# Remember, remember the 5th of November. . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 5, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234 "2007-11-05T01:09:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234/21 "2007-11-05T13:47:02Z")
… Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, 'twas his intent to blow up the King and the Parliament. Three score barrels of powder below, Poor old England to overthrow: By God’s providence he was catch’d With a dark lantern and burning match. … ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234/22 "2007-11-05T13:49:22Z")
I’ve no idea why this didn’t catch on in Northern Ireland. I mean, you get to have _another_ bonfire night and this one’s about chastising Catholics too! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234/23 "2007-11-05T13:56:32Z")
I always remember November 5th. Only a cad would forget his mother’s birthday. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234/24 "2007-11-05T13:57:58Z")
I don’t know what to do. Should I blow up the White House? Or just set fire to some Catholics? I guess I could do both 😛 . ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234/25 "2007-11-05T14:23:51Z")
[Two Lumps](http://www.twolumps.net/) gave it a subtle nod. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234/26 "2007-11-05T14:29:15Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] I don’t know what to do. Should I blow up the White House? Or just set fire to some Catholics? I guess I could do both 😛 . [/QUOTE] Nah, leave it to us, we’ll burn it for you…again 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234/27 "2007-11-05T17:42:08Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Nah, leave it to us, we’ll burn it for you…again 😛 [/QUOTE] Oh, would you please? We’d be ever so grateful. But, make sure to get Millie out first, no innocent casualties. Is it horrible that all I know about Guy Fawkes I learned from _V_? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234/28 "2007-11-05T18:25:36Z")
[QUOTE=Nawth Chucka] Is it horrible that all I know about Guy Fawkes I learned from _V_? [/QUOTE] Yes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pantheon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@pantheon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantheon)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234/29 "2007-11-05T18:48:47Z")
Remember, remember the Fifth of November, The Gunpowder Treason and Plot, I know of no reason Why Gunpowder Treason Should ever be forgot. Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t’was his intent To blow up King and Parliament. Three-score barrels of powder below To prove old England’s overthrow; By God’s providence he was catch’d With a dark lantern and burning match. Holloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells ring. Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King! A penny loaf to feed the Pope A farthing o’ cheese to choke him. A pint of beer to rinse it down. A faggot of sticks to burn him. Burn him in a tub of tar. Burn him like a blazing star. Burn his body from his head. Then we’ll say ol’ Pope is dead. Hip hip hoorah! Hip hip hoorah hoorah! (Charyou tree, charyou tree, they cried, these enemies of light and love, and somewhere the witch was cackling) ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234/30 "2007-11-05T18:58:15Z")
[QUOTE=Nawth Chucka] Is it horrible that all I know about Guy Fawkes I learned from _V_? [/QUOTE] It is if you’ve spent your life thinking Guy Fawkes was secretly a lizardman who wanted to use Parliament for food. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234/31 "2007-11-05T19:03:34Z")
[QUOTE=Nawth Chucka] Oh, would you please? We’d be ever so grateful. But, make sure to get Millie out first, no innocent casualties. Is it horrible that all I know about Guy Fawkes I learned from _V_? [/QUOTE] Do you want Bush left in or shall we just toss him in the nearest river 😛 Also: Why is it that we tend to know a lot more about US history than you do about ours? ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234/32 "2007-11-05T19:06:44Z")
In my current bit of west London (Ealing/Hanwell/Southall), the primary reason for fireworks is Diwali - the Hindu Festival of Lights - which this year is on November 9th. I was never allowed to admire fireworks in early November as a child as my dad condemned Guy Fawkes’ Night as blatant anti-Catholicism. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234/33 "2007-11-05T19:09:47Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Do you want Bush left in or shall we just toss him in the nearest river 😛 Also: Why is it that we tend to know a lot more about US history than you do about ours? [/QUOTE] Too many kings with names that repeat over and over, and your story goes back too far. We have short memories over here. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234/34 "2007-11-05T20:08:57Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Also: Why is it that we tend to know a lot more about US history than you do about ours? [/QUOTE] Because they rule the world and we don’t? ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234/35 "2007-11-05T20:21:54Z")
Had the usual gathering ay my place last night. Lots of food, plenty of (responsibly imbibed)drink a mountain of fireworks and a great time had by all. Beats the hell out of going down to the public displays and having drunk teenagers aiming at the kids. Enjoy the evening UK dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234/36 "2007-11-05T21:25:12Z")
England prevails? (Have a good time, Brit Dopers! I’ll have a drink in your name. :)) ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234/37 "2007-11-06T02:08:34Z")
[QUOTE=panamajack] It is if you’ve spent your life thinking Guy Fawkes was secretly a lizardman who wanted to use Parliament for food. [/QUOTE] _V For Vendetta_, the graphic novel and movie where the anarchist “hero” wears a Guy Fawkes mask and succeeds in blowing up Parliament. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234/38 "2007-11-06T02:44:46Z")
Happy fireworks, you Brits! I wonder… was Guy Fawkes Day ever celebrated in Canada? I never heard of it until reading these boards. I wonder if it’s one of the old British things, like the Orange parade, that slowly disappeared during the past half century. Honestly, Diwali’s a lot more relevant these days. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234/39 "2007-11-06T03:49:10Z")
[QUOTE=Pushkin] I’ve no idea why this didn’t catch on in Northern Ireland. I mean, you get to have _another_ bonfire night and this one’s about chastising Catholics too! 🆒 [/QUOTE] Maybe you’re taking the piss but I always thought it was a big night in the north for a certain section of the community. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234/40 "2007-11-06T03:59:56Z")
Ah, Guy Fawkes - at least he was a man who entered Parliament with honest intentions. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/425234.md?page=3)