Guy Fawkes Day

pixie pie · Post by **pixie pie** » November 6th, 2005, 13:29

Umm, we did some underage drinking and home-made firework display involving 200 bargain* sparklers and deoderant cans. A couple of my friends were nursing something-degree burns for the rest of the night, so we chucked someone in a skip.

* Defective --> Don't have a big handle=More hand burning, especially if you light them all at once in one hand

Post by **Joose** » November 6th, 2005, 16:00

FatherJack wrote:The gist, as I heard it was that the various "factions" in the town "compete" against each other in the parade, and then go off to their own hilltop bonfire do's.

Thats about right. Most of the Carnival Clubs are affiliated to the local pubs. So theres a hell of a lot of em.

Fred Woogle · Post by **Fred Woogle** » November 7th, 2005, 1:41

I just like ones that go BOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! alot :D

Post by **FatherJack** » November 7th, 2005, 20:25

Ty aka Sir Die Aloty wrote:I just like ones that go BOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! alot :D

Ah, they'll be banning those, then. There was some MP woman on the radio on the way back from our do saying how she liked the "beautiful pretty ones" but didn't like the nasty BANG! BANG! BANG! ones. Hope no-one sets off any genies(1) near her house.

As a yoof I was always much more impressed by the loudest fireworks, and still have to say that while the silver-and-gold sparkly modern ones are very nice, it's still the ones that sound like artillery shells the get the most thumbs up.

(1) Possibly local, and probably archaic parlance for very loud, dangerous constructions of bangers and sellotape.

pixie pie · Post by **pixie pie** » November 7th, 2005, 20:51

I have 2 favouritest ones, The ones which are massive rockets that go really high, especially the noise as they launch "beh-Dufff!"..

And the ones which do a loud bang then crackle. Crackley crackley.. I'm not simple..

Post by **Grimmie** » November 7th, 2005, 21:34

Yes! Ba-Doom.. Whoooosh.. BOOOM!
And Fwish! SsssSssS.. Crackle crackle
And and and.. Fut fut fut fut fut fut fut fut fut!

Are WOO!
Deep bassy sounds ftw.

Post by **ProfHawking** » November 7th, 2005, 21:39

deep bassy FTW as well.
can only get them from the launch of a 4+" mortar shell from 10m :D

Fred Woogle · Post by **Fred Woogle** » November 7th, 2005, 22:31

I like the ones my dad gets from the guy he knows at the firworks factory, they say stuff like "WARNING, people must be 250foot away" and rap, and theres a crowd of us standing 10 foot away in the garden :D

display fireworks FTW

and BIG BOOMIE one FTW even more

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » November 7th, 2005, 23:03

pixie pie wrote:And the ones which do a loud bang then crackle. Crackley crackley..

Ah yes, I was saying this to the missus last night, how it sounds like a thousand people all standing on a floor of bubble wrap

pixie pie · Post by **pixie pie** » November 8th, 2005, 18:00

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:
pixie pie wrote:And the ones which do a loud bang then crackle. Crackley crackley..
Ah yes, I was saying this to the missus last night, how it sounds like a thousand people all standing on a floor of bubble wrap

When I'm old and rich, I'm going to make a house out of bubble wrap. You're welcome to the loft room?