Neriya: Hahaha, a most excellent description…actually round here postmen close down a post office and burn everyone’s vital correspondence yearly in memory of the original event.

Ah, that famous attempt by Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament by sending them a letterbomb, which was thwarted by the fact that Royal Mail were striking at the time it was supposed to be delivered, leading to it blowing up in an unoccupied provincial sorting office.