[conspire] Guy Fawkes Day

[Elise Scher]

Hi Rick,
    I am interested in coming. But supposedly I will be substitute teaching
at a local high school on Tuesday until 4:30 pm on Tuesday. What do you
think?

Your friend,
Elise Scher

On Sun, Nov 3, 2024 at 8:56 AM Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:

> [Written for a different audience.  Y'all here probably already
> know the hilarious car and my ethnicity.]
>
>
> Guy Fawkes Day beckons!  Since there'll be nothing else happening on
> Tuesday, Nov. 5th, I wanted to invite neighbours to join me in Muir
> Beach, Marin County to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day, part of our British
> heritage.  I'll be driving up from West Menlo Park about 2pm, stopping
> only in West Portal to get some Irn Bru.
>
> You might have questions.
>
> Q:  What's Guy Fawkes Day, and why should I as an American care?
> A:  It's the annual celebration of the Gunpowder Plot being defeated, in
> 1605 London.  We're an escaped British colony, so it's part of our
> heritage.
>
> Q:  What, are you British?
> A:  No, laddie, I'm Norwegian-American.  But I learned to love Guy
> Fawkes Day in British Hong Kong, in the '60s.
>
> Q:  What's Irn Bru?
> A:   The quintessentially Scottish soft drink.  Try it; you'll like it.
> Eezy Freezy on West Portal stocks it.
> https://www.facebook.com/eezyfreezysf/
>
> Q:  What's going to happen in Muir Beach?
> A:   Well, first I'll be hanging out inside or outside of the charmingly
> British Pelican Inn.  https://www.pelicaninn.com/   On Guy Fawkes Day,
> the trick is to get there EARLY, as it fills up.  But, if you get there
> early, you can enjoy a pint of good ale and bangers'n'mash in peace.
>
> Q: Earlier than what?
> A:  After dark, there's a cheery pedestrian parade from the Inn down a
> trail to adjacent Muir Beach, where there will be a couple of bonfires
> for the ceremonial Burning of the Guy (the effigy of key conspirator Guy
> Fawkes).  Remember the rather confused metaphor about him in "V for
> Vendetta"?  That Guy.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot
>
> Q:  So, you're going to be sitting around from about 3 pm until, what,
> 8pm?
> A:  Probably.  I'm bringing my e-book reader.  And a Norwegian sweater,
> and a windbreaker.  And a brolly (because the weather is often
> authentically British, too).
>
> Q:  Are you saying I can hitch a ride?
> A:  Three of you can, sure.  I'm reachable at (650) 283-7902
> .
>
> Q: In what?
> A: Hilariously small Honda Fit econobox.  Nope, not British.
>
> Q:  Why?
> A:  I dunno, maybe because it's different.  Maybe you like the coast,
> bonfires, rustic pubs, and sitting with a pleasant crowd waiting for a
> pedestrian parade.  Don't knock it until you try it.
>
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