Apparently our friends used to do this in Bristol at midnight on the new year. Did you try this last night? Where are you?
2007-01-01 03:35:34 · 18 answers · asked by emily_jane2379 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
uncut jay- aren't pots and pans probably cheaper than fireworks? Particularly those tesco value ones!?
2007-01-01 03:55:07 · update #1
Naw, I set off my car's panic alarm! It was hardly heard over fireworks and people banging on pots and pans!
People are rather loud in my street and round the blocks nearby.
--That Cheeky Lad
2007-01-01 11:36:22 · answer #1 · answered by Charles-CeeJay_UK_ USA/CheekyLad 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was in beautiful Southern New Jersey, fast asleep, but my neighbor went out there with pots and pans last night at midnight.
Then somebody exploded some loud firecrackers around 1:15 a.m. Sounded like gunshots.
I was too tired from long hours of working a demanding job.
(The kids in Bristol still do the Bristol stomp? Just kidding, I know Bristol in England, I've been there, and to Bath, London, Oxford and even King's Lynn where the Queen's mother used to live).
2007-01-01 03:38:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My kids banged on Pots and pans out in the street at the stroke of midnight with thier 5 friends. The more the merrier. I live in Oklahoma.
2007-01-01 03:39:12 · answer #3 · answered by villyman 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Banging on pots and pans is used in Latin America as a protest. I suppose because it's very irritating.
Here in Spain they just set off lots of fireworks...with the resulting injuries, of course.
Can't we just snog our partner and go to sleep?
2007-01-01 04:30:28 · answer #4 · answered by anna 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stood in my garden! It was like a War Zone out there! never mind pots and pans! i saw at least 10 million in cash go up in smoke!
Happy New Year!
2007-01-01 03:48:19 · answer #5 · answered by AZRAEL è 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We use to bang pots and pans when we were kids. Passed the tradition on to grandkids. They try so hard to stay awake. We live in the USA
2007-01-01 04:17:28 · answer #6 · answered by autumn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nowdays I live in a small town where they don't do such things, but where I grew up (Detroit) they go out in the street and shoot thier guns at midnight on New Year's. Sounds like freakin' Beruit.
2007-01-01 04:11:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm in bed with a hangover SO Tell your friends to stop banging their pots and pans in my head, they've been here all day.
2007-01-01 03:48:55 · answer #8 · answered by Kate J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no..I was sleeping at that hour..what are you crazy..do know what damage you could do you to your cook ware..of course if your a Brit..you dont know how to party..in Napoli..we used fireworks..thats in Italia..Dont use your pots and pans like that ever again..they cost money..use fireworks..later..enjoy your new year
2007-01-01 03:45:31 · answer #9 · answered by Kingofreportedabuse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our neighbours do this, and it drives me potty. Much more likely to wake you up than fireworks! (and, no, I'm not a party pooper, just a tired mummy who knows she'll have to be up in a couple of hours!)
We're in Kent.
2007-01-01 06:38:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