# Happy Guy Fawkes/Bonfire Night!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-guy-fawkes-bonfire-night/736756>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 5, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-guy-fawkes-bonfire-night/736756 "2015-11-05T21:04:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Asympotically\_fat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-guy-fawkes-bonfire-night/736756/1 "2015-11-05T21:04:47Z")

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When I heard there would be fireworks and bonfires this evening to celebrate the defeat the defeat of Popery, I thought “Fantastic!”

My joy was short-lived though when I realized they weren’t talking about scented pencil-shavings.

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**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-guy-fawkes-bonfire-night/736756/2 "2015-11-05T23:13:18Z")

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I have sent my Guy Fawkes e-cards, as I do every year. Amazingly my Hallmark store doesn’t carry them, so I have to do e-cards.

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**Author:** ![Asympotically\_fat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-guy-fawkes-bonfire-night/736756/3 "2015-11-05T23:31:32Z")

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It’s not what it used to be, when i was very young I remember making Guys to burn and kids knocking on the door asking for a penny for the Guy. That never seems to happen any more.

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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-guy-fawkes-bonfire-night/736756/4 "2015-11-06T18:03:21Z")

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Looks like the Anony-tards followed through on their threat to do a [data dump of hidden KKK sympathizers](http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34736941). Totes legit this time, not [like that trolling poser earlier](http://newsone.com/3235392/anonymous-releases-kkk-identities/).

Because that is completely related to celebrating the stopping of a terrorist bombing plot. Thanks, [Alan Moore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_for_Vendetta).