Fireworks

SlipStream · Post by **SlipStream** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:36 am

FireWorks are going off across the uk already:(

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:40 am

SlipStream;1035517 wrote: FireWorks are going off across the uk already:(

Slip, I hate them with a passion. Scares my dog so badly, he cant go and pee in his own back garden, cant eat, shakes and pants uncontrollably and tries to hide himself...It breaks our hearts to see him like that and the kids get very upset.

I find from now to the middle of Jan we will have fireworks, halloween, bonfire night, xmas and then new year:(:(:(

One night of organised fire work displays would be fine but no we have to have then going off every second from all angles.:-5

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:46 am

They're a sodding nightmare,

I have to turn the TV up loud because they frighten my dog.

For non UK'ers the fireworks are for bonfire night, Nov 5th...

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 1:40 pm

SlipStream;1035517 wrote: FireWorks are going off across the uk already:(

Sorry for my ignorance, but what is the occasion?

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 2:08 pm

Chezzie;1035521 wrote: Slip, I hate them with a passion. Scares my dog so badly, he cant go and pee in his own back garden, cant eat, shakes and pants uncontrollably and tries to hide himself...It breaks our hearts to see him like that and the kids get very upset.

I find from now to the middle of Jan we will have fireworks, halloween, bonfire night, xmas and then new year:(:(:(

One night of organised fire work displays would be fine but no we have to have then going off every second from all angles.:-5

Mines the same Chez, nightmare:( you know i cant understand why the shops are allowed to sell them to just anyone,, i mean if you were holding an organised event i bet you have to have all kinds of certificates, health and safety etc. I really think they shuold be banned from all shops and just available to recognised organisations for an organised display. probably all comes down to money,, i mean the councils ban a wet t shirt contest on the grounds of health and safety yet any silly bugger can buy fireworks???!!!:-5:-5

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 2:11 pm

Lon;1035626 wrote: Sorry for my ignorance, but what is the occasion?

well the shops have them in stock for Guy Fawkes (bonfire night) on Nov 5th, but the nobberdobbers set them off day and night from now till the middle of January.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 2:36 pm

Lon;1035626 wrote: Sorry for my ignorance, but what is the occasion?

Most people here don't need a reason for letting them off Lon but it is for November 5th, the anniversary of "Guy Fawkes" who tried to blow the British Houses of Parliment up with gun-powder in the 17th century.

We do have laws here regulating their usage but no-body takes any notice.

Another quaint English custom for November 5th which is loveingly refered to as "Bonfire Night", involves stealing you neighbours fence, chopping it up and lighting a bonfire in the name of Guy Fawkes.

This is accompanied by children making an effigy of Guy fawkes. Now, it's supposed to be an effigy, that means a passing resemblence to Guy fawkes, or a 'guy' as some of us older people call it. However, small children take a sack, stuff it full of newspaper, tie a bit of string round it and then sit ouside supermarkets for hours begging for money. If you don't give them any money, they are allowed by law to give you a mouthfull of verbal abuse and kick your dog.

This tradition with children carrie's on to Christmas when hoardes of thugs stand outside your house schreeching one line of "Silent Night". That makes them legally entitled to intimidate you into giving them money.

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 2:40 pm

oscar;1035700 wrote: Most people here don't need a reason for letting them off Lon but it is for November 5th, the anniversary of "Guy Fawkes" who tried to blow the British Houses of Parliment up with gun-powder in the 17th century.

We do have laws here regulating their usage but no-body takes any notice.

Another quaint English custom for November 5th which is loveingly refered to as "Bonfire Night", involves stealing you neighbours fence, chopping it up and lighting a bonfire in the name of Guy Fawkes.

This is accompanied by children making an effigy of Guy fawkes. Now, it's supposed to be an effigy, that means a passing resemblence to Guy fawkes, or a 'guy' as some of us older people call it. However, small children take a sack, stuff it full of newspaper, tie a bit of string round it and then sit ouside supermarkets for hours begging for money. If you don't give them any money, they are allowed by law to give you a mouthfull of verbal abuse and kick your dog.

This tradition with children carrie's on to Christmas when hoardes of thugs stand outside your house schreeching one line of "Silent Night". That makes them legally entitled to intimidate you into giving them money.

