Festival verdict; On the web.Did you go to the Festival of Light at the weekend? What did you think? Varying opinions have been posted on www.examiner.co.uk Tommy DGNR DGNR Dallas, Garland, & Northeastern Railroad 8 said: "Anyone else underwhelmed by this year's Festival of Light (that sounds very Billy Graham Noun 1. Billy Graham - United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918) Graham, William Franklin Graham , doesn't it?) "After last year's giant whales and octopodes, I was really looking forward to this year's show; but what a let-down! "I have no idea what the story was, but it seemed to feature a giant WC which let off fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to (explosive diarrhoea?) being chased around town by a Gerald Scarfe Gerald Anthony Scarfe (born 1 June 1936 in St John's Wood, London) is an English cartoonist and illustrator. He is best known for his work with Pink Floyd, particularly The Wall, and as an editorial cartoonist for The Sunday Times and an illustrator for The New Yorker. cartoon (which bore more than a passing resemblance to the headmaster from The Wall). "Was it some sort of comment on the availability of public toilets?" Mowdiwarp said: "My daughter went to see this and she said it was well .... rather weird!" Unclegrumpy had a different point of view; "Well, I thought it was superb. There must have been some sort of story about good triumphing over evil but it hardly seemed to matter. "Hand held fireworks, the hangings and burnings, the giant toilet, the giant banana and some terrific drumming & pipe playing which seemed a bit Spanish/Arabic like. "Good show but I bet Health & Safety make sure it doesn't happen again. Boo." Otis added: "Hand held fireworks? hangings and burnings,? A giant toilet? "What could they possibly find faultwith there? Sounds like a normal Saturday night out down the town centre to me." The reason the Festival of Light was a parade around the town was due to the unavailability of St George's Square - which is still causing disquiet. Idlejohn said: "I made one of my infrequent trips to Huddersfield yesterday to drop a friend off at the station and what a mess the place is in! "Total chaos Total Chaos is a series of simple turn based strategy game / card game / board games for the Amiga. They were written by James Conwell and a group of developers known as Team Chaos. as far as traffic was concerned with vehicles coming out using both lanes to get onto John William Street even though it is two-way. The place looks like a bomb site, little or no road signing adding to the chaos and also clogged up with taxis hanging about the place." So what do YOU think? Join the debate on our Forums at ... www.examiner.co.uk |
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