Comments on: Happy Guy Fawkes Night! Don’t burn anybody I wouldn’t burn… http://sweasel.com/archives/4818 Mon, 21 May 2012 14:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: James http://sweasel.com/archives/4818/comment-page-1#comment-44245 James Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:12:15 +0000 http://sweasel.com/?p=4818#comment-44245 Eldest Daughter, having uncovered some leftover fireworks from the 4th, decided (quite rightly) that any celebration that involved letting off fireworks was an appropriate one for Americans(*). A small Guy was duly annihilated by cone fountains and flashers last night. (*)From _1066 and All That_: "James was always repeating 'No Bishop, No King', to himself, and one day a certain loyal citizen called Sir Guyfawkes, a very active and conscientious man, overheard him, and thought it was the new slogan of James's new policy. So he decided to carry it out at once and made a very loyal plan to blow up the King and the bishops and everybody else in Parliament assembled, with gunpowder. Although the plan failed, attempts are made every year on St. Guyfawkes' Day to remind the Parliament that it would have been a Good Thing." Eldest Daughter, having uncovered some leftover fireworks from the 4th, decided (quite rightly) that any celebration that involved letting off fireworks was an appropriate one for Americans(*). A small Guy was duly annihilated by cone fountains and flashers last night.

(*)From _1066 and All That_: “James was always repeating ‘No Bishop, No King’, to himself, and one day a certain loyal citizen called Sir Guyfawkes, a very active and conscientious man, overheard him, and thought it was the new slogan of James’s new policy. So he decided to carry it out at once and made a very loyal plan to blow up the King and the bishops and everybody else in Parliament assembled, with gunpowder. Although the plan failed, attempts are made every year on St. Guyfawkes’ Day to remind the Parliament that it would have been a Good Thing.”

]]> By: iamfelix http://sweasel.com/archives/4818/comment-page-1#comment-44240 iamfelix Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:38:05 +0000 http://sweasel.com/?p=4818#comment-44240 <i>Just sayin’.</i> Disgusting. As usual. Just sayin’.

Disgusting. As usual.

]]> By: David Gillies http://sweasel.com/archives/4818/comment-page-1#comment-44239 David Gillies Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:02:19 +0000 http://sweasel.com/?p=4818#comment-44239 Linda Chavez says this is his <i>My Pet Goat</i> moment. Of course, in a rational world it would be, but the MSM carries so much water for him it will be down the memory hole by now. All we can hope for is that a little bit of the sense of how inept and tin-eared he is seeps out, and adds to the general impression of him as an intellectually-challenged, thin-skinned, preening narcissist. Linda Chavez says this is his My Pet Goat moment. Of course, in a rational world it would be, but the MSM carries so much water for him it will be down the memory hole by now. All we can hope for is that a little bit of the sense of how inept and tin-eared he is seeps out, and adds to the general impression of him as an intellectually-challenged, thin-skinned, preening narcissist.

]]> By: S. Weasel http://sweasel.com/archives/4818/comment-page-1#comment-44238 S. Weasel Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:16:23 +0000 http://sweasel.com/?p=4818#comment-44238 <img src="http://sweasel.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/conference.jpg" alt="conference" title="conference" width="422" height="344" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4827" /> Just sayin'. conference

Just sayin’.

]]> By: Scubafreak http://sweasel.com/archives/4818/comment-page-1#comment-44235 Scubafreak Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:32:18 +0000 http://sweasel.com/?p=4818#comment-44235 Excuse me sir! Your ass is on fire!! Excuse me sir! Your ass is on fire!!

]]> By: Allen http://sweasel.com/archives/4818/comment-page-1#comment-44234 Allen Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00:28 +0000 http://sweasel.com/?p=4818#comment-44234 I make my own fireworks, well sort of. They're actually small rockets (3" dia.) with large payloads so they don't go so high. We head out to Cuddeback Dry Lake and woosh! Boom! Yeah! Want the propellant recipe? Ammonium Perchlorate Flaked Aluminum R-45 HTPB Best not say much else though they might think I'm a Guy or somethin'. I make my own fireworks, well sort of. They’re actually small rockets (3″ dia.) with large payloads so they don’t go so high. We head out to Cuddeback Dry Lake and woosh! Boom! Yeah!

Want the propellant recipe?

Ammonium Perchlorate
Flaked Aluminum
R-45 HTPB

Best not say much else though they might think I’m a Guy or somethin’.

]]> By: Nicole http://sweasel.com/archives/4818/comment-page-1#comment-44233 Nicole Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:14:06 +0000 http://sweasel.com/?p=4818#comment-44233 The remains of the fire picture is really cool. Very creepy. The remains of the fire picture is really cool. Very creepy.

]]> By: BuckNutty http://sweasel.com/archives/4818/comment-page-1#comment-44232 BuckNutty Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:51:25 +0000 http://sweasel.com/?p=4818#comment-44232 Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Burning Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Burning

]]> By: S. Weasel http://sweasel.com/archives/4818/comment-page-1#comment-44231 S. Weasel Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:50:45 +0000 http://sweasel.com/?p=4818#comment-44231 A couple bigger and in color: <a href="http://sweasel.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/guyincolor.jpg" target="_blank"/ rel="nofollow">the guy</a> and <a href="http://sweasel.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/lady.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">the remains of the fire</a>. A couple bigger and in color: the guy and the remains of the fire.

]]> By: Uncle Badger http://sweasel.com/archives/4818/comment-page-1#comment-44229 Uncle Badger Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:38:37 +0000 http://sweasel.com/?p=4818#comment-44229 Just for a reference, that lovely ol' bonfire is about 20' tall. The angle I took the pic at makes it look a lot smaller. Went up a treat, it did :) Just for a reference, that lovely ol’ bonfire is about 20′ tall. The angle I took the pic at makes it look a lot smaller.

Went up a treat, it did :)

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