Yes. It is.
For you foreign people, on November the 5th we Celebrate Bonfire Night, if you've seen V for Vendetta, you will know what it's about. But basically it results in having BIIIIIG bonfires, and letting off fireworks. Most people are sensible and go to public shows, where people know what they're doing, but people CAN buy their own fireworks. Now where I live, I share a 3rd floor flat with my flatmate (From here on called "Low") and my Girlfriend (Who you will know as Phoenix/Canonball Ruby). We live in a shit estate, surrounded by scum and ruffians. Now of course scum and ruffians love fire and explosions, so we knew that they would all be buying their own fireworks. So we were going to buy some beers, sit on the balcony on November 5th and watch it all (Actually, it was like the damn Blitzkrieg from the 3rd - 6th of Nov :s). Well on November 4th, we saw this in the garden across from ours.
A home made bonfire. a BIG home made bonfire. Those wooden posts are for washing lines, the bonfire is using one as a central support pole. There are mattresses, chairs, crates, EVERYTHING. Well of course we were a little nervous, that was a big fire, but we also thought they would be lucky if they ever got to light it.
Sure enough, November the 5th rolled by and by about 7 O clock they had let off a few fireworks, and were all pretty drunk. Then the poilice appeared, obviously quite deteremined not to let them light the fire and also tried to confiscate their fireworks because they were drunkThe scum responded by letting off ALL their fireworks at once, it was quite a pretty site. Then a chav snuck behind the fire and through what looked like a god damn petrol bomb into the fire, and it lit.
The Lower voice is mine, the other voice is Low's. You can hear Phoenix in the background in places too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KSFDGArcEk
Then the fire department came and put it out, the chavs WERE'NT happy. There was mayhem.
EDIT: Yes I know I sound stupid, also, warning, lots of swearing too.
They went out to the front of tha flats and the main road, where the blocked off the road and started setting of HUUUGE fireworks. The ones you need an explosives license to own, they then started walking down the street throwing rockets, and bangers and etc etc at cars and everything else. God DAMN. They had to call in police dogs and RIOT POLICE.
It was on the news and everything.
The police came round yesterday, they're sweeping the whole area. The official count was that there were about 200 people causing havoc all down the area.
All that over a damn fire.
The place where we live, is crap.