Remember, remember the fifth of November....

[Blue66669]

Happy Guy Fawkes Day!!!

Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I know of* no reason
Why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t'was his intent
To blow up the King and Parli'ment.
Three-score barrels of powder below
To prove old England's overthrow;
By God's providence he was catch'd (or by God's mercy*)
With a dark lantern and burning match.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells ring. (Holla*)
Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!



"Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V."

[renfairephotog]

Happy Guy Fawkes day!

[wyckdblyss]

Happy Guy Fawkes Day everyone!!!

[Lupa]

Happy Guy Fawkes day!

[Morgan Dreadlocke]

Penny fer Guy Fawkes?

[NoBill Lurker]

Happy Guy Fawkes day!

[Lord Dragonspyre]

There was a special a few years back on this subject called The Gunpowder Plot - Exploding the Legend. The purpose of the special was to see if the plot itself would have worked if Guy Fawkes had not been captured. Thanks to the wonders of Youtube, you can watch the whole thing here...

part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
part 5
part 6
part 7
part 8

Makes you kinda wonder how history would have gone if Fawkes had succeeded...

[Demetrius]

Happy Guy Fawkes Day!!!

Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I know of* no reason
Why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t'was his intent
To blow up the King and Parli'ment.
Three-score barrels of powder below
To prove old England's overthrow;
By God's providence he was catch'd (or by God's mercy*)
With a dark lantern and burning match.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells ring. (Holla*)
Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!



"Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V."

Hey Blue- thanks for posting the quote!

[Welsh Wench]

Do you remember the 21st night of September?
Love was changing the minds of pretenders
While chasing the clouds away

*looks up*

Ooops! Wrong month....

Thanks, Lord D for posting the links.
Fascinating!

[Jon Foster]

There was a special a few years back on this subject called The Gunpowder Plot - Exploding the Legend. The purpose of the special was to see if the plot itself would have worked if Guy Fawkes had not been captured. Thanks to the wonders of Youtube, you can watch the whole thing here...

part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
part 5
part 6
part 7
part 8

Makes you kinda wonder how history would have gone if Fawkes had succeeded...

Cool show. Our son walked around all day (Thursday 11/5) quizzing everyone he knew about the significance of the day...

Jon.