Donward Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Happy Guy Fawkes Day! It's also my birthday. Which was a good choice on my part since it involves gunpowder, bonfires and a pretty good poem which was one of the first things that I heard after I was born. The nurse mentioned it to my mom who - despite the ordeal - was aware of the holiday and the story behind it. Remember, remember! The fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason and plot; I know of no reason Why the Gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot! Guy Fawkes and his companions Did the scheme contrive, To blow the King and Parliament All up alive. Threescore barrels, laid below, To prove old England's overthrow. But, by God's providence, him they catch, With a dark lantern, lighting a match! A stick and a stake For King James's sake! If you won't give me one, I'll take two, The better for me, And the worse for you. A rope, a rope, to hang the Pope, A penn'orth of cheese to choke him, A pint of beer to wash it down, And a jolly good fire to burn him. Holloa, boys! holloa, boys! make the bells ring! Holloa, boys! holloa boys! God save the King! Hip, hip, hooor-r-r-ray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Welp then. Happy Birthday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Happy Bday Don! How old does that make you anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted November 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Happy Bday Don! How old does that make you anyway? It is a numeral starting with 3 but divisible by 13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 It is a numeral starting with 3 but divisible by 13. lol I'll never figure that out! 39? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted November 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 lol I'll never figure that out! 39? Yerp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted November 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 One thing that gets me abnormally upset (more upset than normal) is the appropriation of Guy Fawkes masks with Anarchy/Anonymous/VforVendetta retards. Unless of course the Anarchists/Anonymous Hackers/VforVendetta tards are secretly part of a Papist Counter-Reformation conspiracy to restore the power of the Mother Church. In which case I withdraw my criticism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Unless of course the Anarchists/Anonymous Hackers/VforVendetta tards are secretly part of a Papist Counter-Reformation conspiracy to restore the power of the Mother Church. In which case I withdraw my criticism. You didn't know? I was told that wishing a Catholic "Happy Guy Fawkes Day!" is about the same thing as wishing a Jew a happy Kristallnacht. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Happy post-birthday Don. I hope it was a merry one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted November 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Indeed. We burned some "Guys" in the fireplace even. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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