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PancakeSushi's avatar

Remember, Remember

The fifth of November

The Gunpowder Treason and Plot

I know of no reason, why the Gunpowder Treason

Should ever be forgot

Amanda Pitchford's avatar

Guy Fawkes Day: Proof that no one can hold a grudge like the English.

Diane J's avatar

I know a ballroom that could use a Fawkes when it's finished.

Sam Carson's avatar

The Epstein Ballroom basement is probably where the MAGA dungeons & torture chamber will be sited, soundproofed from the adjacent & Exclusive Charles Grassley "Gentleman's Club" brothel & "Eyes Wide Shut" party venue.

Robot Bender's avatar

There's a WW II era military bunker under the East Wing. They're probably bringing it up to modern standards.

Nicole Heilman Grissom's avatar

Right?! These wingnuts are all mad that people need SNAP, but just fine with that obnoxious, ostentatious, absurdly expensive dance hall.

Paul Snyder's avatar

I had read that the desire to eliminate the HoL derived from an economically abused population who cried out…

“Will no one rid us of these accursed entitled elitist jagoffs?”

Though that may have just been SM posts from last week,so…

Guillotines can be refurbished in pretty short order, BTW

Andrew tonti's avatar

Yes, the English held the monopoly on vengeful recrimination and brutal colonization !!

Paul Snyder's avatar

Where did I imply that?

The HoL should be abolished, as should the US Senate.

They exist to consolidate and perpetuate the Primitive Accumulation of Capital.

You gonna get your panties in a bind if I also question the legitimacy of King Chuckles and the eugenics project known as the UK Monarchy?

Dave Irving's avatar

When I was a kiddie, we celebrated this with fireworks and bonfires (which often had an effigy of Mr Fawkes on them). Not the brightest idea in Australia, as it pretty much coincides with the start of the fire season.

There was always some tale of a child blowing his fingers off with a large-sized cracker. Good times!

Sam Carson's avatar

English history is astonishing and brutal beyond words. I loved the successful version of the Gunpowder Plot that "Game of Thrones" deployed to knock the whole chessboard over.

I'm probably not the only history fan who thinks that Guy Fawkes is a dubious choice as a revolutionary icon. He was, after all, a Catholic hard-liner, engaging in his murderous skullduggery in order to restore Popery as supreme law in Protestant England. Not as if this keeps me awake at night.