Should we ban Bonfires

Love2u

I'm just wondering what people's opinions are on bonfires. I'm really getting Tired of the one I have to look at and smell every year in front of my house. It maddens me when i see the crap people put in the fire to burn, eg couches, children's plastic toys, furniture etc,.... The list goes on. I feel this is highly toxic and dangerous for our environment. Yet I'm made feel like an odd ball for staying in my house and not participating in the event :-/.

Nemeses

Do you work for GreenPeace?

almighty1

Love2u wrote: »

I'm just wondering what people's opinion are on bonfires. I'm really getting Tired of the one I have to look at and smell every year in front of my house. It maddens me when i see the crap people put in the fire to burn, eg couches, children's plastic toys, furniture etc,.... The list goes on. I feel this is highly toxic and dangerous for our environment. Yet I'm made feel like an odd ball for staying in my house and not participating in the event :-/.

Yes we should

hatrickpatrick

Ahhhhh leave it ouuuuu

Henlars67

Yes we should, so should the authorities in the 6 counties.

bumper234

Love2u wrote: »

I'm just wondering what people's opinion are on bonfires. I'm really getting Tired of the one I have to look at and smell every year in front of my house. It maddens me when i see the crap people put in the fire to burn, eg couches, children's plastic toys, furniture etc,.... The list goes on. I feel this is highly toxic and dangerous for our environment. Yet I'm made feel like an odd ball for staying in my house and not participating in the event :-/.

But forgets all the bonfires he attended when he was a nipper:rolleyes:

paddy147

Love2u wrote: »

I'm just wondering what people's opinion are on bonfires. I'm really getting Tired of the one I have to look at and smell every year in front of my house. It maddens me when i see the crap people put in the fire to burn, eg couches, children's plastic toys, furniture etc,.... The list goes on. I feel this is highly toxic and dangerous for our environment. Yet I'm made feel like an odd ball for staying in my house and not participating in the event :-/.

You could allways go outside with your garden watering hoze and put the bonfire out.


Dont know how wellcome you would be made to feel though?????:pac:

Splendour

Love2u wrote: »

I'm just wondering what people's opinion are on bonfires. I'm really getting Tired of the one I have to look at and smell every year in front of my house. It maddens me when i see the crap people put in the fire to burn, eg couches, children's plastic toys, furniture etc,.... The list goes on. I feel this is highly toxic and dangerous for our environment. Yet I'm made feel like an odd ball for staying in my house and not participating in the event :-/.

No, but I think they should be organised under parental supervision.

DrumSteve

Only the ones with Ivory Coast flags on them.

Riddle101

Meh, I'm not to bothered really. Great way to get rid of stuff you don't need or want. As long as everything is kept in order, and noting serious happens like someone throwing an animal into it, or something scummy, then I don't mind. It's only once a year really.

And before anyone says it, no I don't participate in making bonfires nor have I ever. Just my personal opinion.

A.Partridge

You live in South Hill/ Moyross ?

anncoates

Used to love the Halloween bonfires in Tallaght when I was a kid apart from the occasional feline barbeque.

paddy147

anncoates wrote: »

Used to love the Halloween bonfires in Tallaght when I was a kid apart from the occasional feline barbeque.

Or the usual calor gas bottle or beer keg...:pac::pac:

SEPT 23 1989

I used to enjoy the feeling of anarchy that descended on the capital city on Helloween night

zenno

They can be a pain in the ass sometimes but i would say that the majority of people in most counties set the bonfires up with safety in mind for all.

But if it's the contents put into the bonfire of which you are worried about, then i'd say to you... go to mount etna and give out to the volcano of which is supposedly causing a lot of pollution as well.

Son Of A Vidic

Love2u wrote: »

I'm really getting Tired of the one I have to look at and smell every year in front of my house.

Since it only happens once a year, couldn't you just plan not to be at home on that date?

joehig

bonfires are banned . its just nearly impossible to police it when every estate in Dublin all does it at the same time. ps I agree with the ban.. your at your wits end the nights leading up to oct 31 with all the messing and carry on

SEPT 23 1989

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I used to enjoy the feeling of anarchy that descended on the capital city on Helloween night

oh, yeah, like the fire service getting hammered all night. Great night ,all right.

BillyMitchel

What in the name of jayus are you doing thinking about bonfires in August?! Live in Iraq or something by any chance?

BillyMitchel

BillyMitchel wrote: »

What in the name of jayus are you doing thinking about bonfires in August?! Live in Iraq or something by any chance?

consisdering the little bastards have been collecting tires and pallets and paint cans all month, its a fair question

paddy147

BillyMitchel wrote: »

What in the name of jayus are you doing thinking about bonfires in August?! Live in Iraq or something by any chance?

Only 4 months till Christmas now................:D

zenno

Jake1 wrote: »

oh, yeah, like the fire service getting hammered all night. Great night ,all right.

Now in all fairness, this doesn't happen in many places.

lahalane

I don't understand what the attraction is but I have no problem with them. As long as people don't be jumping over them like in 'Dancing at Lughnasa'. Asking for trouble.

SEPT 23 1989

Jake1 wrote: »

oh, yeah, like the fire service getting hammered all night. Great night ,all right.

nobody was attacking the fire brigade back in my day

Morag

They are already illegal.

zenno

Morag wrote: »

They are already illegal.

