So what you doing on Bonfire night?
Burning down the house LOLZ

alt do you ooh and aahh at fireworks?


( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:06, 111 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Foreworks? Are you making fun of Gonz?

(Cave Duck, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:07, Reply)

I do frequently make fun of Gonz, however this is not one of those occasions

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:09, Reply)

Tar Barrels.
guaranteed to be better than anything anyone else is doing.

www.otterytarbarrels.co.uk/
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:10, Reply)

That looks medieval

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:12, Reply)

it's nuts
I love it
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:17, Reply)

We went past there over the weekend. I wasn't driving - I was too full of Otter Ale and cider.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:22, Reply)

it's where I went to school and my folks live just outside
tar barrels is one of the highlights of my year.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:24, Reply)

I hadn't spent any time around that area before but we had a great weekend.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:25, Reply)

glad to hear it
There's not much around there really. it just gets some good events now and then.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:27, Reply)

It looks like the sort of thing that would keep me amused.
Especially if I got to drink mead whilst there.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:24, Reply)

generally speaking you drink what you take with you
as the pubs and streets are packed.

smoking spliffs is also a good idea.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:27, Reply)

I'll add that to the list of things to do at some point
I'm pretty sure I've seen coverage of the event on the local news years ago.

Would have either been HTV West or TSW (with Gus Honeybun)
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:29, Reply)

man, Gus Honeybun was so lame
it's well worth visiting. Best if you have somewhere in town to stay for the Barrels.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:35, Reply)

*Imagines Vipros being sad at not getting any birthday hops*

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:36, Reply)

I like the idea of a sad Vipros
It seems to rebalance the universe somehow.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:40, Reply)

you're out of luck
I'm in a disgustingly good mood today.

if it helps I had a shit couple of weeks prior to this one.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:45, Reply)

Bull Shit
Lewes Bonfire is better than the Tar Barrels.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:29, Reply)

5th November is my girlfriend's birthday.
I shall, once again, be making the "joke" that I didn't buy her anything but arranged fireworks for her instead. She, of course, will be punching me in the face. She hates fireworks.
(Cave Duck, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:12, Reply)

I'll be comforting all the scared dogs.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:13, Reply)

I almost went "aww how sweet"
then I remembered who you were
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:14, Reply)

*sinister mode* My work here is done! *laughs*
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:16, Reply)

You're evil Jeff
I like that
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:17, Reply)

I was horrible last night.
I'm disgusted with myself.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:19, Reply)

Did you vomit on a grandma then rape her chiuwawawawa?

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:20, Reply)

I might as well have done.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:24, Reply)

What the fuck did you do?
You weren't... you weren't nice to bob were you??
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:25, Reply)

I'm always nice to Bob.
I was just rude, which isn't like me.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:31, Reply)

I think I may be going to Leeds.

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:14, Reply)

yes i love fireworks a LOT
if i ever con some poor sucker into marrying me, there will be fireworks.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:17, Reply)

I do
is this a legally binding contract?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:18, Reply)

are you a priest?
if not, then no!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:26, Reply)

Yes, my child, I am.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:28, Reply)

gimme half your house then
and your credit card.

ta darling, i'm just off to give up my job and rape this card.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:32, Reply)

bollocks, if you wait three years, Monty will owe me his place! it's all yours.
*hands over stuff* get your tits out then!
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:32, Reply)

sorry darling
i've got a headache tonight.

and do that washing up will you? could you also go to the corner shop and get some more wine? and chocolates? and tell me if my bum looks big in this and why you were ogling that girl from the corner shop the last time you went in there and is she prettier than me and why don't you ever want to go and see my friends and when was the last time you did any ironing...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:45, Reply)

*Warning Warning* Bob - take note.
It would appear I was once married to Swipe. Don't do it. Repeat. Don't do it.

