William says, "Gunpowder is bad for you."

Every year, Guy Fawkes Day sneaks up on me. It's funny because I virtually live in the 17th century these days, and the Gunpowder Plot was a huge historical "event." There are a lot of literary references to it and a lot of prominent men involved, including Father Henry Garnet, head of the clandestine Jesuit mission in England at the time. His mission was to spread anti-Protestant propaganda and seek others sympathetic to the Catholic cause. He's also famous for the publication A Treatise of Equivocation, a book that essentially taught Jesuits how to lie without actually lying if they were captured and questioned. On a mission from God, they figured they better keep their souls clean even under torture. As for the art of equivocation, see the scene in Shrek III, where Prince Charming questions Pinocchio on the whereabouts of Shrek and Pinocchio begins with, "I don't know where he's not." It's classic, and the perfect example of Henry Garnet's teachings on the matter.