It just goes to show you "the might" of the "people" in regards to the government not being able to stop it.

Also, i can only imagine the fire-brigade/ambulance and gardai the day before bonfire night all pleading for it to rain hard on this day. I can't remember a washout on bonfire night yet.

The only law that can stop bonfire night is the law of nature, Rain.

MonstaMash

Sure the 12th wouldn't be same without one

zenno

We should add a bit of a spark to future bonfire nights.

Something like this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGNaMThiGEQ

Love2u

Nemeses wrote: »

Do you work for GreenPeace?

No I don't .

Love2u

joehig wrote: »

bonfires are banned . its just nearly impossible to police it when every estate in Dublin all does it at the same time. ps I agree with the ban.. your at your wits end the nights leading up to oct 31 with all the messing and carry on

Im still looking out onto a beautiful green with a big pile of junk leftover from the bonfire! Who's going to clean it up, it's looking like I will have to do it, yet I didn't even particapate in the event. Rusted springs from couches, beds etc.... :-/ not a pretty sight.

Gokei

What's halloweenish for bah humbug?

Love2u

BillyMitchel wrote: »

What in the name of jayus are you doing thinking about bonfires in August?! Live in Iraq or something by any chance?

I'm just tired of looking at the pile of junk thats left from the last bonfire. when I look out my window it's there as a constant reminder.

Mr Benevolent

I love a good bonfire. Pity they only last half an hour.

Gokei

Mr Benevolent wrote: »

I love a good bonfire. Pity they only last half an hour.

Need more couches

zenno

Love2u wrote: »

Im still looking out onto a beautiful green with a big pile of junk leftover from the bonfire! Who's going to clean it up, it's looking like I will have to do it, yet I didn't even particapate in the event. Rusted springs from couches, beds etc.... :-/ not a pretty sight.

Just make a phonecall to the county council and they will send a crew out to remove said springs, it's just a huge pothole after all, oh, i forgot, they don't seem to fix potholes much anymore, worth a shot though.

MonaPizza

anncoates wrote: »

Used to love the Halloween bonfires in Tallaght when I was a kid apart from the occasional feline barbeque.

If I saw someone throwing a cat into a bonfire I'd probably wear my boot out, kicking them.

Love2u

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Since it only happens once a year, couldn't you just plan not to be at home on that date?

Well it would mean booking into a hotel for the night, the bonfire is usually still going when I wake to go to work :-/.

zenno

Love2u wrote: »

Well it would mean booking into a hotel for the night, the bonfire is usually still going when I wake to go to work :-/.

Don't worry so much about it, it is 1 day a year, we all put up with junk the odd time and continue on.

My personal opinion on this situation if it is annoying you a bit on the day, is to grab a nice bottle of Barolo Sant Orsola red wine, and enjoy the evening and night as to be oblivious to the "unimportant" racket and animal playing behaviour of the outside populous.

Garnet red colour with orange nuances. The perfume is typical, ethereal, pleasant, intense, with notes of violet and rose. The flavour is full, strong, severe but velvety and harmonic, with a light liquorice aftertaste.

After ingesting such an exquisite wine you will feel more relaxed and in harmony with this minor annoyance .

Love2u

zenno wrote: »

Don't worry so much about it, it is 1 day a year, we all put up with junk the odd time and continue on.

My personal opinion on this situation if it is annoying you a bit on the day, is to grab a nice bottle of Barolo Sant Orsola red wine, and enjoy the evening and night as to be oblivious to the "unimportant" racket and animal playing behaviour of the outside populous.

Garnet red colour with orange nuances. The perfume is typical, ethereal, pleasant, intense, with notes of violet and rose. The flavour is full, strong, severe but velvety and harmonic, with a light liquorice aftertaste.

After ingesting such an exquisite wine you will feel more relaxed and in harmony with this minor annoyance .

Ok Zenno, but what would I do about the toxic fumes coming in through the vents in my house 8-@. There's no escaping it.

Doom

Put a gas bottle in it....that'll teach them.















Joke....

Muir

Ours have started already - will have to put up with them across from my house from now til near Christmas. Huge one at Halloween, adults go out & put tyres & other toxic crap on it, throw on some petrol & then leave kids to it, and I'm talking little toddlers being left unsupervised. Often see them playing in the ashes, which can't be good for them.
My parents both suffer with breathing problems, and the fires are generally set next to the wall of an elderly woman's house & it upsets her. I wouldn't mind if they only burned wooden pallets & the like. But yeah, it's horrible to have to put up with nearly half the year.

B.A._Baracus

It's tradition it would seem.

And sure, for example, the dublin fire brigade cant put out every bonfire in the county on Halloween night and people are still going to light them no matter what. It's just one of those things.

Not arguing with points made against them. Safety being the first. I mean imagine if some poor kid gets seriously burned But it would seem they are in to stay and what can you do. Kinda falls down to parents to tell their kids about the danger of fire. As my parents did and I went to bonfires as a kid (Note, under the supervision of my older brothers )

zenno

Love2u wrote: »

Ok Zenno, but what would I do about the toxic fumes coming in through the vents in my house 8-@. There's no escaping it.

Hope that nature answers your call for heavy rain is the only thing i'm afraid then there will be no bonfires, but it would have to rain long enough for 2/3 days so all the teenagers and kids get bored with thinking about it.