It'll be 7 years of misery.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:47, Reply)

7 years, are you mad?
i fully intend to rape him of the lot and leave him a heartbroken shell within a week.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:51, Reply)

You can probably do that online.
It'll save him getting the train to your place. Talk smutty enough and he'll wank himself to a bloody-stump by the middle of next week.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:52, Reply)

what a charming image

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:54, Reply)

Thanks very much.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:54, Reply)

sorry I was too busy spaffing everywhere thinking about lawyer tits
what did I miss?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:58, Reply)

Most of your schooling,
if your posts are anything to go by.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 17:12, Reply)

We'll be going to the Ripley bonfire
a huge bonfire in a field, fireworks display, beers, hog roast and carnies to hit with sticks. It's my favourite night of the year.
( Kroney, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:21, Reply)

I read that as
We'll be going to the rapey bonfire
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:25, Reply)

That would be
my favourite night of the decade.
( Kroney, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:26, Reply)

ha

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:34, Reply)

Very little
I shall attempt to find a local display though, because I bloody love fireworks. And yes, to my shame, I do go 'ooh'.
(berk, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:21, Reply)

I will be turning a fully occupied old people's home in to the largest bonfire in North London.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:22, Reply)

loud noises frighten me
so I like the pretty coloured ones that don't make a big bang.

It's my friend's birthday so she's renting out a cinema and I'll be going to that instead of bonfires. We're going to watch My Neighbour Totoro, squeee!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:23, Reply)

OOH I watched Shutter Island the other night
You were right it's AWESOME
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:25, Reply)

Someone at work already spoiled it for me
Will see it eventually though, it's on the Lovefilm list.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:26, Reply)

I knew the end as well but it didn't ruin it
I'd lend it to you if I ever saw you
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:29, Reply)

S'alright
I'm usually too busy having feet rubbed on me once they come in through the door.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:30, Reply)

It's funny because it's true

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:32, Reply)

I saw that. It was 'meh'.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:33, Reply)

Monty in not liking something shocker

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:42, Reply)

ooh does that mean you liked it?

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:44, Reply)

I thought it was 'quite good'
6/10
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:49, Reply)

I didn't think your meter went past 2

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:55, Reply)

'Performance' is a 10
I saw 'A Mighty Wind' last night and would give it a strong 8.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 17:01, Reply)

I never said that
I haven't seen it. I did say Inception was shit though.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:43, Reply)

shit it must have been another member of LAAK
I was trying so hard :(

It was Applebite. Dammit
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:44, Reply)

oh dear Badge you were doing so well
and now you're back on the list.

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:53, Reply)

You know fuck it I've tried and I make ONE mistake and I go back in the hate club
LAAK suck
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:56, Reply)

Amen.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:59, Reply)

oi, I've been well nice to you recently

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 17:08, Reply)

you were on probation
you breached it
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 17:08, Reply)

Oh, I like that film
Not that a lot happens on it, but it's so cute (if it's the one I think you mean, studio ghibli?)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:27, Reply)

No it's a live action film with Leonard DiCaprio in it

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:44, Reply)

She was replying to you, not Badger
FAIL KITTY.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:45, Reply)

oh belm, stupid me.
Sorry Aber, yes it is indeed Studio Ghibli, sorry for being so thick!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:54, Reply)

It's ok
I was trying to remember a film with DiCaprio and a Totoro.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 6 Oct 2010, 17:01, Reply)

that. would. be. AWESOME

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 17:08, Reply)

When is bonfire night?
I tried to see the fireworks once in Victoria Park in Manchester, but couldn't find the place. I've been 6 years here and haven't seen a single one yet. It can't be so good.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:25, Reply)

5th November

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:25, Reply)

Of course
Remember, remember... how could I forget?

Again, I'll try to see the fireworks. I'm quite certain I'll fail again.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:28, Reply)

1, Fuck all*
2. No


*this was not the case in the 1980s when the sport of the day was to drink shitloads of mushroom tea then go dribbling to the Oram's Arbor fireworks display in Winchester without bumping into your parents.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:29, Reply)

Considered reply that Monts.
Well done.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:32, Reply)

I'm here to help.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:35, Reply)

And it is appreciated.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:35, Reply)

I was in Winchester on Sunday
charming place.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:46, Reply)

That it is. Great to visit - less great to live in as a teenager.
Unless you like MASSIVE DRUGS, that is.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:50, Reply)

MK has some big fireworks display near my flat
I may have a house party and then go to that. Not sure yet.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:29, Reply)

Won't the council complain about the noise?

