tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069964578618189954.post8615089354303082308..comments2023-06-01T21:25:13.322+01:00Comments on Beyond The Queen and Driving on the Left: Every Country Needs an Excuse for Fireworks... ladylibertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00286782034603220650noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069964578618189954.post-14662143527153505932012-11-13T14:41:01.572+00:002012-11-13T14:41:01.572+00:00Trust me - you dont want to piss off the Catholics...Trust me - you dont want to piss off the Catholics! :) <br />I propose some kind of multicultural day where everyone cooks a traditional dish, wears traditional garb and throws street parties. Rule #1 - you have to have at least four cultures represented at each party. Rule #2 - Americans cannot bring hamburgers. Rule #3 - if you can't get along and be respectful, you have to go to work instead. ladylibertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00286782034603220650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069964578618189954.post-86992785511106929182012-11-13T11:26:40.844+00:002012-11-13T11:26:40.844+00:00Just goes to show that you can't always believ...Just goes to show that you can't always believe what you read on Wikipedia but perhaps we should push the government for a day off of work, I suspect though in these PC times that Catholics wouldn't be too happy about it, maybe we should go for Trafalgar day instead but then we'd probably upset the French.......... Dave Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09160605471148194496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069964578618189954.post-36579336286209885152012-11-12T15:22:01.093+00:002012-11-12T15:22:01.093+00:00hol·i·day [hol-i-dey]
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1. a day fixed by law o...hol·i·day [hol-i-dey]<br />noun<br />1. a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person. <br /><br />Sorry Dave - Wikipedia used the term 'public holiday'; who am I to argue? ladylibertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00286782034603220650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069964578618189954.post-67802494957880047472012-11-12T05:45:12.917+00:002012-11-12T05:45:12.917+00:00A Nottingham blogger wrote the same thing, but in ...A Nottingham blogger wrote the same thing, but in my part of England I'm happy to say Halloween & Bonfire Night are co-existing quite nicely. I think trick-or-treating was the biggest yet, while we've had 2 weeks of fireworks down here. Who knows if they'll make it three? We've never shot off big fireworks before, but without fears of mid-summer wildfires, we might give it a go around New Years? We've always been more of a 'sparklers' family :)Travel With Luluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09646026064261601469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069964578618189954.post-88412315264966901612012-11-06T19:25:02.771+00:002012-11-06T19:25:02.771+00:00"A few months later, the 'Observance of t..."A few months later, the 'Observance of the 5th of November 1605' act was passed in Parliament and November 5th became an annual public holiday."<br /><br />Holiday? I've never known it to be a public holiday, just a celebration of the failure to blow up the Houses of Parliament, although lately (in the past 10 years) I've come to the conclusion that it's not such a bad idea after all.:-) Dave Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09160605471148194496noreply@blogger.com