Guy Fawkes

[Ladydragon]

Everyone remember it's Guy Fawlks this Friday night
so please if you own an animal please make sure they are inside :yes:

[EJK]

So... who wants to blow their cash in flamboyant style?

[Ladydragon]

Well if you want to blow or your hard working cash go to the Warehouse they are having a really hugh sale on fire works

[The Everlasting]

I wish they would ban this already,each year they talk about it,but nothing seems to happen!!

I think it's a nuisance,not to mention a fire risk,and animals get really scared,our cat just freezes up and sits in the hallway all night.

[nodrog]

I wish they would ban this already,each year they talk about it,but nothing seems to happen!!

I think it's a nuisance,not to mention a fire risk,and animals get really scared,our cat just freezes up and sits in the hallway all night.

Wow, you sound like fun.

Fanny

[The Everlasting]

Wow, you sound like fun.

Fanny


I'm sure there are many people that would agree with me.

[Swoop]

Guy Fawkes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes

[nodrog]

I'm sure there are many people that would agree with me.

Yes im sure there are, just like there are softcocks that would like motorcycles banned because they dont like the actions of a few bell ends that operate them.

Just because you and your cat dont enjoy them, doesnt mean that others shouldnt.

Fanny

[EJK]

I like big booms.

But those warehouse whistles are shait. Hate people poppin' em all along till Feb :facepalm:

[oldrider]

Everyone remember it's Guy Fawlks this Friday night
so please if you own an animal please make sure they are inside :yes:

My Tiger is locked in the shed ..... but that is another story! :facepalm:

Anyway, I like making loud bangs and noises, just not keen on other people doing it! :oi-grr: Does that sound familiar! :rolleyes:

[ellipsis]

....no tu'penny bangers anymore...that fucked it for me.....I always liked the idea of celebrating the night that a bloke actually entered parliament with honest intentions...then I found out it was to celebrate his demise...another thing that fucked it for me....dont do it because of the ruralness of where we live....my volunteer mates in the fire brigade get edgy and the animals do get fucked off....discovered some big bangs called Party Next Door....fucking cool bangs....my mate wanted to do a big fireworks thing before he checked into the next life, a few years back....we lit 400 bucks worth in less than half an hour, before we had to get him back to hospital....memorable....more bangs and smoke than a big day on the Somme....his smile after that was worth the money and the noise....

[marie_speeds]

We had a real retarded dog that use to try bite the Double Happys before they went bang.

[Ladydragon]

I agree with you I wish they would ban guy fawlks night to i've got cats and they get very sceared from the loud bangs etc and run under the bed and hide.The SPCA did try to ban it years ago they had a big petition about it but it didn't work.

[Edbear]

It seems that as the years go by, the number of idiots spoiling everybody's fun increases to the point where we can do less and less.

I don't agree with the Guy Fawkes celebrations either, but am appalled at the sadistic natures of so many youth, (and older one's!), who take pleasure in inflicting fear and pain on defenseless creatures, (and people!).

[slofox]

My fuckwit neighbours across the gully love to let them off at about 3.00am in the morning...usually months after Guy FAWKES (please note spelling...) has been and gone...

This usually results in me hurling insults and threats of dire retribution at them in the gloom of the early small hours...:bash::angry2::ar15::ar15::ar15:

[sil3nt]

Any big firework events in the waikato?

[SMOKEU]

Has anyone here tried to make their own black powder fireworks?

[vindy500]

new zealands fireworks are arse.

[Banditbandit]

Guy Fawkes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes

Yeah ... When I have a bonfire and fireworks NO-ONE gets to burn a guy ... Guy Fawkes was trying to blow up Parliament - an admirable action - I think his death should be respectfully commemorated, not celebrated ...

[Banditbandit]

............

[mattian]

Banning Guy Fawkes would be about about as hopeless as trying to ban sex!! just try and stop them.

[hellokitty]

Banning Guy Fawkes would be about about as hopeless as trying to ban sex!! just try and stop them.

At least my dog isn't scared by sex lol! she is terrified of fireworks though!

Seriously though, I love fireworks but I am not looking forward to my dog freaking out. It would make so sense just to have organised displays with awesome fireworks rather that the crap ones from the supermarket that cost heaps, but are still crap.

[hellokitty]

At least my dog isn't scared by sex lol! she is terrified of fireworks though!



