h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

wow! that sounds like lots of fun!

it was but alas I no longer live in London
maybe 1 year I'll take time off for his birthday and go up and visit at that time

Every year we have an annual bonfire and fireworks display. Last year or the year before the 'empty'boxes of fireworks were put on the fire. I use '' marks coz one of them wasn't actually empty. They found that out when a rocket shot in the crowd. No-one was hurt but it was amazing how many people suddenly became two inches away from it when they were telling stories afterwards.

Liars.

hmm...

well here where i live theres a bon fire every year at halloween. and we usually have some piddly fireworks put on by the municipality on canada day...

We have guy fawkes, although if you ask anyone here which government he tried to blow up they'll just look at you blankly.

hmmm... i wish we had guy fawkes.
we dont even seem to have a substitute holiday

Fireworks are cool, but dangerous. Hospital staff and firefighters have been trying to convince the powers that be to get it toned down as a holiday for years now. A while ago they banned the sale of skyrockets to anyone who didn't work for a registered pyrotechnics company. That helped. Nowadays halloween is getting bigger instead.

yeah. its all very dangerous. and kids get hurt every year. i find it realy quite appaling that people must now keep their pets indoors not only to keep them from being scared of the noise but to keep them from intended ham as well...

The poor kitties!

It's entirely inappropriate for me to be laughing now, but I've just noticed that typo... 'intended ham'. Makes me wonder what 'unintended ham' tastes like...

its ok.
i'm now laughing too
intended ham!
i'm quite curious as to what either tastes like, as opposed to regular ham....

Spam, spam, spam spam...

ahh.. that makes me think of monty python....

Bonfire Night is hardly a holiday. It's not even a day off. On this side of the pond (where did I pick that expression up from) we have hardly any public holidays for anything and the ones we do get don't stand for anything except Christmas or Easter.

Halloween should be a public holiday. Doesn't society appriciate the occult?

Obviously not.

Nah I doubt it. Christmas and Easter are christian holidays, s'why they're so big.

Have you been hanging around Australians? "this side of the pond" is a phrase usually used by either NZers or Aussies to talk about their country in comparison to the other. That and "this side of the ditch", which is a little more accurate.
I suppose it's possible the phrase migrated.

i say the other side of the pond... but i live on an island, and i use that phrase in relation to the rest of my counrty.. like the rest of canada is on the other side of the pond....

i wish halloween was a holiday.... and then again i'm gald it isnt i like to see my friends at school and wear my costume.... maybe the day after halloween....

I guess the phrase /did/ migrate, then. More than just a couple of places, by the sounds of it.

I can tell you're getting excited about all hallow's eve, there, Arisztid...

yep! you bet i am!!
its one of my favorite times of the year!!!

The day after halloween is all saints day. That should be a christian holiday. If st. georges day over here is a bank holiday.

Or is that the one that falls on sundays? I dunno.

A lot of people refer to the Atlantic Ocean as being "the pond" and the Americas (usually english speaking north america) and Europe being on either side of it.

Halloween's my favorite holiday tool.

I've still got my job at the costume shop. It's a shame I can't work on hallowe'en because the owner said I could wear all my 'goth stuff'. Make up and all that. That's a shame. Oh well next year perhaps.