In case all you bloody Yanks didn’t realize it, last Thursday, November the fifth, was Guy Fawkes day. The 204th anniversary of a plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament by a disgruntled British nobleman, in other words, a seventeenth century “Teabagger.” It was also the day, last week, when several dozen masked men and women dressed as Guy Fawkes showed up outside Westminster Palace. They were definitely not led by an individual best known to the world as cantankerous blogger aulde Holborne, who describes himself as a “Seditionist.” When asked why he was leading a demonstration, he explained that he was merely "out for a walk", and suggested that he could in no way be held responsible if a number of his friends just happened to turn up wearing almost identical outfits (and masks). Fucking brilliant! On arrival at parliament, a police officer promptly informed the group that they couldn’t "go in dressed like that, sir" – a reference not to the garb, so much as the masks. They then buggered off for a cup of tea.
You can never find a copper when you need one!
Alan Moore would be proud...
Posted by: the lower depths | November 08, 2009 at 02:48 PM
George,
You must mean the 404th anniversary of Guy Fawkes.
Posted by: george tannenbaum | November 08, 2009 at 03:02 PM
@George...
No one likes a smart arse... Just kidding. Good pick... Smart arse.
Cheers/George
Posted by: georgeparker | November 08, 2009 at 03:38 PM
You should have told me to go Fawkes myself.
xxx
Posted by: george tannenbaum | November 08, 2009 at 07:00 PM
Looks like the front door of the New Ogilvy NY on a Friday afternoon.
Posted by: W. PeePee | November 08, 2009 at 07:39 PM