I tried to edit this but no matter what I did, it still looks kinda sick, but you guys know what I mean

[PrincessBandit]

Sadly for our three very elderly mogs my out-laws are staying with us at the mo for Balu's birthday on guy Fawkes (his big 5 Oh) and motherinlaw is allergic to cats. Hence whenever they stay with us, which is not that often, the cats are all banished outside. No different this time...hopefully our fur babies will hole up in one of the many hidey holes located around our property and be safe.

[PrincessBandit]

At least my dog isn't scared by sex lol! she is terrified of fireworks though!



Hahahaha, what about sex which makes you see fireworks?

[Morcs]

I save my fireworks for another night. setting them off on the same night every other fucker is doing the same thing is ghey. last year i lit some outside a window for a prank, whole pile of rockets fell over and were all launching in my direction. was epic.

[Indiana_Jones]

Guy Fawkes was a filthy catholic

-Indy

[Hopeful Bastard]

Stockcars with real fireworks = Epicly Awesome

Big gatherings with real fireworks = Awesome

The back neighbours having their fireworks at 7pm because the kids need to go to sleep = boring and annoying.

Little gatherings with cheap warehouse fireworks = Bloody Annoying @ midnight when one is trying to go to sleep

Fucktard teens (And idiotic adults) driving past your house shooting fireworks at it and Vehicles parked on the road at 3am in the morning waking you up making you check your vehicle = Fucking complete utter morons who deserve to be shot for waking a man up without the promise of sex to get back to sleep.

[Gone Burger]

Hahahaha, what about sex which makes you see fireworks?

Ooooo we like that kind :innocent:

[hellokitty]

Sadly for our three very elderly mogs my out-laws are staying with us at the mo for Balu's birthday on guy Fawkes (his big 5 Oh) and motherinlaw is allergic to cats. Hence whenever they stay with us, which is not that often, the cats are all banished outside. No different this time...hopefully our fur babies will hole up in one of the many hidey holes located around our property and be safe.
Just load her up with antihistamines - I am sorry but no relative would make me banish my dog outside on Guy Fawkes! I know, easier said than done!
If I left my dog out she would die of a heart attack - bulldogs can do that easily when stressed = I was warned by the breeder that gave her to us, and my dog is a scaredycat

[hellokitty]

Hahahaha, what about sex which makes you see fireworks?
we shut the dog in the lounge before that happens in the bedroom :woohoo:

[hellokitty]

Ooooo we like that kind :innocent:

the best kind!

[Flip]

Firstly Guy Fawkes was (is) a relative of mine.

I have a hunting dog, a dog that comes hunting with me and he goes ballistic on the 5th nov, he runs around and tries to find out who is shooting and what is out for him to chase and return with. I shoot with a black powder gun so even the smell in the air smells like a hunting trip to him.

Black powder is relatively easy to make, but even easier to blow yourself up trying to make it, its unstable at the best of time. Commercially BP is milled wet and set as a cake that is then broken up into different granular size depending on the application. The granules are then coated with graphite to make them a lot more chemically stable.

[neels]

I think our cat will be fine, if earthquakes can't shift her off the back of the couch I can't see a few fireworks having any effect.

[BoristheBiter]

Firstly Guy Fawkes was (is) a relative of mine.

I have a hunting dog, a dog that comes hunting with me and he goes ballistic on the 5th nov, he runs around and tries to find out who is shooting and what is out for him to chase and return with. I shoot with a black powder gun so even the smell in the air smells like a hunting trip to him.

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Same here, All he does is get in the heal position and waits to be set off then looks at you all strange wondering why he is still not racking something. Not all that good when your sitting on the settee.
He really hates the whistle type, they make him bark like theres someone breaking in, even if its on the telly.

[ckai]

Any big firework events in the waikato?

I can't see this being your thing, but Ohaupo has a very impressive display every year. It's a family thing though. Stalls, rides, bands, shit like that but some very cool explosions at the end that last a good chunk of time (I hate the displays that are over is 2 minutes).

We've gone a couple of times now with mates - none of us had kids. Just went for the display but have shit carnival food for tea. Love that shit carnival food :) It's good for a change.

[Toaster]

hahahaha, what about sex which makes you see fireworks?

double happies!!!

[SMOKEU]

I might take zee motorbicycle out to the New Brighton fireworks tonight.

[onearmedbandit]

Man am I glad I was born when I was. Back then we used to have fun. And the neighbours didn't care, because they were probably doing the same thing as us or with us doing it.

