Comments on: England the Brave!

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:25:19 +0000

Sigh… That wasn’t me, it was just someone that looked like me.

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:25:59 +0000

Speaking of brave, I saw Bill on TV last night.

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:22:08 +0000

I think that’s a universal, not just limited to the UK :^)

But the UK elevates this to an art form.

By: Hjalti

Hjalti — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:19:28 +0000

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 :^)

By: Hjalti

Hjalti — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:16:13 +0000

The have to keep things tight when even the cattle are yabbos.

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:37:10 +0000

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.

By: Brett

Brett — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:53:02 +0000

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.

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:57:07 +0000

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.

By: stacey

stacey — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:56:02 +0000

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)