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  • Vote Up0Vote Down WhickwithyWhickwithy
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    Just trying to disitinguish between rats and those thingies in the front of hotels.
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Jozzy81Jozzy81
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    Just watched a firework display from someone down the road = Got to say they were bloody amazing & LOUD!!!!! my ears are still ringing...
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Jozzy81Jozzy81
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    last years alton towers fireworks!!!!!
    fireworks start around 4min mark v
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Jozzy81Jozzy81
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    ^ just wonder what they are going to pull out the bag this year!!!!!!
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Jozzy81Jozzy81
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    my 2,800th post :-O can't believe i've posted that many times!
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down iuventusiuventus
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    You really can't?
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Jozzy81Jozzy81
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    No!
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down cw37frappcw37frapp
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    When you have such a heavy cold. Why can you not taste anything. But above all only be able to smell bad smells ?.
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down iuventusiuventus
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    Your sense of taste relies heavily on your olfactory system.
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down A_is_AA_is_A
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    Someone British tell me about Guy Fawkes/Bonfire night. Preferably someone who's seen a few thruought the years. I read about the fireworks and a failed bombing of parliament but what does it mean now and was it ever anti-Catholic as it says on Wikipedia? Just curious.
    Post edited by A_is_A at 2013-11-04 20:24:53
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Halloween_JackHalloween_Jack
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    I'd say the majority of Brits are unaware of the anti-Catholic connection.

    I happen to be visiting my ex-hometown of Brighton (I lived here for 21 years) - just a few miles away from the (normally) quiet town of Lewes. They celebrate 5 Nov with bonfires and one the biggest fireworks displays in the country, and it culminates in the burning of a huge effigy of the pope.

    I went to the Lewes fireworks display in 1986, when i was living here as a student, and was shocked by the anti-catholic side to it. It seemed quite sinister to me, especially as Lewes was normally such a quiet, peaceful town!

    I cannot remember the historical details behind the strong feelings (of some) in the area, but there will be plenty of info on the 'net.
    Post edited by Halloween_Jack at 2013-11-05 02:08:12
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down pingping
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    Guy fawlks was part of a plot to blow up the House of lords AisA. He was caught so we celebrate catching the little blighter by burning an effigy of him and setting off fireworks, I assume they're just supposed to represent what would have happened had the gun powder plot gone ahead.
    Historically I guess from around the 16th centurary there was quite a lot of anti catholic feeling in the country. During Elizabeth 1st reign Catholics were persecuted by law and forbidden to practice religious rituals etc. much of those feelings were exacerbated by the failed gun powder plot.
    Today there's still tension between Catholics and Protestants, most notably in Northern Ireland and Scotland. Um... I think once you get into those things it's talking about events that cover several hundred years of history so it gets kinda complicated. If you're interested I can recommend a book...? Or you can try googling the English reformation :)
    Post edited by ping at 2013-11-05 02:55:18
  • Vote Up0Vote Down pingping
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    ^ out of interest some people use bonfire night to protest issues that are currently in the news, funnily enough while I was writing the post above there was a chap on the radio saying his local bonfire burnt an effigy of HS2 (a high speed train line they want to build)
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Halloween_JackHalloween_Jack
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    Yes, at Lewes, in addition to the pope, the effigies included:

    1975 Arab Nationalists
    1976 Idi Amin
    1977 Scots Nationalists
    1978 Soviet Union / China
    1979 Local Tunnellers
    1980 Thatcher
    1981 Reagan
    1982 Argentinians
    1983 Foot / Kinnock
    1984 Scargill / McGregor
    1985 Mitterand (Rainbow Warrior)
    1986 S. Africa / P.W.Botha
    1987 Ayatollah
    1988 Estate Agent / Nigel Lawson
    1989 Football lager lout
    1990 Saddam
    1991 W. Waldegrave
    1992 Statue of Liberty
    1993 John Major
    1994 Motorway builders
    1995 Radovan Karadzic
    1996 Mad Cows
    1997 Patten the way back (Hong Kong)
    1998 Captain Viagra (Clinton)
    1999 Labour - New Potato (GM foods etc.)

    Quite an eclectic list!
    Post edited by Halloween_Jack at 2013-11-05 03:48:33
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down pingping
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    ^ i remember seeing thatcher been burnt at a few bonfire nights! 
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