[sil3nt]

I can't see this being your thing, but Ohaupo has a very impressive display every year. It's a family thing though. Stalls, rides, bands, shit like that but some very cool explosions at the end that last a good chunk of time (I hate the displays that are over is 2 minutes).

We've gone a couple of times now with mates - none of us had kids. Just went for the display but have shit carnival food for tea. Love that shit carnival food :) It's good for a change.I did see that after a quick google. Could be keen gotta see what the other half wants to do. Food and explosions are all i want!

[ellipsis]

....there wont be any whizzin and poppin going round here for a day or two....its fuckin heavin it down...crisis averted, cats and doggies and sheep and worms etc...

[Spazman727]

Everyone remember it's Guy Fawlks this Friday night
so please if you own an animal please make sure they are inside :yes:

Good call, keep your pets (and the pets of the people you know) safe.

[Edbear]

http://clearnet.co.nz/news-story.html?national~798732

:sick::sick::sick::sick: :angry:

[sil3nt]

http://clearnet.co.nz/news-story.html?national~798732

:sick::sick::sick::sick: :angry:Sooner they get banned the better. Same shit every year. They either don't find the people or they get let off with a slap on the wrist.

[SMOKEU]

Sooner they get banned the better. Same shit every year. They either don't find the people or they get let off with a slap on the wrist.

Sooner bikes are banned, the better. Same shit happens every year, people get killed on them.

[Edbear]

Sooner bikes are banned, the better. Same shit happens every year, people get killed on them.

Bikes don't torture defenseless animals.

[SMOKEU]

Bikes don't torture defenseless animals.

Neither do fireworks. People with fireworks torture animals. Just like guns, guns don't kill people, people with guns kill people. Same thing goes with knives, and any other 'weapon'.

[Edbear]

Neither do fireworks. People with fireworks torture animals. Just like guns, guns don't kill people, people with guns kill people. Same thing goes with knives, and any other 'weapon'.

Of course, but the fact remains that this happens every year by young thugs with no concience. Same with guns and knives. Liberalise the gun/knife laws and you'll have the same here as in the US. You can always blame the people for the crime, and that is right, but these people use these means to do sickening acts. The facts also are that take away the means and you drastically reduce the incidences.

You can argue "rights" until the cows some home, doesn't alter the facts. I'd be more impressed with you as a person if you expressed disgust at the atrocity instead of just defending the right to have fireworks.

[SMOKEU]

You can argue "rights" until the cows some home, doesn't alter the facts. I'd be more impressed with you as a person if you expressed disgust at the atrocity instead of just defending the right to have fireworks.

I am really disgusted by what people do to animals, but take a good look at the commercial meat industry first. Especially halal, many of those animals are bled to death without being stunned first, and that is seen as being perfectly acceptable by most countries. I could post a link here to prove my case if you wanted me to.

[Edbear]

I am really disgusted by what people do to animals, but take a good look at the commercial meat industry first. Especially halal, many of those animals are bled to death without being stunned first, and that is seen as being perfectly acceptable by most countries. I could post a link here to prove my case if you wanted me to.

Fair enough and kudos for that. There are many practices in this world that disgust me, and includes man's inhumanity to man as well as animal. These little thugs should be paraded through the streets and shamed in public, but I can see the day rapidly approaching when the authorities in NZ have simply had a gutsful of burning schools and tortured animals and attacks on other kids and ban fireworks altogether.

As the years go by, we are seeing an alarming increase in incidents of mindless violence by an increasing population in the younger demographic with no conscience and no fellow-feeling. These young people are devoid of morals and basic humanity.

[sil3nt]

I am really disgusted by what people do to animals, but take a good look at the commercial meat industry first. Especially halal, many of those animals are bled to death without being stunned first, and that is seen as being perfectly acceptable by most countries. I could post a link here to prove my case if you wanted me to.Do it..I will post mine http://www.halaljournal.com/article/3360/halal:-the-most-humane-slaughter

There will probably be many reports arguing both sides of that story but in the end it has nothing to do with the torture of animals with fireworks.

[SMOKEU]

Fair enough and kudos for that. There are many practices in this world that disgust me, and includes man's inhumanity to man as well as animal. These little thugs should be paraded through the streets and shamed in public, but I can see the day rapidly approaching when the authorities in NZ have simply had a gutsful of burning schools and tortured animals and attacks on other kids and ban fireworks altogether.