:wah: my you are fired up oscar:wah: we hardly see any guys round here anymore

we do get caro singers,, and ye trick or treaters on halloween, but they are usually just kids and not thugs:wah: Mind i never give them money, always have a bowl of sweeties they can pick from:sneaky:,,,also i delight in waiting for them to finish the whole song, and if they trail off as soon as you open the door i say carry on,, you have to sing the song first,,,:wah: normally to theri horror i join in:D

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:05 pm

kazalala;1035706 wrote: :wah: my you are fired up oscar:wah: we hardly see any guys round here anymore

we do get caro singers,, and ye trick or treaters on halloween, but they are usually just kids and not thugs:wah: Mind i never give them money, always have a bowl of sweeties they can pick from:sneaky:,,,also i delight in waiting for them to finish the whole song, and if they trail off as soon as you open the door i say carry on,, you have to sing the song first,,,:wah: normally to theri horror i join in:D

That's a good one.... I'll join in with them this Crimbo.

We went to a supermarket once and there was the usual kids with a stuffed sack calling 'penny for the guy'/

Mr Oscar said, 'o.k. then' Gave them a penny and walked off with the guy :wah::wah::wah::wah:

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:08 pm

Chezzie;1035680 wrote: well the shops have them in stock for Guy Fawkes (bonfire night) on Nov 5th, but the nobberdobbers set them off day and night from now till the middle of January.

I should have known. They do the Guy Fawkes thing in NZ and Oz as well.

Milly · Post by **Milly** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:07 am

kazalala;1035706 wrote: :wah: my you are fired up oscar:wah: we hardly see any guys round here anymore

we do get caro singers,, and ye trick or treaters on halloween, but they are usually just kids and not thugs:wah: Mind i never give them money, always have a bowl of sweeties they can pick from:sneaky:,,,also i delight in waiting for them to finish the whole song, and if they trail off as soon as you open the door i say carry on,, you have to sing the song first,,,:wah: normally to theri horror i join in:D

LOL... I do that too kaz... I refuse to give money and if they sing at my door, then I want the whole song! :wah:

I can't stand fireworks and do strongly feel that they should be banned from public sale....

the only fireworks I'd like to see used are by those hosting an organised firework display under strict saftey conditions.....

SlipStream · Post by **SlipStream** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:21 am

Lon;1035626 wrote: Sorry for my ignorance, but what is the occasion?

we in England call it Bonfire night:)

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:28 am

oscar;1035741 wrote: That's a good one.... I'll join in with them this Crimbo.

We went to a supermarket once and there was the usual kids with a stuffed sack calling 'penny for the guy'/

Mr Oscar said, 'o.k. then' Gave them a penny and walked off with the guy :wah::wah::wah::wah:
:wah:good one, bet their faces were a picture:D

Milly;1036107 wrote: LOL... I do that too kaz... I refuse to give money and if they sing at my door, then I want the whole song! :wah:

I can't stand fireworks and do strongly feel that they should be banned from public sale....

the only fireworks I'd like to see used are by those hosting an organised firework display under strict saftey conditions.....

I just cant understand the government still allowing public sale when you hear of so many horror stories of people and animals getting hurt by them:-3

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:38 am

Spot did link some firework laws on another thread for me.

I know it's illegal to sell to kids which my local asian shop hasn't grasped in the last 10 years and it's illegal to set them off after 11 pm which in my area, no-one takes any notice of.

We are very fortunate to have floor to ceiling windows and live a short distance from the local football ground. Once a year we get to sit at our windows with a nice cup of British tea and get a free firework display.

Something we regually ask ourselves, is where do people get the money for them??

We put on a display some years ago in the field outside our house for kids of single parents. We had a great time and i cooked them hot dogs and burgers but the cost of the fireworks were horrendous. If i remember right, i think we spent nearly £200 and they lasted about an hour.

there are some super one's in the shops costing £30 a time. It's these i object to. I don't mind the average one that goes 'phut' when it's lit but these industrial strength can actually damage property and menace people's pets and wildlife.

Yes, i know domestic cats kill more birds than fireworks Spot, but as i said before, you don't see a cat bothering flocks of geese, herds of cattle and packs of foxes.

SlipStream · Post by **SlipStream** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:11 am

those repeating bangers do my nut in:D