There were some kids down the road from me in the UK who always made an effigy every year and sat him on the street corner. I would walk back from the news stand and they would ask, “Penny for the Guy?” You were to throw money into a little box.
I always found it quite strange that the folks are adamantly AGAINST capital punishment.....but celebrate an execution every year.
We don’t celebrate Guy Fawke’s execution today. We celebrate explosions and - I like to think - the cool idea of blowing up Parliament.
The fact that there is a ‘Guy’ who is burnt in effigy is a leftover accretion, which makes a useful vehicle for political commentary. Watch out for EU flags wrapped around the heads of this year’s guys!
Weird on several levels.