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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

3002.0. "November 5th - a reminder" by SUBURB::ODONNELLJ () Thu Nov 02 1989 15:17

    The advertisement in the newpapers for Felix cat food (a cat hiding
    under the mat, with a firework display going on outside the window)
    reminded me that it is Guy Fawkes night on Saturday.
    Please remember to keep your cats in on that day - only last year
    I read of a kitten having to be destroyed because someone had tied
    a rocket to his tail - some people have a very sick idea of fun.
    Please also remember that your cats, unless they are stone deaf,
    are probably going to react violently to the odd crow-scarer bangs
    that some people introduce into their firework displays, and will
    require lots of cuddles and reassurance.
    Lastly, PLEASE check your bonfire before lighting it, if you are
    having one, for the odd animal who has decided to use it as a nice, 
    sheltered place to sleep.
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3002.1Mixed datesSUBURB::ODONNELLJThu Nov 02 1989 15:201
    I mean Sunday, November 5th, of course! Sorry!
3002.2Guy Who?BIMINI::SPINGLERThu Nov 02 1989 15:429
    
    
    How about one of you Brits educating us Americans?  We don't know
    who Guy Fawkes is let alone why he has his own holiday!!
    
    Feline un-informed,
    
    Sue & Panther & Spot
3002.3Remembering my History lessons...SUBURB::ODONNELLJThu Nov 02 1989 16:2318
    Guy Fawkes was a Catholic in James I reign. The story goes that
    he and a band of other Catholics plotted to assasinate the King
    and Parliament. They hid Gunpowder in the Cellars of the Houses
    of Parliament and were going to blow the King sky high. 
    This plot was discovered and Guy Fawkes was caught redhanded in
    the cellars. He was tortured and the rest of the gang rounded up.
    Guy Fawkes was hung, drawn and quartered along with his fellow
    conspirators (I think), and we 'celebrate' this by having bonfires
    with a 'Guy' on top and letting off lots of Fireworks (Gunpowder,
    you see).
    That is the story in a nutshell. 
    Unfortunately, all this celebration upsets the animals. We used
    to have to move our rabbit from the bottom of the garden every year
    because the other kids on our estate had a bonfire just over the
    fence. The bonfires are built up, sometimes weeks in advance, and
    they provide a nice, comfy little hideaway for some animals, which
    is why it is necessary to check them before they are lit.
3002.4I get it now...BIMINI::SPINGLERFri Nov 03 1989 16:1810
    
    
    Thanks for the History lesson, sort of sounds like our fourth of
    July, where everybody get together to make a lot of noise and celebrate
    civil disobediance!!! (Only we won, Guy lost, yes?)
    
    Feline Smarter,
    
    Sue & Panther & Spot
3002.5Amazing what a bowl of catfood will do!SUBURB::ODONNELLJMon Nov 06 1989 09:377
    WELL!!!
    After all that worry and fuss, little Oliver slept through the entire
    evening!!!  *I* was more bothered than he was!!!
    
    Julie
    
    PS Yes, I'd say that poor Guy definately lost.