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    Bonfire Night

    Is tonight, in Sligo anyway. Was talking to Galway guy and has said they don't do it down there. I always thought this was like a nationwide thing. Do the rest of ye do it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by sligoman View Post
    I always thought this was like a nationwide thing. Do the rest of ye do it?
    Not 'til Halloween. What's tomorrow?
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    June 23rd in Cork anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Schumi View Post
    Not 'til Halloween. What's tomorrow?
    What? Tomorrow is Sunday, nothing else, why?
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    Tonight is bonfire night here as well, I have a lot of stuff in the shed the will go up in falmes tonight if it bloody well fairs!
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    Quote Originally Posted by dublinharp View Post
    Tonight is bonfire night here as well, I have a lot of stuff in the shed the will go up in falmes tonight if it bloody well fairs!
    What are you celebrating? It it some sort of anti Green Party thing?
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    No, it's like the only night where you can dump junk in the open and get away with it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sligoman View Post
    No, it's like the only night where you can dump junk in the open and get away with it.
    So its a bin charge protest?
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    Quote Originally Posted by pete View Post
    So its a bin charge protest?
    Read this. Scroll down to midsummer article.
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    Happens here in Limerick on April 30th ...the traditional "May Eve" bonfire as it's known is now a thinly veiled illegal dumping fest.

    When I was a kid in the 70's and early 80's we used collect stuff for it door to door after school on the day of the fire. Nowadays it starts quite early in April and adults, usually the types who claim they can't afford to pay for refuse collection but have 07 Boras in their driveways, take active part. Among the items dumped in a field near my home this year were a washing machine and a cast iron garden set ...plenty of good burning there obviously.

    Personnaly I'd round the ****s up and gas them like the rats they are.

    How's that for Green credentials?
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    Do car tyres burn?
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    Quote Originally Posted by sligoman View Post
    Do car tyres burn?
    Would that be on the car or off the car??
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    Quote Originally Posted by dublinharp View Post
    Would that be on the car or off the car??
    Have a guess...off the car, obviously.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sligoman View Post
    Do car tyres burn?
    Do Ursidae class mammalian carnivores defecate in the woods?
    " I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"

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    Quote Originally Posted by dublinharp View Post
    Would that be on the car or off the car??
    Depends if its Sligo or Limerick.

    The people who burn tyres & other material would be the first people to complain about toxins from incinerators...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie View Post
    Do Ursidae class mammalian carnivores defecate in the woods?
    To make answering this easier i'll make it multiple choice....

    A) Maggie Thatcher
    B) Brown Sauce
    C) Yes
    D) 1,147

    To be honest i never heard of this tradition,the only other time i heard of an organised bonfire in Dublin would be the night everyone went back to school and it was given the incredibly well thought out name of - Back to school bonfire.
    Last edited by Anto McC; 23/06/2007 at 10:15 PM.

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    Yes, fires all over Cork City last night.

    Think it would be a great thing if it was organised.
    I hopped in the car and toured Mahon, Glanmire, Little Island and the northside.
    The one in Little Island was the only well-organised one.
    Had a bbq and stuff. There was war when the fire brigade turned up wanting to put it out.
    The rest were messy usually.
    Washing machines are not flammable.
    City definetly have the best bands playing at half-time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sligoman View Post
    What? Tomorrow is Sunday, nothing else, why?
    Oops, misread the first post. I thought you said tomorrow, referring to today, when instead you said today, referring to yesterday.

    Was the bonfire burning because of midsummer's day then?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Risteard View Post
    Washing machines are not flammable.
    I'll quote you on that to the slitty eyed, sticky headed, freckle-freshis-little ****s next April shall I?
    Last edited by sligoman; 24/06/2007 at 3:28 PM.
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    In Galway, bonfire night is on 23rd of June.

    Sligoman, The lad from Galway that you were talking to was probably a city lad because everywhere else its on this day.
    I think I should the parachute, because I'm great.

    In fact, I think I should get both parachutes, in case one doesn't work.

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