tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post4198446588648768764..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Bonfire of the absurditiesAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-68511073294235633802011-01-09T15:47:45.724-08:002011-01-09T15:47:45.724-08:00He is!He is!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-49852925166296010282010-12-26T06:09:29.525-08:002010-12-26T06:09:29.525-08:00I haven't been in the UK for Bonfire Night for...I haven't been in the UK for Bonfire Night for decades, but I remember it as a teenager. We used to make our own gunpowder bombs.<br /><br />Still, there are compensations: the world's best new year fireworks display is only six weeks away.<br /><br />I didn't realize that Frank Skinner was a comedian. I thought he was just a twat who talked shite and had a high opinion of himself.Dennis Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-19131563233815975512010-11-03T02:33:19.990-07:002010-11-03T02:33:19.990-07:00Thanks, Dominic, a particularly welcome contributi...Thanks, Dominic, a particularly welcome contribution. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-50258411024859769232010-11-03T02:27:02.107-07:002010-11-03T02:27:02.107-07:00See, if there is one line of Stephen Fry 's wo...See, if there is one line of Stephen Fry 's worth quoting (and I think there is: but it is just the one) it is this:<br /><br />"You're offended?: So fucking what?".<br /><br />The last thing we Catholics need is for self-appointed spokespeople to start adopting an aggrieved and unwarrantedly self-important persona on trivial matters like this. <br /><br />I've always loved Guy Fawkes night. Such a pity that one no longer seems to see kids doing the whole "Penny for the guy" thing any more. (Not least as it appears to represent a form of cheeky paedo-begging with a bit more historical knowledge thrown in (like the allusion to St Catherine of Siena elsewhere on the 5th) than the whole "trick or treat" scam. 20, 25 years ago (i.e. "when I was a lad"), in my bit of East London, it was commonplace. And nowadays, in London, anyway, there are so many free newspapers and multifarious publications that are in some cases custom-made for making the filling of a guy.Dominichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145734042272196687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-56978621946759582842010-11-03T01:42:05.498-07:002010-11-03T01:42:05.498-07:00Not at all by accident, Calvin. The early Christi...Not at all by accident, Calvin. The early Christians understood that they had to build one party on another. Oh, I like your Valentine's Day suggestion, the festival of Juno, incidentally. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-72152508532874514222010-11-02T19:04:53.910-07:002010-11-02T19:04:53.910-07:00I once lived in Hastings and worked in Lewes, so I...I once lived in Hastings and worked in Lewes, so I have fond memories of Bonfire frolics. Hastings now has its bonfire in mid-October, so as not to compete with the Lewes event so near.<br /><br />I must say I'm all in favour of traditional celebrations, whatever their origins. Any pretext for a party . . . they all celebrate life. By all means let us celebrate St. Valentine's Day too; perhaps we could reenact the notorious Chicago massacre, substituting miserable old buggers like Skinner for bootleggers?<br /><br />I'm not a huge admirer of Xmas per se, but, fortunately, the season coincides (not really by accident) with the Winter Solstice and Saturnalia which are both perfectly good reasons for a roaring fire and a feast.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-16282552432769977722010-11-02T17:51:57.029-07:002010-11-02T17:51:57.029-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-7089323418462373902010-11-02T17:49:14.948-07:002010-11-02T17:49:14.948-07:00It's tiresome, this sort of thing, as predicta...It's tiresome, this sort of thing, as predictable as the first cuckoo of spring. The next attack I expect to see will be on Christmas, or is it Winterval now? :-))Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-69236670162709301912010-11-02T17:18:47.838-07:002010-11-02T17:18:47.838-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-39883262781574921802010-11-02T17:14:57.027-07:002010-11-02T17:14:57.027-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-82126797137662236942010-11-02T17:11:21.735-07:002010-11-02T17:11:21.735-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.com