Yesterday was Guy Fawkes day here in the U.K....

[ddeclue]

So I got to celebrate Obama's victory with a bunch of Democrats Abroad here at a pub in Cambridge and then the Brits put on a good fireworks show and a huge bonfire...(they were doing it Guy not Barack but it was still pretty cool..)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night

Guy Fawkes Night (also known as Bonfire Night, Cracker Night, Fireworks Night, Bommy Night) is an annual celebration on the evening of the 5th of November. It celebrates the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot of the 5th of November, 1605 in which a number of Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, were alleged to be attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London, England.

It is primarily marked in the United Kingdom where it was compulsory, by fiat, to celebrate the deliverance of the King until 1859, but also in former British colonies including New Zealand, Newfoundland, and parts of the British Caribbean. Bonfire Night was celebrated in Australia until 1967, when sale and public use of fireworks was made illegal and the celebration was effectively abolished. It is also celebrated in the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda.<1> Festivities are centred on the use of fireworks and the lighting of bonfires.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

1. This thread is worthless without pics of a Guy Fawkes-clad Obama. -nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Remember. remember.... How lucky you got to do that. :^)

[Hieronymus]

3. Cool, I loved V for Vendetta.

[Dukkha]

4. I'm sure this year was extra special