Turn, Turn, Turn, Like a Ring of Fire

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Brian Moylan

11/05/09 07:00PM

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[A boy plays tricks with the traditional sparklers while celebrating Guy Fawkes' Night—also known as Bonfire Night—in Brighton, England, tonight. Image via Getty]

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raincoaster Brian Moylan 11/06/09 03:22AM

The Irish pub I'm sitting in here in Vangroover hosted two of the members of the world's best bagpipe band, walking through and playing. And you know, all bagpipe songs sound the same in an enclosed space; like the sound a cat makes when you try to vacuum it.

I think next year I've talked them into featuring my friend, the licensed firedancer. This should be amusing. #guyfawkesnight

snugbug Brian Moylan 11/05/09 07:53PM

Natalie Portman aka Evie from V for Vendetta, please report for duty. You too, wise wizard Alan Moore. Also, you, Mr. Wachowski brother who are currently a woman. OK. Now that the party lineup is complete, we can have a proper Bonfire Night. #guyfawkesnight

kappakappaspankme snugbug 11/05/09 07:56PM

@snugbug: I'm sad that the US is lacking in fire oriented holidays. Everyone gets to have fun but us Yanks.

:pouts and kicks pebble: #guyfawkesnight

snugbug kappakappaspankme 11/05/09 08:03PM

@kappakappaspankme: Well, we have fireworks on Jules 4th, right? Also Burning Man. Not an official holiday, but nevertheless the premier North American opportunity to dance around an enormous bonfire, tribal-style. Sadly for me, I loathe all things hippie and I'll never make it there.

PS: "Pouts and kicks pebble" is such an adorable image.. #guyfawkesnight

kappakappaspankme snugbug 11/05/09 08:18PM

@snugbug: I am a card carrying member of the liberal elite and thus do not celebrate 04 July as I'm too un-Amerikkkan to do so. Besides, hot dogs have too many nitrates (like that's ever stopped me before).

Shame on me for not thinking of Burning Man, though. Then again, bajas really don't suit my frame.

If you think pouting and kicking a pebble is cute, you should see the starry eyed gaze that washes over me when I dream of Valborgsmässoafton, Gävle Julbock and any other excuse the Swedes use to burn things. #guyfawkesnight

nirreskeya snugbug 11/05/09 08:28PM

@snugbug: You don't need a big hippie fest in the desert to dance around a fire naked and kick your friends' asses (as my friends like to say). Any old wilderness will do, preferably with lots of Bourbon nearby. #guyfawkesnight

barleyherb Brian Moylan 11/06/09 05:56AM

I'd love to know where the kid in the pic *got* sparklers. We looked in several shops - some of which sold full-blown fireworks - but none of them sell them any more, for "safety reasons." #guyfawkesnight

barleyherb Brian Moylan 11/06/09 05:58AM

Oh, also: they don't really have bonfires any more at the big displays, also for safety reasons, which kind of makes "bonfire night" a silly, though still extant, name. #guyfawkesnight