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Bonfire Night- Celebrations?

2018/10/30
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Don Woods

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As we approach our wonderful annual event on the 5th of November...Bonfire Night....out come the media with their scaremongering....kiddies clothing could catch fire....if children are not watched they could receive serious burns etc etc....what is it with this country?....in 1968 we were told exactly the same thing when I was in trading standards when we were attempting to get this sort of thing off the market....so nothing has changed in the last 50 years.....this year kids will get burned...eyes will be lost...and animals will be distressed....not to mention the fire brigade being abused by stupid morons...so why do we not put an end to this ridiculous "celebration".....I fail to see the problem....or could it involve money like everything else?....I can see no point in it whatsoever except that it gives the sheep a chance to oggle at the sky going "OOOH....AHH"......if we MUST have fireworks restrict them to organised events and keep them out of the shops.

2.Apparently ABU who has been the Indian shopkeeper in The Simpsons for the last 30 years is racist....according to the PC brigade he stereotypes Indian people with his accent....so there you go....IT'S A CARTOON...there was a big discussion about it on the morning news programme proving beyond a shadow of a doubt there is little news to report and we are nearing the end of entertainment as we know it.....the discussion was with two women...say no more...one comment was that ABU would have developed an American accent after 30 years.....er.....I think Bart would have changed a bit as well so he MUST be stereotyped...oh sorry he can't be...he's white........don't these PC people realise how stupid they sound?.......

3.On the showbiz front they are STILL going on about the notorious kiss between one of the dancers and SINGLE Sean whatever his name is......O.K. BBC time to wrap it up....and now we have someone else being naughty behind the scenes....what it has to do with the show is beyond me...are they that desperate to get viewers...it's pathetic.............................I always thought Boy George was a good singer and thought after his colourful private life I thought he had grown up....seeing his recent appearance on TV I'm wrong....why does he have to come on dressed like a circus clown with a huge hat and ridiculous coat not to mention the mess on his face?....as he is arrogant he would disregard any criticism which is a shame because he looks stupid and it must be costing him....save that stuff for the stage George.......and also Boyzone were on Jonathan Ross's show.....oh dear....they have obviously run out of money so they are bringing out a new album and going on a farewell tour...thank goodness.....I never rated them....the only one with any talent was the lad who sadly died...the rest of them are a waste of space....especially Shane (?) who sits there dressed in stuff from a charity shop and a ridiculous baseball cap on backwards covering half his head plus tattoos all over his neck....he looked like he had just carried out an unsuccessful oil change on his car...this is Television....have a bit of respect for the viewer.....and none of them can sing including Ronan Keating who warbles away while the others pretend to sing.....not a fan.

4.People...or sheeple as we know them.....are steadily being brainwashed....they sit and watch TV programmes transfixed to the screen...even adverts...and don't seem to realise they are doing it......we recently had the French giant puppets here...all very nice as everyone crushed together to see them......however this cost 4 million pounds.......we have a children's hospice on Wirral called Claire House who take care of terminally ill kiddies....they have announced they need around 4 million to keep going....correct me if I am wrong but could this have not been solved by not having the giants and giving the money to Claire House?....what is more important?...and how about Eugenie and her bloke going to the registry office and giving the 2 million to the homeless?....Oh no... these events "bring money and investment into the area"....yeah sure.....and the giants put smiles on children's faces I have been told in no uncertain terms............and the brainwashing continues.

5.The song this week is a musical portrait of our wonderful docklands which I am thinking of putting on YouTube.....there are no mountains or countryside scenery but they have a beauty of our own....."Dockland Beauty"