Jed's Super-Dooper Traditional Irish Pub

Status
Not open for further replies.

Fran

Slate grey mole person
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Apr 6, 2009
Messages
10,028
Reaction score
855
Location
Paisley, Scotland
Good morning, everyone.

It's national Support A Jacobean Catholic Terrorist Day. HOORAY! I LOVE fireworks! Unfortunately, 'spiss'n'i'doon, and there's nothing like a bit of torrential rain to dampen a bonfire. But hooray anyway. At least I don't have to go to the Scottish Parliament and have the pants bored off me by a bunch of tedious speeches. Me and my DS are going to have a fun afternoon alone in the office.

Hope everyone's well today x
 

Fran

Slate grey mole person
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Apr 6, 2009
Messages
10,028
Reaction score
855
Location
Paisley, Scotland
Hey, meeeeegin. :)

I'm alone in the office, working reeeeeeeeeeeally hard. Reeeeeeeeeeeally hard. Yeah... ;)
 

meeeeegin

The inside of my ear itches....boo.
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Oct 5, 2009
Messages
1,034
Reaction score
185
Location
Forest Park, GA
Website
www.facebook.com
hahaha well that sounds fun! I'm not working as hard as should be, but last night i managed to get like...two paragraphs down.
 

Fran

Slate grey mole person
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Apr 6, 2009
Messages
10,028
Reaction score
855
Location
Paisley, Scotland
I managed to get the BBC iPlayer working on my computer so I'm watching telly. :D
 

meeeeegin

The inside of my ear itches....boo.
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Oct 5, 2009
Messages
1,034
Reaction score
185
Location
Forest Park, GA
Website
www.facebook.com
Ooh...that sounds much more exciting than looking at boots I wont be able to purchase until i get published and become a best seller...wow...depressing!

I'll have them one day!
 

Strange Days

who cares, anyway?..
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Aug 10, 2009
Messages
1,180
Reaction score
32
Location
Somewhere, over the rainbow...
Good morning, everyone.

It's national Support A Jacobean Catholic Terrorist Day. HOORAY! I LOVE fireworks! Unfortunately, 'spiss'n'i'doon, and there's nothing like a bit of torrential rain to dampen a bonfire. But hooray anyway. At least I don't have to go to the Scottish Parliament and have the pants bored off me by a bunch of tedious speeches. Me and my DS are going to have a fun afternoon alone in the office.

Hope everyone's well today x

Weren't you supposed to blow up a Parliament with those fireworks? :D
 

Fran

Slate grey mole person
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Apr 6, 2009
Messages
10,028
Reaction score
855
Location
Paisley, Scotland
Weren't you supposed to blow up a Parliament with those fireworks? :D

What do you mean 'you'? I'm not that old! :tongue

Yeah, James VI and I was supposed to emancipate the Catholics when he took the throne in 1603, but when he made it to England he realised he just couldn't. He grew up in Scotland where his mother (Mary Queen of Scots) was the Catholic monarch of a Protestant country, but she didn't actually mind so didn't make any moves to curb Protestantism or make life difficult for them. James purported to be astonished at the deep feelings against Catholics in England, although I think it's fair to say he should really have known and if he genuinely didn't (which I don't believe) he shouldn't have made any promises to anyone until he knew what was going on.
 

jvc

Fearsome Dragon Mod
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Jul 2, 2006
Messages
14,639
Reaction score
4,616
Location
Hiding from a teeny tiny spider
What do you mean 'you'? I'm not that old! :tongue

Yeah, James VI and I was supposed to emancipate the Catholics when he took the throne in 1603, but when he made it to England he realised he just couldn't. He grew up in Scotland where his mother (Mary Queen of Scots) was the Catholic monarch of a Protestant country, but she didn't actually mind so didn't make any moves to curb Protestantism or make life difficult for them. James purported to be astonished at the deep feelings against Catholics in England, although I think it's fair to say he should really have known and if he genuinely didn't (which I don't believe) he shouldn't have made any promises to anyone until he knew what was going on.
Of course, when he came to England to take the throne from Elizabeth the first, he became James the first of England, the first of the Stuart line of English Monarchs. Irrelevant info. But, anyway, happy fireworks night/guy fawkes night/whatever you want to call it. Did you know that somewhere, can't remember the town, is burning a huge Katie Price! :D
 

Fran

Slate grey mole person
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Apr 6, 2009
Messages
10,028
Reaction score
855
Location
Paisley, Scotland
Edenbridge in sunny ol' Kent. :)

He's supposed to be known as James I and IV but I call him VI and I because he was ours first. ;) Plus, James VII and II is pretty much ALWAYS just called James II when he really, really isn't. James VII was deposed for being a Catholic by William III (of Orange) in 1690 then it went back to Stuart when William and Mary died childless, so Anne was the last Stuart monarch. Then those funny Hanoverians came in. ;)

But yeah, only the British would celebrate a terrorist who tried to blow up the king. :D
 
Last edited:

Fran

Slate grey mole person
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Apr 6, 2009
Messages
10,028
Reaction score
855
Location
Paisley, Scotland
What have they done, meeeeegin? Has your cheque not cleared yet?

Jess, I am nothing if not unusual and trivial. :D
 

Fran

Slate grey mole person
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Apr 6, 2009
Messages
10,028
Reaction score
855
Location
Paisley, Scotland
Good morning, everyone.

Friday again! Hooray! Hope you're all well today x
 
Status
Not open for further replies.