations of the 30 foot high walls of Beaumaris castle, and I thought, “wow, would never see that in the US because of all the regs/lawsuits.” Bill climbed an additional 20 feet up to look down into a tower, no hand rails no nothing. I was sure I was going to be a widow after being married less than a week
We also visited a civic building in Oxford, with a pretty tall tower, in which we climbed an open iron grillwork spiral staircase to get to the top of. Once we reached the top, we just had a simple path of wooden planks to stand on. A very interesting adventure for me, since I was (and still am) very scared of heights, but worth every bit for the experience. I hope folks are still able to go up into that tower in Oxford and walk the battlements at Beaumaris - what a shame if they couldn’t. What a shame for all the folks in Stonegate, that they can’t enjoy a bonfire and fireworks on Guy Fawke’s day.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:53 am
This looks like a murder but maybe they were right and bonfires really are too dangerous for Englishmen.
Emily it is a mixed bag over there now. Some things they go whole hog wrap the baby in bubble wrap and other things they are still blasé about. You can still go places in most castles that can get you killed, but to be fair most castles are closed in the times when people are drinking hard over there and I think the drinking is what gets a lot of the people who succumb to stupidity in the UK.
November 7th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Meanwhile in England they sell fireworks in the grocery store. The Grocery Store! They don’t even have the decency to seel froom a dodgy little booth in the parking lot!
A couple years back, there was an accident at Texas A&M just with bulding the pile of wood for the bonfire. Each year they destroy a patch of forest for the bonfire, with several tall trunks bound together as the center and student volunteers dangled about to wire things together.
It’s important, however, that the bonfire be bigger than the rival school’s. Tradition, you know, sad that a student was killed and all.
The reason Wheaton’s fireworks were moved from the mall to the high school - one year there was some damage to the mall roof and they filed an insurance claim. The policy cost went up for the following year, so no more at the mall.
I guess it’s even tougher in a place where people are together in a smaller area.
November 9th, 2007 at 9:16 am
The have to keep things tight when even the cattle are yabbos.
November 9th, 2007 at 9:19 am
Brett Says:
…and I think the drinking is what gets a lot of the people who succumb to stupidity in the UK…
I think that’s a universal, not just limited to the UK :^)
November 9th, 2007 at 9:22 am
I think that’s a universal, not just limited to the UK :^)
But the UK elevates this to an art form.
November 12th, 2007 at 10:25 am
Speaking of brave, I saw Bill on TV last night.
November 12th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
Sigh… That wasn’t me, it was just someone that looked like me.