Just when you think you understand the British....

[Pangloss]

... they go and get all strange!

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3983847.stm

 

(hehe)

[bloodhound]

I dont particulary see anything amusing about that story at all. its a perfectly normal day as far as i am concerned.

[Aardvark]

What's so strange about bonfire night?

 

We might as well start saying July 4th or Thanksgiving is strange. Anyway it's a good excuse to light a big fire and let of fireworks.

[Pangloss]

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[MolecularMan14]

lol. I understand a big bonfire, and a good celebration, but I dont really understand a night where crime and drunken accidents run ramped; not that Im making any assumptions about anyone here @ SFN. I trust that we're all intelligent enough not to be dangerously criminal.

[Ophiolite]

I trust that we're all intelligent enough not to be dangerously criminal.

Of course we are. We live by the motto A scientific criminal is a safe criminal.

[TimeTraveler]

lol. I understand a big bonfire, and a good celebration, but I dont really understand a night where crime and drunken accidents run ramped;

 

Its like that on 4th of July or New Years eve here in the states.

[YT2095]

LOL, I like that

 

actualy we use this time of year to burn any garbage that can`t be composted or used on our allotment gardens, since we`re not allowed to have fires throughout the year as it`s close to a school and peoples homes, we collect all this rubbish and burn it all in one go, so it`s dual purpose for us

 

and yes there`s fireworks and food and plenty of beer etc...

it makes for a darn good night actualy

[TimeTraveler]

Sounds like fun, is there a history behind it? is it a holiday? what does it represent?

[YT2095]

it`s a great night mostly, although I wouldn`t like to be a nurse or doctor in an A&E dept

 

it does indeed have quite a long history, here`s a rough background: http://www.bonefire.org/guy/