As the years go by, we are seeing an alarming increase in incidents of mindless violence by an increasing population in the younger demographic with no conscience and no fellow-feeling. These young people are devoid of morals and basic humanity.

I actually own a dog and a cat, and I take very good care of them. They both get their annual vet checkups and are both in excellent health, so don't think that I go around abusing animals.


Do it..I will post mine http://www.halaljournal.com/article/3360/halal:-the-most-humane-slaughter



Said video has been removed from YouTube due to some bullshit about too many people complaining about it. I'll try and track down that video somewhere else and I'll get back to you about that.

[Edbear]

I actually own a dog and a cat, and I take very good care of them. They both get their annual vet checkups and are both in excellent health, so don't think that I go around abusing animals..

I didn't think for a second that you would, I'm referring to what is happening in our communities.

I'd be staggered if any KB'r would so much as consider such a thing!

[Tink]

I like fireworks, from a distance, love sparkles... don't like the misuse, but as in anything in society the minority spoil it for the majority, I like it cause I always get friends around to celebrate me getting older in style :P :rockon:

[SMOKEU]

I didn't think for a second that you would, I'm referring to what is happening in our communities.

I'd be staggered if any KB'r would so much as consider such a thing!

It's about time the government seriously started cracking down on animal cruelty.

[Edbear]

I like fireworks, from a distance, love sparkles... don't like the misuse, but as in anything in society the minority spoil it for the majority, I like it cause I always get friends around to celebrate me getting older in style :P :rockon:

Ha ha! You just enjoy having a fuss made over you, don't you..? :innocent:

[Edbear]

It's about time the government seriously started cracking down on animal cruelty.

You mean like directing the courts to start making the punishment fit the crime? What a novel idea! :innocent:

Long overdue as far as I'm concerned.

[oldrider]

http://clearnet.co.nz/news-story.html?national~798732

:sick::sick::sick::sick: :angry:

:spanking: Nelson eh!

Genie had better watch out that someone doesn't drop a double happy into her bottle ....... that sort of thing could become addictive! :wings:

[SMOKEU]

Do it..I will post mine http://www.halaljournal.com/article/3360/halal:-the-most-humane-slaughter

There will probably be many reports arguing both sides of that story but in the end it has nothing to do with the torture of animals with fireworks.

I found the video.

WARNING! THIS VIDEO IS LIKELY TO UPSET MOST PEOPLE WHO WATCH IT. IF IT DOESN'T UPSET YOU EVEN SLIGHTLY, THEN YOU ARE A SICK FUCK. DO NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED AS IT SHOWS EXTREMELY GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS OF ANIMAL CRUELTY. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_bZzxep87c

[slofox]

Remember, remember the fifth of November,
gunpowder, treason and plot,
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes,
'twas his intent
to blow up the King and the Parliament.
Three score barrels of powder below,
Poor old England to overthrow:
By God's providence he was catch'd
With a dark lantern and burning match.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, make the bells ring.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!
Hip hip hoorah!

[Edbear]

I found the video.

WARNING! THIS VIDEO IS LIKELY TO UPSET MOST PEOPLE WHO WATCH IT. IF IT DOESN'T UPSET YOU EVEN SLIGHTLY, THEN YOU ARE A SICK FUCK. DO NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED AS IT SHOWS EXTREMELY GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS OF ANIMAL CRUELTY. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_bZzxep87c

Sorry, I haven't got the stomach to watch that. I've seen enough in my time. Funny that my father was a butcher as was my grandfather...

[davebullet]

When I was 20 I believed in the right to buy fireworks and let them off in the back yard. I hated the old bastards who insisted that youth were irresponsible. I never used fireworks to scare or upset animals. But using them does so regardless.

Now at 40 I believe only in public displays. I think private purchase should be banned.

[hellokitty]

Most of my neighbours were letting off fireworks responsibly last night, in their garden, and some at the end of the street which is a good place as you can all watch/share everyone's fireworks. I remember as a kid having bonfires and letting off fireworks and how much fun it was - hell if I didn't have a nervous dog I would be letting fireworks off every year.

However, I spent the evening with a rather large 29kilo bulldog on my lap who was shaking and hyperventilating.

I love fireworks and would be happy for people to enjoy them, but am concerned that people seem to let them off each night for another week or so. I am only concerned as my dog is so frightened and nothing I do can comfort her for long.

