Oh great!! The fireworks have started.

[gcol]

It's like world war 3 outside tonight. Where do these kids get the money from to watch it burn this freely from now till Nov 5th?

 

[poshman]

It's like world war 3 outside tonight. Where do these kids get the money from to watch it burn this freely from now till Nov 5th?

get your revenge... find out where they live, get your kids ( if you have any ) to bang on their doors after midnight ,trick or treating

 

[Thermo]

dont worry about the fireworks, a well known car dealership near us has started its January sale...ffs

 

[WoodYouLike]

Why don't they restrict the sale of fireworks to tow days before the event?
(For New Years Eve fireworks you can only buy the 'works' from 30 December on in The Netherlands, not much problems before. Here it is sometime really ridiculous - fireworks going off for two weeks now already!)

 

[mlb3c]

enlighten me

what's the occasion?

 

[gcol]

enlighten me

what's the occasion?

This should tell you all you need to know.
http://www.bonefire.org/guy/

 

[masona]

Fireworks every Saturday night during the summer on Southend pier No wonder the pier keep burning down

 

[masona]

enlighten me

what's the occasion?

Are you thinking of doing the White House

 

[JohnD]

enlighten me

what's the occasion?

Are you thinking of doing the White House

That's usually us

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington

 

[drspock]

I think if you check you will find that the majority of the fireworks around this time are the followers of the muslin faith celebrating the end of ramadam.
At least it is around this neck of the woods, very colourful too.
This may help;

The Muslim month of fasting
Muslims use the lunar calendar and the fast of Ramadan is in the ninth month of the year. During Ramadan, Muslims fast during daylight hours – they are not allowed to eat, drink, smoke or have sex. After sundown, they pray, eat a meal called the iftar, and visit friends. The following morning the fast starts again before sunrise, and this is repeated for 30 days in a row.

On the evening of the 27th day of Ramadan, Muslims celebrate the Laylat-al-Qadr (the Night of Power) when, according to Islamic belief, Muhammed first received the revelation of the Qur'an. According to the Qur'an, this day is when God determines the course of the world for the following year.

Fasting is one of the Five Pillars (duties) of Islam and all observant Muslims fast from about the age of 12. The purpose is to remind them of the suffering of poor people, to practise self-control and to pray in a community with other Muslims. In many mosques, one thirtieth of the Qur'an is recited on each night of Ramadan so that the whole book will have been read by the end of the month.

Ramadan ends with celebrations of the festival of Eid al-Fitr

Be well throughout the year!

 

[Nige F]

enlighten me

what's the occasion?

For Proper celebration do a google on Bonfire Celebrations Lewes East Sussex Cliffe Bonfire Society That`s how it should be done ........NO P*****

 

[ellal]

For Proper celebration do a google on Bonfire Celebrations Lewes East Sussex Cliffe Bonfire Society That`s how it should be done ........NO P*****

Absolutely...!!

 

[Thermo]

not like the old days when they used to roll the barrels of tar on fire down the hill and bonfire jumping Nige!

They can get quite violent around the county in the weeks leading up to it as all the rival bonfire societies in the surrounding villages have their own do's!

 

[Spark123]

enlighten me

what's the occasion?

It's when we celebrate a failed attempt to blow up Parliament

 

[JohnD]

No, we're celebrating the attempt.

The failure is source of great sadness.


Guy Fawkes: the only man who ever entered Parliament with honest intentions.