Fawkes rises again... (but mostly OT) and the Wizard of OZ

[Trina]

No: HPFGUIDX 5167

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Neil Ward <neilward at d...> wrote:
> Today we celebrate Bonfire Night in the UK.  
> 
> "For those of you who aren't familiar with this tradition, every 
year, on the evening of 5th November, British people let off 
fireworks and burn a "guy" on a bonfire to commemorate the Gunpowder 
Plot, in which a group of Catholic conspirators plotted to blow up 
the King (James 1) and Houses of Parliament..."


And just yesterday I bought Diana Wynn Jones' _Witch Week_ in which 
the turning point involves the knowledge of Guy Faukes and Bonfire 
Night.  I bought it as a result of this group--it was previously 
recommended as "what to read after HP"--and did not even think about 
today being Guy Fawkes Day in the UK.  Which I do know about thanks 
to my Liberal Arts degree and history minor, which causes my friends 
to ask me when I'll face off Regis in the hotseat on "Who Wants to be 
a Millionaire".  

And regarding the anti-Oz link:

I read the rant in amazed and disgusted disbelief as I do all such 
rants.  But what got me was the statement that "Wonderful" is one of 
Christ's names.  When they quoted Isaiah 9:6, a comma was erroneously 
placed which utterly changed the meaning of the verse!  "...and his 
name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor,..."  instead 
of "...Wonderful Counselor,..."  But I suppose proofreading is not 
one of their strong suits, or reading at all...

Off to clean house, since I don't have a house-elf and my cats 
absolutely refuse to help me out.

Trina