Guy Fawkes

Wallace1492
Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
edited November 2010 in Commuting chat
Good luck guys and gals with the commute home.
I fully expect Maryhill Road to be like a mini (or not so mini) Baghdad.
Rockets left, right and centre, Roman Candles, Catherine Wheels.... the lot.

Jusy hope my Klingon Cloaking Device is working and I get out unscathed.
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Ooooooooo! Aaaaaaaaaah!

    Pointless friggin' exercise.

    Yours,

    Grumpy
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  • electric_blue
    electric_blue Posts: 195
    I came in by public transport today. I don't wish to die.
    Hello! I've been here over a month now.
  • Harveytile
    Harveytile Posts: 227
    Just another day riding through Croydon :shock: !

    Fireworks may take the Chavs' minds off their usual rotten behaviour.
    .
    Beep Beep Richie.
    .

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  • Mr Dog
    Mr Dog Posts: 643
    Where is your sense of history? Its one night. 8)
    Why tidy the house when you can clean your bike?
  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    Personally I don't think fireworks should be available to the general public for the very reason that they are crap and a waste of money; unless you are going to a properly funded and well organised display they tend to be, well, shit.

    It's also Diwali today; double bubble.
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  • electric_blue
    electric_blue Posts: 195
    Last time I took part in a home firework display it was 1988 and I was living in a house of students. One of our housemates declined to take part so we aimed all the fireworks at his open bedroom window.

    Need I say more?

    Ban them!!
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  • electric_blue
    electric_blue Posts: 195
    Mr Dog wrote:
    Where is your sense of history? Its one night. 8)

    If only - one night would be fine - but it usually starts in mid October and ends around Xmas.
    Hello! I've been here over a month now.
  • Fireblade96
    Fireblade96 Posts: 1,123
    I think it's laudable that the entire contry puts on a firework display for my Dad's birthday.

    Happy Birthday, Dad !
    Misguided Idealist
  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    It looks like the heavens are going to open in London for commuter time, I'm banking on it :lol:
  • electric_blue
    electric_blue Posts: 195
    Fireblade96 wrote:
    I think it's laudable that the entire contry puts on a firework display for my Dad's birthday.

    Happy Birthday, Dad !

    My daughter, born on the 4th, pretty much grew up believing that all the fireworks were for her, although she got wise to that one about the same time she realised the letters from Santa were written by me.
    Hello! I've been here over a month now.
  • Canny Jock
    Canny Jock Posts: 1,051
    I was worried that cycling home through SE London would be dodgy, I remember last year a few kids throwing bangers. Fortunately it was raining so fairly quiet.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,408
    cjcp wrote:
    Ooooooooo! Aaaaaaaaaah!

    Pointless friggin' exercise.

    Yours,

    Grumpy

    You didn't have to make your way through the crowds on Clapham Common - hundreds of dithering peds, interspersed with several speeding ambulances, presumably rushing to help those who have forgotten to let go of their fireworks. Too me nearly an hour and a half to get home.
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  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    Took the lads and lasses out to a big fireworks display had hot dogs etc, watched a rather nice display. after getting every one home, had a nice ride though Bushy park in the dark was rather wet but fun with various fireworks zipping into the sky.

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