I would feel just awful if I found out the next day I'd burned a hedgehog alive.
Me too.
I hand-reared two hedgehog babies once whose mother had been accidentally speared by a gardener's fork. Man that poor gardener felt so bad.
I suddenly understand that my grandfather's religious checking of the leaf litter for hedgehogs was a solemn duty and not just a way to keep his grandkids occupied
This was one of my favorite nights when I was living in York.
The entire crew team stumbled our way to the boat house, had a rather large part with required bonfire, burned an effigy or two and set off a whole mess of fireworks. By the end of the night/early there were just a few of us still sitting around the embers enjoy ourselves when someone tossed the trash into the fire to get it back up and blazing again.
Little did we know that the trash actually had a bunch of unused/dud fireworks still in it. Surprising light show while running for cover, let me tell you. I think two people ended up making a beeline for the river and diving in.
Ahhh..I miss that boathouse.
England has to be the only place in the world where you'll do a grueling 2 hour work out, come in off the water and have someone offer you hot tea. No..I want cold water, but thank you.
Yes! Your grandfather was a good man, hedgehogs are great for gardens.
And yes, the UK has wild hedgehogs (in fact I believe it's illegal to keep them as pets?) and badgers, which together are just about cool enough to almost make up for the lack of kinds of wild animals that many other countries have.
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PiptheFairFrequently not in boats.Registered Userregular
V for Vendetta wasn't a very good movie at all. I never read the comic, but i saw the movie and said "well that wasn't a very good movie"
Yes, this.
Also, it was weird how many of the actors were British but had been instructed to pronounce certain words in an American fashion. And the overuse of 'bugger' was just cringe-inducing.
I went to a hedgehog rehabilitation farm once
it's where they nurse hedgehogs who have been injured back to proper health and it is the cutest thing in England besides maybe Imogen Heap
Brits and americans need to have shared holidays more.
So I'll make you guys a deal, I'll do this bonfire thing, and I'll get crackers and chocolate oranges for Christmas, but you guys have to blow shit up on July 4th and be disenfranchised with your family on Christmas like Americans do
Brits and americans need to have shared holidays more.
So I'll make you guys a deal, I'll do this bonfire thing, and I'll get crackers and chocolate oranges for Christmas, but you guys have to blow shit up on July 4th and be disenfranchised with your family on Christmas like Americans do
Ah, while it is a lovely offer, I guess as Brit spokesperson, we will decline. But thank you!
Brits and americans need to have shared holidays more.
So I'll make you guys a deal, I'll do this bonfire thing, and I'll get crackers and chocolate oranges for Christmas, but you guys have to blow shit up on July 4th and be disenfranchised with your family on Christmas like Americans do
That's not a fair trade at all.
Give the UK Thanksgiving, and then it'll be square.
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PiptheFairFrequently not in boats.Registered Userregular
Brits and americans need to have shared holidays more.
So I'll make you guys a deal, I'll do this bonfire thing, and I'll get crackers and chocolate oranges for Christmas, but you guys have to blow shit up on July 4th and be disenfranchised with your family on Christmas like Americans do
That's not a fair trade at all.
Give the UK Thanksgiving, and then it'll be square.
whoa whoa whoa
for you to get thanksgiving, at some point you needed to have not oppressed a native peoples
Brits and americans need to have shared holidays more.
So I'll make you guys a deal, I'll do this bonfire thing, and I'll get crackers and chocolate oranges for Christmas, but you guys have to blow shit up on July 4th and be disenfranchised with your family on Christmas like Americans do
That's not a fair trade at all.
Give the UK Thanksgiving, and then it'll be square.
whoa whoa whoa
for you to get thanksgiving, at some point you needed to have not oppressed a native peoples
So it's only fair if you start oppressing them after they help you out of a jam, right?
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Good grief, Ed!
And Meiz, thats a terribly rude thing to say.
I didn't think it was that bad. I mean, it was obviously not the comic, but so what?
And Meiz is such a classy gent that I sometimes wonder what he's doing around here
also there were some good bits in v, but man was there some hamfisted shit goddamn
also I am all for setting shi on fire and eating and then watching explosions
Me too.
I hand-reared two hedgehog babies once whose mother had been accidentally speared by a gardener's fork. Man that poor gardener felt so bad.
we just have rabbits here in florida
I suddenly understand that my grandfather's religious checking of the leaf litter for hedgehogs was a solemn duty and not just a way to keep his grandkids occupied
The entire crew team stumbled our way to the boat house, had a rather large part with required bonfire, burned an effigy or two and set off a whole mess of fireworks. By the end of the night/early there were just a few of us still sitting around the embers enjoy ourselves when someone tossed the trash into the fire to get it back up and blazing again.
Little did we know that the trash actually had a bunch of unused/dud fireworks still in it. Surprising light show while running for cover, let me tell you. I think two people ended up making a beeline for the river and diving in.
Ahhh..I miss that boathouse.
England has to be the only place in the world where you'll do a grueling 2 hour work out, come in off the water and have someone offer you hot tea. No..I want cold water, but thank you.
V For Vendetta is serious business, lady.
The movie was pretty true to the graphic novel so I don't know what the hell you were expecting to see. Perhaps more fighting and explosions?
They are very cute to see snuffling about in the hedges. We're lucky with that.
And yes, the UK has wild hedgehogs (in fact I believe it's illegal to keep them as pets?) and badgers, which together are just about cool enough to almost make up for the lack of kinds of wild animals that many other countries have.
Yes, this.
Also, it was weird how many of the actors were British but had been instructed to pronounce certain words in an American fashion. And the overuse of 'bugger' was just cringe-inducing.
it's where they nurse hedgehogs who have been injured back to proper health and it is the cutest thing in England besides maybe Imogen Heap
That'd be neat.
In concept.
"Oh ignore that, we just have a bit of a badger problem. don't' worry, the traps will get them"
I never realised quite how big they were. Or how loud. They kind of grunt and breathe deeply and lurch around when they run and they're a tad scary
...look it was dark and there was no one else there, don't judge me!
So I'll make you guys a deal, I'll do this bonfire thing, and I'll get crackers and chocolate oranges for Christmas, but you guys have to blow shit up on July 4th and be disenfranchised with your family on Christmas like Americans do
The kind where they are best friends with moles...?
they are tremendously mean and quite strong
basically do not fuck with a badger unless they offer you a bit of tea and walk upright
Possums
hideous disgusting animals
Oh god opossums are the worst. And so ugly, to boot.
But, we have all read Stale's story.
You are being really defensive about a movie that you had nothing to do with, man.
possums are from australia
Ah, while it is a lovely offer, I guess as Brit spokesperson, we will decline. But thank you!
edit: Stale's story is out of this world!
That's not a fair trade at all.
Give the UK Thanksgiving, and then it'll be square.
whoa whoa whoa
for you to get thanksgiving, at some point you needed to have not oppressed a native peoples
Yuuuup.
Yeah, that one. Those things suck.
So it's only fair if you start oppressing them after they help you out of a jam, right?