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Nov 05, 2007 10:22

Ahh nothing like the smell of fresh gunpowder in the morning to get the lungs pumping. Last night I went for a walk to the supermarket after dark and was amazed at the sheer power of the fireworks exploding all over the place; more than I can ever remember seeing on a bonfire night before now. Oh and some bloke strode up to me just after I had ( Read more... )

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taru_croft November 5 2007, 11:20:06 UTC
Fireworks - ooh neat.What you were celebrating yesterday?

Uh oh.Thankfully he went away and didn't smug you.That would have been bad ending for the week *lol*

So you are gonna be jobless for a while - awww!Well enjoy your lil vacation :)

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englishpsycho November 5 2007, 12:21:43 UTC
It's supposed to be a celebration of the prevention of a group of revolutionaries blowing up parliament a long time ago. The bloke was called Guy Fawkes if that rings a bell. In reality it just gives people an anual excuse to play with controlled explosives and build huge bonfires to stick a scarecrow-like image of guy fawkes on top. It can be quite fun :-) To be honest imho they are celebrating the existence of revolutionary anarchy rather than the prevention of a big bang but perhaps that is just me.

It would have been very lame if he had mugged me yes... I am glad he did not.

A vacation would be nice. Specially as it will give me ample chance to get ready for/relax after my celebrations on Friday

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taru_croft November 9 2007, 12:37:13 UTC
That's interesting.Thanks for clearing that up :)

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