Remember Remember.... The 5th of November....

5 Nov 2010

Are you a loverly or hater of fireworks?
I am not keen on them at all and I am sat here thinking how nice it is that its raining stairods just now and not a firework to be heard biggrin

5 Nov 2010

Quote by minxysub
Are you a loverly or hater of fireworks?
I am not keen on them at all and I am sat here thinking how nice it is that its raining stairods just now and not a firework to be heard

my cat doesnt like and hides for days.
anyway minxy i hope your ok xxxxx
keep them toes warm xxxxx

5 Nov 2010

Quote by flower411
I hate organised displays cos you can`t ever go near the fire .... the magic of bonfire night to me is just that ...the bonfire.
Fireworks have become more and more out of hand and I`m afraid I find the spectacle of thousands of pounds going up in smoke just to make pretty lights in the sky a tad disgusting when so many people in the world are hungry and cold.

I agree. Ancient festivals always included a big communal fire. That is definitely the best part of any firework display.

5 Nov 2010

Quote by tyracer
my cat doesnt like them.

Neither do our three :sad: We have them sat on and around us at the moment jumping away :sad:
I like fireworks but I think they should be limited a bit more.
*Her*

5 Nov 2010

Quote by flower411
I hate organised displays cos you can`t ever go near the fire .... the magic of bonfire night to me is just that ...the bonfire.
Fireworks have become more and more out of hand and I`m afraid I find the spectacle of thousands of pounds going up in smoke just to make pretty lights in the sky a tad disgusting when so many people in the world are hungry and cold.

:thumbup:

5 Nov 2010

Nothing like a large amount of VAT and Tax revenue to help close governmental eyes to the stupidity of giving morons, chavs and wannabe terrorists the opportunity to get hold of high explosives rolleyes

5 Nov 2010

Quote by meat2pleaseu
Nothing like a large amount of VAT and Tax revenue to help close governmental eyes to the stupidity of giving morons, chavs and wannabe terrorists the opportunity to get hold of high explosives

Same could be said with tobacco and alcohol too.

5 Nov 2010

Quote by essex34m
Nothing like a large amount of VAT and Tax revenue to help close governmental eyes to the stupidity of giving morons, chavs and wannabe terrorists the opportunity to get hold of high explosives

Same could be said with tobacco and alcohol too.
You can make a bomb out of a pint and a fag? :eeek:
Puts pint down and walks away with lit cigarette
Dave_Notts

5 Nov 2010

Quote by essex34m
Nothing like a large amount of VAT and Tax revenue to help close governmental eyes to the stupidity of giving morons, chavs and wannabe terrorists the opportunity to get hold of high explosives

Same could be said with tobacco and alcohol too.
I can't see Al Queda bringing Canary Wharf to its knees with 10 B&H and half a can of Carling lol

5 Nov 2010

Quote by meat2pleaseu
Nothing like a large amount of VAT and Tax revenue to help close governmental eyes to the stupidity of giving morons, chavs and wannabe terrorists the opportunity to get hold of high explosives

Same could be said with tobacco and alcohol too.
I can't see Al Queda bringing Canary Wharf to its knees with 10 B&H and half a can of Carling lol

I can't see the aforementioned chavs bringing Canary Wharf to it's knees with a packet of sparklers and a Catherine Wheel bought from the corner shop either.

5 Nov 2010

Quote by essex34m
Nothing like a large amount of VAT and Tax revenue to help close governmental eyes to the stupidity of giving morons, chavs and wannabe terrorists the opportunity to get hold of high explosives

Same could be said with tobacco and alcohol too.
I can't see Al Queda bringing Canary Wharf to its knees with 10 B&H and half a can of Carling lol

I can't see the aforementioned chavs bringing Canary Wharf to it's knees with a packet of sparklers and a Catherine Wheel bought from the corner shop either.
The chavs just want to piss people off for the attention and to make themselves feel big and important for a few minutes, by a wannabe terrorist with a few grand, the time and desire to buy lots of fireworks and re-package them in a parcel wrapped in nails could do a fuck load of damage in a crowded street full of christmas shoppers. Handling and buying fireworks should require a licence via training, then at least it would cut down on the pillock factor

5 Nov 2010

Quote by flower411
Nothing like a large amount of VAT and Tax revenue to help close governmental eyes to the stupidity of giving morons, chavs and wannabe terrorists the opportunity to get hold of high explosives

Same could be said with tobacco and alcohol too.
I can't see Al Queda bringing Canary Wharf to its knees with 10 B&H and half a can of Carling lol

I can't see the aforementioned chavs bringing Canary Wharf to it's knees with a packet of sparklers and a Catherine Wheel bought from the corner shop either.
The chavs just want to piss people off for the attention and to make themselves feel big and important for a few minutes, by a wannabe terrorist with a few grand, the time and desire to buy lots of fireworks and re-package them in a parcel wrapped in nails could do a fuck load of damage in a crowded street full of christmas shoppers. Handling and buying fireworks should require a licence via training, then at least it would cut down on the pillock factor
You need a licence to ride a motorbike !! That is no guarantee of eliminating the pillock factor !!
Motorcyclists are more of a danger to themselves that anybody else

5 Nov 2010

Quote by meat2pleaseu
The chavs just want to piss people off for the attention and to make themselves feel big and important for a few minutes

I think you will find that is the current affairs forum.....

5 Nov 2010

Quote by essex34m

The chavs just want to piss people off for the attention and to make themselves feel big and important for a few minutes

I think you will find that is the current affairs forum.....
I don't fancy getting mugged by Kenty and the gang over there :scared:

5 Nov 2010

the main reason.. apart from what a waste of money!!! is that as the daughter of a fireman who would come home with awful tales of what he had had to deal with.. and dad was always graphic if it was somat that could have hurt us...
basically he scared the poop out of me....

6 Nov 2010

Quote by meat2pleaseu
Nothing like a large amount of VAT and Tax revenue to help close governmental eyes to the stupidity of giving morons, chavs and wannabe terrorists the opportunity to get hold of high explosives

Same could be said with tobacco and alcohol too.
I can't see Al Queda bringing Canary Wharf to its knees with 10 B&H and half a can of Carling lol

I can't see the aforementioned chavs bringing Canary Wharf to it's knees with a packet of sparklers and a Catherine Wheel bought from the corner shop either.
The chavs just want to piss people off for the attention and to make themselves feel big and important for a few minutes, by a wannabe terrorist with a few grand, the time and desire to buy lots of fireworks and re-package them in a parcel wrapped in nails could do a fuck load of damage in a crowded street full of christmas shoppers. Handling and buying fireworks should require a licence via training, then at least it would cut down on the pillock factor
Its fairly well known that you dont need fireworks to build a bomb capable of doing serve damage. From stuff you could find in your kitchen and garden shed you can build a bomb that will blow all four doors off of a car if left inside. You done event need huge quantities of it either.
Another son of a fireman here wave

who later became a specialist fire prevention officer and lecturer. We always had garden fires and fireworks when I was young and I still do them myself now. Just a bit of common sense required. Obviously Fireworks are annoying for some people but then so are trick or treaters and Carol singers and just about anything else you can think of.

6 Nov 2010

I love fireworks. I love displays and I love having them in my garden and letting them off for myself and my family and friends. Long live my right to buy them and use them responsibly. Hurrah for whizz, bang, zoom and phut say I.
Oh and a bonfire is always a great site to behold.

6 Nov 2010

Organised displays only for me I'm afraid....
Cant beat the huge bonfire.....Toffee Apples.....Candyfloss......Bit of a fair near by....
Jacket spuds....
All in all a lovely evening out....