/topical MK news
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:41, Reply)

Oh I've just read about that.
They probably wont if there's a firework display going off at the same time.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:46, Reply)

What cunts.
It was the 'man hiding in a bush with a db meter' that got me.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:51, Reply)

I read it in the mail
and decided it was basically lies designed around their twin goals of moaning about the public sector and forcing in shit puns.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:55, Reply)

There was no Princess Diana, horoscopes, house prices or immigrants in it though.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:59, Reply)

are you going to ally pally?
i have work drinks but the person whose drinks they are might be on holiday, might drag some of the other reprobates from here up there instead.

last few years i've seen them from my barrister-friend's wraparound balcony, but this year the selfish bastard is away.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:47, Reply)

I might do. I don't really care for the public, unfortunately,
and there will be hundreds if not thousands of the fuckers up there, I expect.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:51, Reply)

since when was i "the public"
?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:53, Reply)

You've always been extremely public

(Bazongaloid, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:55, Reply)

You, my love, are not 'the public'.
Loads of snotty-nosed peasants - or perhaps worse still, loads of hideous 4x4-driving north London parents with their 'little angles' - most certainly are, and my disdain for them is almost beyond measure.

Every single 'oooh' and 'aaah' would be like fingernails down a blackboard to me.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:57, Reply)

I'm totally gonna stand beside you at the pub and goo "Ooooo" and "Aaaaah" everytime
anything happens.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 17:03, Reply)

Luckily I am so much taller than you
I probably won't hear it.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 17:05, Reply)

I'll do it
my mouth'll be right at ear height.
( Kroney, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 17:08, Reply)

I will punch you square in the bollocks if you do.
Just saying, like.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 17:11, Reply)

Man from Winchester
versus man from Guildford. It'll be the fight all the northerners can really have a good laugh at.
( Kroney, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 17:13, Reply)

Laughing as they wheeze their coal-filled lungs up

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 17:17, Reply)

We may make them chuckle
with our nancy hair pulling, but we shall laugh last and the loudest as they succumb to a heady cocktail of TB and phossy jaw.
( Kroney, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 17:19, Reply)

And again we shall guffaw
as they walk shivering down the garden path looking in vain for a lavatory, ignorant that south of the Watford Gap, we have had indoor facilities for over 100 years.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 17:21, Reply)

And I'll start asking
questions about how they make the pretty colours and is it because they paint the gunpowder and if it is who does it and where is it done and why don't they get better jobs and do they have to do it grain by grain or can they spray paint a bunch.
( Kroney, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 17:11, Reply)

Actually this November 5th I'm going to see Imogen Heap at the Albert Hall

(Bazongaloid, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:31, Reply)

whats that then?
alt: I mostly smile like a mong
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:33, Reply)

It's when we celbrate the fact that some disgusting Catholics
tried and failed to blow up our wonderful Protestant King and his parliament. We do this by having massive bonfires and burning effigys of Guido Fawkes and the Pope.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:38, Reply)

Here ya go
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:40, Reply)

I shall be burning an effigy of an evil Catholic bastard.
As all good WASPs should.

Huzzah for the downfall of the Gunpowder Plot!

Oh, and I love fireworks. Especially tied to the tails of unsuspecting domestic pets.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:35, Reply)

I love fireworks
I'll probably go to Wolfson again this year for them
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:37, Reply)

If I can, and I can't guarntee this, i'll show you the amazing fireworks night evah.
Srs, I *might* still have access to a roof that overlooks about 4 proffesional displays and 1000's of houses where quite a a few will have their own displays.

If not though, Trent Park have a good set-up.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:56, Reply)

The roof of London Bridge?

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 16:58, Reply)

Not quite that good, but these are the best photos I can find.
www.flickr.com/photos/90nz0/51686527/
www.flickr.com/photos/90nz0/51687513/

I'm not 100% I can get access, it's been about 3 years since I lived there and sold the building.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 17:17, Reply)