On 6 November 2010 Stephen Black wrote: >This reminds me that I once did attend a Guy Fawkes >fireworks celebration, in the coastal city of Swansea in Wales. >Perhaps it was because the Welsh have never been too fond >of the English
Oh, these stereotypical generalizations. :-) (I'm talking about now, not past history.) >and might have had mixed feelings about the failure >of the Guy Fawkes plot Hardly, given that Wales has a long Protestant tradition and the last census recorded that only 3 percent of the population were Catholics. >possibly just because the weather was typically South >Wales at this time of year, cold and drizzly. Just possibly. :-) Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London [email protected] http://www.esterson.org ----------------------------- Re: [tips] Happy Guy Fawkes Day! sblack Sat, 06 Nov 2010 09:00:39 -0700 On 6 Nov 2010 at 6:30, Allen Esterson wrote: > On the subject of Guy Fawkes night antics: > > I wonder if the English celebrate by not having fireworks? > > The answer to Marc Carter's tongue-in-cheek question is vividly > illustrated here: > http://tinyurl.com/34vsfx4 This reminds me that I once did attend a Guy Fawkes fireworks celebration, in the coastal city of Swansea in Wales. Perhaps it was because the Welsh have never been too fond of the English and might have had mixed feelings about the failure of the Guy Fawkes plot, or possibly just because the weather was typically South Wales at this time of year, cold and drizzly. But it was not as joyous a celebration as the 4th of July or Canada Day. We all stood around in the dark on a cricket pitch and shivered until the display was over and we could, gratefully, go home. [...] Stephen -------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca --------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=6292 or send a blank email to leave-6292-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
