Happy Guy Fawkes Day!

[=Tamar]

Happy Guy Fawkes Day!

 

[RathDarkblade]

Happy Guy Fawkes Day!

*blows stuff up, in the name of freedom from discrimination. And stuff*

That's the point of the day, isn't it?

 

[Tonyblack]

Nice and quiet here last night. Some fireworks, but it seems to me that there are more on New Year's Eve these days.

 

[RathDarkblade]

Just wondering: any bonfires, Tony? I seem to recall there were always bonfires on Guy Fawkes Night. (But those probably disappeared about the same time as little urchins asking 'Penny for the Guy, sir?')

Life seems to have been more 'picturesque' then, though undoubtedly shorter, dirtier, and more full of diseases. Period dramas seem to have kept the 'picturesque' angle and lost the rest. *shrug*

 

[Tonyblack]

No bonfires that I'm aware of. It was a much bigger event when I was a kid where we had a bonfire (with Guy Fawkes in effigy) and fireworks.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

There was a fireworks display in the park, and I could see from my window a few going off around the area.

 

[Ponderstibbons]

Not wishing to be a killjoy, but I am always concerned about how stressed pets can get with the noise of fireworks. Fortunately for us , our rescue greyhound was neither up nor down with the noise. Also in Dundee and Glasgow the police and fire brigade had to deal with a few incidents of some young people engaging in violence and anti social behaviour. Having said that many folks would have had a safe, enjoyable celebration.

 

[=Tamar]

I've read that pets can often be helped with a weighted blanket or a squeeze coat. The physical pressure is comforting.

 

[Ponderstibbons]

Definitely so, Tamar. Worked for a nervous wee rescue dog we had years ago