We celebrated Guy Fawkes on Saturday.
I always thought it was a celebration of the fact
that somebody had tried to blow up Parliament.
And so I carry on the tradition celebrating the Guy
for at least trying.
Neither he nor I were very politically correct, I fear.
I always thought it was a celebration of the fact
that somebody had tried to blow up Parliament.
And so I carry on the tradition celebrating the Guy
for at least trying.
Neither he nor I were very politically correct, I fear.
5 comments:
More correct than political thank goodness
C
Isn't ironic that we actually celebrate it. Someone was telling me of the awfully sticky end he came to.
Hi Pi, More crispy than sticky I understand!
He was hung, drawn and quartered on 31st January, 1606, after torture on the direct orders of James the first. I think Pi has got it right about his sticky end, although as we now burn his effigy annually I quite see Crowbard's point too. Warm regards (excuse pun in poor taste), Mike.
"Sticky end" and probably "crispy" too, as his head was removed and stuck on a stick and left out to dry as a warning to others, after the rest of him had been HDQ:ed. I seem to remember James asked them to go easy on him at first only increasing the pain level if he didn't spill the beans (wonder where that expression came from?).
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