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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.
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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! 
I always remember November 5th. Only a cad would forget his mother’s birthday.
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 
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Two Lumps gave it a subtle nod.
Nah, leave it to us, we’ll burn it for you…again
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?
Yes.
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)
It is if you’ve spent your life thinking Guy Fawkes was secretly a lizardman who wanted to use Parliament for food.
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?
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.
Too many kings with names that repeat over and over, and your story goes back too far. We have short memories over here.
Because they rule the world and we don’t?
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.
England prevails?
(Have a good time, Brit Dopers! I’ll have a drink in your name. :))
V For Vendetta, the graphic novel and movie where the anarchist “hero” wears a Guy Fawkes mask and succeeds in blowing up Parliament.
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.
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.
Ah, Guy Fawkes - at least he was a man who entered Parliament with honest intentions. 