I am also concerned that there are these sick weirdo that do cruel things to animals, like the bird story that was in the news.

[BoristheBiter]

Remember, remember the fifth of November,
gunpowder, treason and plot,
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes,
'twas his intent
to blow up the King and the Parliament.
Three score barrels of powder below,
Poor old England to overthrow:
By God's providence he was catch'd
With a dark lantern and burning match.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, make the bells ring.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!
Hip hip hoorah!

could never remember that last bit.

[BoristheBiter]

Most of my neighbours were letting off fireworks responsibly last night, in their garden, and some at the end of the street which is a good place as you can all watch/share everyone's fireworks. I remember as a kid having bonfires and letting off fireworks and how much fun it was - hell if I didn't have a nervous dog I would be letting fireworks off every year.

However, I spent the evening with a rather large 29kilo bulldog on my lap who was shaking and hyperventilating.

I love fireworks and would be happy for people to enjoy them, but am concerned that people seem to let them off each night for another week or so. I am only concerned as my dog is so frightened and nothing I do can comfort her for long.

I am also concerned that there are these sick weirdo that do cruel things to animals, like the bird story that was in the news.

+1
Got to sleep about 1am after the dog had stopped barking.
Worst is it will go on for the next week.

[hellokitty]

+1
Got to sleep about 1am after the dog had stopped barking.
Worst is it will go on for the next week.

My dog passed out from exhaustion at about 11pm - the worry with bulldogs is that they can have a heart attack quite easily

[slofox]

My pussycat sat outside on the deck and watched the sparkles in the sky...no worries there.

No screamer fireworks around us this year - that stuff freaks the cat out - the noises but not the visuals.

[SMOKEU]

My dog gets extremely scared when he hears fireworks outside, even though he will be in the house at the time. Funnily enough, he has no trouble falling asleep next to me when I'm out shooting with my .22LR using high velocity rounds.

[BoristheBiter]

My dog gets extremely scared when he hears fireworks outside, even though he will be in the house at the time. Funnily enough, he has no trouble falling asleep next to me when I'm out shooting with my .22LR using high velocity rounds.

i think it's the difference in fequency. mines the same but he hates the wizzbanger types (fireworks aswell). he is trained to be in the heal position when the gun goes off and that confuses him even more when he can't get on the couch.

[mashman]

Remember, remember the fifth of November,
gunpowder, treason and plot,
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes,
'twas his intent
to blow up the King and the Parliament.
Three score barrels of powder below,
Poor old England to overthrow:
By God's providence he was catch'd
With a dark lantern and burning match.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, make the bells ring.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!
Hip hip hoorah!

Have you ever watched the film V for Vendetta? That's how it starts.

He walks into the TV station armed with plastic explosives around his waste. Security Guard goes, "fakin 'ell". (he does it well.)

And before escaping, Takes over every the emergency broadcast channel and everyone listens to him talk to the public.

"Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine- the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, thereby those important events of the past usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, a celebration of a nice holiday, I thought we could mark this November the 5th, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat. There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night I sought to end that silence. Last night I destroyed the Old Bailey, to remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than four hundred years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you then I would suggest you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot. "

Wonder what fawkes would have said.

[sunhuntin]

wind picked up quite nicely last night and put a stop to any neighbourhood antics quite early.

we got some sparklers for the neice and nephews and there were some small flowery crackle types in the box as well.
littlest nephew [2] nearly had a heart attack when one crackled at the end... ended up with him on my shoulders where he did his best at breaking my thumbs. the other two, [3 and 4] both rushed to me when the crackles went as well... rather disconcerting when normally they cant stand me, yet suddenly look to me for protection :shit: [as opposed to grandma and grangrad, who were both closer to them than i was]

they all enjoyed the sparklers though, got some ripper photos. 2 y/o tried to blow his out, hehe.

[Ladydragon]

My cats had a horrible night last night I arrived home from work and they were sitting in the middle of the lounge floor with their ears up and heads going side to side looking where the loud noises were coming from.

One of the cats actually hid in her cat tunnel the whole night

Trouble is theres still a few crackers getting let of tonight

[Ladydragon]

Who's still going crackers going off around them me..me..me..me !!!!!!:angry:
this is three nights in a row now that my cats have been totally sceared

[The Everlasting]

Yep,they normally keep letting them off for about 2 weeks. It's the same every year.