VonVan

Fireworks on the Thames evidently included a fragrant mist as well as flavored confetti flakes - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...-Scotland.html

It sounds awful - perhaps it was intended as crowd control?

annhig

VonVan - i've not heard any complaints about it.

it's the sort of gesture typical of the London Mayor, Boris Johnson - love him or hate him, he's a great [self] publicist.

bvlenci

It sounds like the seventh circle of hell.

annhig

well, bvlenci, I'm not much one for these mass firework displays either, but for those who are, it looked pretty good.

jamikins

Funny - another post complaining Paris doesnt do enough, and this one about London doing too much. Guess you cant win!

VonVan

I think the fireworks over the river would be splendid;
going home reeking of fruit scents would not be my cup of tea.

PatrickLondon

>>going home reeking of fruit scents would not be my cup of tea.<<

Better than some of the alternative possibilities after a couple of hours in a crowd of people who've been partying the night away.