tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post1811559784261227024..comments2024-03-29T07:45:22.295-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Gunpowder treasonBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-11388774788272193962011-11-07T12:02:12.803-05:002011-11-07T12:02:12.803-05:00Funny to see kids in Guatemala on Halloween carryi...Funny to see kids in Guatemala on Halloween carrying around carved out grapefruit jack-o-lanterns...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-79036188808207953842011-11-06T01:09:42.581-04:002011-11-06T01:09:42.581-04:00LSP my brother was more inventive they dressed up ...LSP my brother was more inventive they dressed up a friend as the guy and made him look like a stuffed effigy and pushed him around on a wheel barrow.<br />As for your trick or treating it's an old Northern English and Irish custom, Jack O'Lanterns or Moggy's were made from turnips and we used to go around asking for a penny for the Moggy. When people complain about the Americanization of English customs is ironic to say the least. As we invented them apart from the dressing up but that is fun for kids so no harm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-69725138318241837642011-11-06T01:04:08.774-04:002011-11-06T01:04:08.774-04:00Your geography is faulty it's the Bristol Chan...Your geography is faulty it's the Bristol Channel not the Irish sea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-28765085555237869392011-11-05T22:30:57.294-04:002011-11-05T22:30:57.294-04:00Kids used to make "Guy" effigies to be b...Kids used to make "Guy" effigies to be burned on the bonfire.<br /><br />They'd hawk their Guys, calling out "penny for the Guy!" and if the Guy was any good you'd give them some change. A bit like trick 'r Treat.<br /><br />The custom degenerated into threatening "yoof" putting a paper plate on a black trash bag and demanding money.<br /><br />Still, I miss the bonfires, if not the "yoof"...LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-45849956521722882242011-11-05T19:55:12.144-04:002011-11-05T19:55:12.144-04:00I would celebrate it more (as an Englishman) if it...I would celebrate it more (as an Englishman) if it hadn't been hijacked along with the Guy-masks and fake Vendetta-populism by the OWS crowd of Stalinists...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-31835268767025252372011-11-05T19:26:59.311-04:002011-11-05T19:26:59.311-04:00Of course, the victors write history and brainwash...Of course, the victors write history and brainwash us all, <a href="http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2011/11/drones-and-us-internal-security.html" rel="nofollow">perhaps will those who control the drones</a><br /><br />Forget about Skynet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com