Be Excellent To Each Other

I think even if i did not agree with the silence, i would do it out of respect for the ones that do.

I think most people would do the same, especially in a work environment.

such respect so war dead wow

'Just lie back and think of England'

I assume we're all familiar with Poppy Watch on twitter? #TopRememberance

Put a quid in a box today, didn't take a poppy.

I've yet to see anyone selling them.

I got my enamel pin today at the hospital. Which is useful as I normally only get them due to the wife passing through Victoria or Charing Cross, which doesn’t happen any more.

How do we feel about this tweet from my son's teacher?

I guess it’s a bit clumsily worded. It makes it sound as if poppy purchase is mandatory. ‘If you wish to purchase a poppy in support of the poppy appeal then please send money with your child...’ etc would have been a much better wording, and I would hope any official line would say the same, but I guess this is just her personal account, and a 140 character limit.

Also, if they are standard sized sequins that’s a fairly large bit of poppy bling.

It's an official school account, but I think the teachers are pretty free in what they can post.

Provided they're "official" poppies and the money goes to the RBL I don't mind, but there's an increasing number of people selling poppy-themed merchandise with no indication as to whether any of the money goes to the actual cause.

The school wasn't selling actual poppies, but Slap Bands. Weird.

Yeah, those are for kids, as they don't get lost as easily. They've been about for a year or two.

Cool. I guess I'm getting a couple of those then, else my kids become playground outcasts.

What a world.

My son has a poppy wristband. It is more durable and involves less pins

Slap bands are cool. Especially branded ones from me.

Off we go again!

The nearby barber's display is slightly bigger than last year.



Eventually, people will have to fight their way in through a wall of poppies.

I'm confused about your 2 minutes silence being at the office

In NL it's on may 4th at 20.00 so most people are in their own home and can hold the 2 mins silence any way they want, though there are 2 special ceremonies that are broadcasted on tv so we usually choose either the Dam in Amsterdam or the Waalsdorpervlakte.
I was once having dinner and the restaurant announced it and cut the music for the 2 mins, some ppl didnt care or didnt know what was going on but most people halted conversation.
There are also always many people that pull over on the motorway for the 2 mins, and many who do not.

I'm so glad we don't have a symbol to buy/wear etc
except of course masses of orange crap the next day as 4/5 is rememberance/liberation so the 5th has loads of bands/music/alcohol/orange

It's all the elevens. 11th hour, 11th day, 11th month.

And then again on the closest Sunday.

I love David Squires (football cartoonist at The Guardian), and this piece from 2015 remains awesome.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/pi ... brance-day

He is brilliant, as is that, which I'd somehow missed.

Every time I see those absurd comparisons and poppy cult stuff, I immediately think, “Never even done a war”