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If you live in the UK, happy Bonfire night, if you don't, happy 5th of November anyway.

And to celebrate, what happens when you build a precise replica of the House of Lords as it was in the day, stuff it with Gunpowder the way Fawkes did, light the fuse and retreat to a safe distance (don't use indoors, keep out of the hands of children):

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Oh, and here's a really nice article about it:

http://harpers.org/archive/2007/11/hbc-90001590

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pop culture, but a good message anyhow

I love that scene. I have my friends copy of V and will probably have to watch it tonight. My calender has been marked and today would be a great day to blow things up.

Whoops. Missed it, by 105 minutes.
And I had to notice it now, and not in ten minutes, when it would have been 115 minutes, at least close ...