November 5 is Guy Fawkes Day

[Iron Woode]

In England today is Guy Fawkes Day (AKA Bonfire Day).

They celebrate a traitor that screws up his terrorist plans. He gets caught and tortured and executed.

http://www.guy-fawkes.com/

England, go figure.

 

[MichaelD]

There was a link to this story on theinquirer.net today. That dude was Hung, Drawn and Quartered.

A truly NASTY way to die.

 

[Bootprint]

It's a brit's way of saying PWNED.

 

[LtPage1]

lol. i think the whole idea is highly amusing.

 

[Balt]

I had my 21st birthday in London on Guy Fawke's Day.

It was... fun.