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Rooh
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How as everyone's bonfire night?
Surprisingly quiet round here, it was noisier the night before when someone decided that letting rockets off at 2am was a good idea >.<
Canada or at least Toronto/Ontario doesn't really celebrate it is the impression I get lol.
Other than an organised British group going to a bonfire a few hours outside of the city, radio silence on the whole thing
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How as everyone's bonfire night?
Surprisingly quiet round here, it was noisier the night before when someone decided that letting rockets off at 2am was a good idea >.<
Canada or at least Toronto/Ontario doesn't really celebrate it is the impression I get lol.
Other than an organised British group going to a bonfire a few hours outside of the city, radio silence on the whole thing
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06-Nov-2019 19:16:13
I don't hate fireworks - I prefer public displays over private ones. Sadly there are a lot of people that don't handle fireworks safely or have no regard to others or animals.
I haven't brought fireworks for a good 25 plus year, I don't like handling them - I have a fear of them I suppose - I opted for public displays.
I remember with my older (late) son when he had an after school job as a young teen he was at the age where he and his friends were legally allowed to buy them <- this freaked me out, teens with fireworks
Anyway my son and his mates used to build there own firebombs out of the ones they brought. Other fireworks they would shoot each other with them (not at my place I tell you now) in a team battle type game - my son would come home and tell me about it - gosh it made me so mad, I constantly told him of the dangers and my disapproval - Anyway in one of the battles, the firework hit his eye - he was very lucky he didn't lose an eye - he had to wear a patch for gosh knows how long.
This year I didn't notice that many fireworks going off - which was nice. I am in two minds about our country banning them for public use, as I remember when I was a child and my Grandma would drop off a packet or two of fireworks for us and it was so much fun and enjoyment, I remember that feeling you get when you are a child <- it's nice for other children to experience this, it's a shame there are those that ruin for others.
I haven't brought fireworks for a good 25 plus year, I don't like handling them - I have a fear of them I suppose - I opted for public displays.
I remember with my older (late) son when he had an after school job as a young teen he was at the age where he and his friends were legally allowed to buy them <- this freaked me out, teens with fireworks
Anyway my son and his mates used to build there own firebombs out of the ones they brought. Other fireworks they would shoot each other with them (not at my place I tell you now) in a team battle type game - my son would come home and tell me about it - gosh it made me so mad, I constantly told him of the dangers and my disapproval - Anyway in one of the battles, the firework hit his eye - he was very lucky he didn't lose an eye - he had to wear a patch for gosh knows how long.
This year I didn't notice that many fireworks going off - which was nice. I am in two minds about our country banning them for public use, as I remember when I was a child and my Grandma would drop off a packet or two of fireworks for us and it was so much fun and enjoyment, I remember that feeling you get when you are a child <- it's nice for other children to experience this, it's a shame there are those that ruin for others.
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06-Nov-2019 19:25:16
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06-Nov-2019 20:15:22
Joel
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Rooh said :
How as everyone's bonfire night?
Surprisingly quiet round here, it was noisier the night before when someone decided that letting rockets off at 2am was a good idea >.<
Canada or at least Toronto/Ontario doesn't really celebrate it is the impression I get lol.
Other than an organised British group going to a bonfire a few hours outside of the city, radio silence on the whole thing
I've actually never heard of it, no! What's the story behind it? Community Manager for Jagex
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Rooh said :
How as everyone's bonfire night?
Surprisingly quiet round here, it was noisier the night before when someone decided that letting rockets off at 2am was a good idea >.<
Canada or at least Toronto/Ontario doesn't really celebrate it is the impression I get lol.
Other than an organised British group going to a bonfire a few hours outside of the city, radio silence on the whole thing
I've actually never heard of it, no! What's the story behind it? Community Manager for Jagex
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06-Nov-2019 20:42:11
"Guy (Guido) Fawkes was part of the Gunpowder plot in 1605. He wanted to blow up King James I and his government.
This was because of religion. England was a Protestant country and the plotters were Catholic. They wanted England to be Catholic again, which they thought they could do if they killed King James I and his ministers.
So, Fawkes and his group put 36 barrels of gunpowder in cellars underneath the Houses of Parliament in London, ready to set off a massive explosion.
However, one member of Fawkes' group sent a letter to his friend who worked in Parliament, warning him to stay away on 5 November.
The King's supporters got hold of the letter and the plot was rumbled!
Guards broke into the cellars where the gunpowder plotters were waiting. They were arrested and executed."
And ever since then people have been setting off explosions on 5th November, plus the weekend before and the weekend after usually because they have got more money than brain cells.
Traditionally a bonfire is also built and a mannequin is burnt on it - a Guy - years ago people used to stuff a cage full of cats inside the mannequin so it'd scream realistically as it was being burnt
This was because of religion. England was a Protestant country and the plotters were Catholic. They wanted England to be Catholic again, which they thought they could do if they killed King James I and his ministers.
So, Fawkes and his group put 36 barrels of gunpowder in cellars underneath the Houses of Parliament in London, ready to set off a massive explosion.
However, one member of Fawkes' group sent a letter to his friend who worked in Parliament, warning him to stay away on 5 November.
The King's supporters got hold of the letter and the plot was rumbled!
Guards broke into the cellars where the gunpowder plotters were waiting. They were arrested and executed."
And ever since then people have been setting off explosions on 5th November, plus the weekend before and the weekend after usually because they have got more money than brain cells.
Traditionally a bonfire is also built and a mannequin is burnt on it - a Guy - years ago people used to stuff a cage full of cats inside the mannequin so it'd scream realistically as it was being burnt
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