Remember, Remember…

Posted in Politics, Holiday at Sun 5 Nov 2006 by Stavros

The fifth of November. Bang, fizzle, wheeeeep, ppphhhtt, psssssrrroooo - pop! Take care with your fireworks tonight boys and girls, and in the face of relentless commercialisation please remember the true meaning of bonfire night. So feel free to celebrate the capture of Guido Fawkes and the failure of his insurgent terrorist plot (Charles Clarke would be proud, catholic John Reid perhaps not so). And to that aim, I give you the lesser known third verse of the rhyme:

A penny loaf to feed the Pope.
A farthing o’ cheese to choke him.
A pint of beer to rinse it down.
A faggot of sticks to burn him.
Burn him in a tub of tar.
Burn him like a blazing star.
Burn his body from his head.
Then we’ll say ol’ Pope is dead.
Hip hip hoorah!
Hip hip hoorah!

Ahh, isn’t history lovely?

Oh, and please keep your pets and pontiffs indoors tonight.