On 21 Sep 2011 at 7:44am Clifford wrote:
I see a South London council has renamed bonfire night 'The Colour Thief: A Winter Extravaganza Celebrating the Change of the Seasons'. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
On 21 Sep 2011 at 8:10am DFL wrote:
I know, doesn't it just want to make you riot !! Who are these people, where do they get these inane ideas from...why don't they just move to France or Spain, or perhaps Greece.
On 21 Sep 2011 at 11:17am southover queen wrote:
Chance would be a fine thing. I'm actually slightly dreading it this year - the town totally overrun with every drunken student within 20 miles and half of the rest of the country coming for a quaint weekend to see the townspeople of quaint little Lewes doing their traditional pope-burning resulting in vast crowds.
On 21 Sep 2011 at 11:43am Shardlake wrote:
..... and the inevitable out-of-town eccentrics who'll ring up all the authorities and demand something be done about all the 'anti-Catholic' behaviour. No matter how often you tell them. Daily Mail readers. Probably.
On 21 Sep 2011 at 12:53pm bang on time wrote:
sq lets hope the dfl society can get their act together this year and be on time , and try to be part of lewes bonfire rather than doing what they want when they want ,
On 21 Sep 2011 at 2:09pm bastian wrote:
I hate it when it's on a Saterday...too many people to move,safest place is in the procession.(throwing rookies at nervous DFL's)
The opener for this thread sounds like the torrent of manager speak we have all been forced to listen to of late,you know,it's not a spade it's an earth dispatching impliment,so we don't offend anyone who, through a twist of language might be offended by the normally used word.
On 21 Sep 2011 at 2:12pm Enoch wrote:
Well said bang on time! You seem to be in the know.
On 21 Sep 2011 at 3:26pm DFL wrote:
I haven't got a society !! But I'll be there....and sober of course....well, maybe just one or three glasses of SUSSEX WINE !!
On 21 Sep 2011 at 3:41pm bang on time wrote:
well im sure the sign on the bypass advertising park and ride , will help keep the crowds down , not , and where does that money go ? back to the council or a bonfire society , somehow i think not !!! talk about bite the hand that feeds you ,
On 21 Sep 2011 at 4:34pm giveitarest wrote:
I assumed that 'A Winter Extravaganza' just meant that they'd asked LBBS to organise it?
On 21 Sep 2011 at 9:21pm Lewes bloke wrote:
After watching (and occasionally taking part) over the last 40 years, I'm not sure that I'm going to bother this year. I just can't face the crush, the drunks and the idiots any more. Shame that I've been pushed out, because I always enjoyed bonfire.
On 22 Sep 2011 at 9:31am 'ere be monsters wrote:
Not sure how you can 'occasionally take part'. You're either in it or not.
On 22 Sep 2011 at 10:46am Clifford wrote:
Monsters, I 'occasionally' go to the pub. I don't spend all my time in one (more's the pity).
On 22 Sep 2011 at 11:28am 'ere be monsters wrote:
That's a poor analogy for you Cliffy!
On 22 Sep 2011 at 10:29pm Enoch wrote:
'ere be monsters Do you know who originally came up with the phrase "You're either in it or you're not" about Bonfire?
On 23 Sep 2011 at 5:44am Bazooka Joe wrote:
Sadly, some people feel that there is no life outside Bonfire.
On 23 Sep 2011 at 10:34am 'ere be monsters wrote:
I take it it wasn't me then Enoch? Pope Paul V perhaps?
On 23 Sep 2011 at 5:12pm Mr E wrote:
Enoch - The one and only Mr E!
See you tonight!
On 27 Sep 2011 at 10:30pm Enoch wrote:
10/10 Mr E1