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raincoaster
11/06/09

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The Irish pub I'm sitting in here in Vangroover hosted two of the members of the world's best bagpipe band, walking through and playing. And you know, all bagpipe songs sound the same in an enclosed space; like the sound a cat makes when you try to vacuum it.

I think next year I've talked them into featuring my friend, the licensed firedancer. This should be amusing. #guyfawkesnight
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snugbug
11/05/09

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Natalie Portman aka Evie from V for Vendetta, please report for duty. You too, wise wizard Alan Moore. Also, you, Mr. Wachowski brother who are currently a woman. OK. Now that the party lineup is complete, we can have a proper Bonfire Night. #guyfawkesnight
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kappakappaspankme
11/05/09

@snugbug: I'm sad that the US is lacking in fire oriented holidays. Everyone gets to have fun but us Yanks.

:pouts and kicks pebble: #guyfawkesnight
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snugbug
11/05/09

@kappakappaspankme: Well, we have fireworks on Jules 4th, right? Also Burning Man. Not an official holiday, but nevertheless the premier North American opportunity to dance around an enormous bonfire, tribal-style. Sadly for me, I loathe all things hippie and I'll never make it there.

PS: "Pouts and kicks pebble" is such an adorable image.. #guyfawkesnight
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kappakappaspankme
11/05/09

@snugbug: I am a card carrying member of the liberal elite and thus do not celebrate 04 July as I'm too un-Amerikkkan to do so. Besides, hot dogs have too many nitrates (like that's ever stopped me before).

Shame on me for not thinking of Burning Man, though. Then again, bajas really don't suit my frame.

If you think pouting and kicking a pebble is cute, you should see the starry eyed gaze that washes over me when I dream of Valborgsmässoafton, Gävle Julbock and any other excuse the Swedes use to burn things. #guyfawkesnight
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nirreskeya
11/05/09

@snugbug: You don't need a big hippie fest in the desert to dance around a fire naked and kick your friends' asses (as my friends like to say). Any old wilderness will do, preferably with lots of Bourbon nearby. #guyfawkesnight
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snugbug
11/05/09

@nirreskeya: True. Camp fires in the Sequoias work quite nicely, too. On the other hand, I'm in Berlin right now, and fully expect the powers that be to regale us proles with some epic firey extravaganza on Nov. 8, the 20th-year anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall. #guyfawkesnight
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snugbug
11/05/09

@kappakappaspankme: I LOVE Swedish holidays! Are you familiar with the Sana Lucia fest on December 13th, when young women and girls wear lit candles on their heads? #guyfawkesnight
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kappakappaspankme
11/05/09

@snugbug: Oh yeah!!! There is something magical about candle light, the smell of glögg and ginger snaps in December. It makes me wish that my singing wasn't atonal. #guyfawkesnight
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