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Speaking of: There were poppy sales at the office today and (few) people wearing poppies.

Posted by ty97 Nov 9 '12, 07:52

Was that because 11/11 is a weekend this year?

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Even our tube trains and buses have poppies on them this year. -- nm - LMS Nov 9, 08:05 1
- nice, we have them on some quarters (linked) -- (link) - Moneypandie Nov 9, 08:07
i end up buying a couple a year. have one on both jackets (i should put in on my sweater today... think i will.) -- nm - Moneypandie Nov 9, 07:59
it's weird that the US doesn't really do that. -- nm - loosilu Nov 9, 07:55 8
- I can only speak for here but I see them sold in a lot places. Highway off ramps are a big spot for the vets to get people. - Krusty Nov 9, 08:14
- Confession: I have no idea what a poppy is. -- nm - sycor Nov 9, 08:08 6
  - It's a flower. A poem written during WWI ("In Flanders field, the poppies brow...") created an association between them and the war. -- (link) - mara Nov 9, 08:13 1
    - brow = blow (for this post only) -- nm - mara Nov 9, 08:13
  - It's why everyone cried at the end of the last series of Blackadder. -- nm - LMS Nov 9, 08:11
  - they are red poppy pins (linked) that the vets and Legion sell in advance of Remembrance Day - Moneypandie Nov 9, 08:10 2
    - Interesting. We just carry around little tiny flags or wear flag pins. Silly Canadians with their flowers. :) -- nm - sycor Nov 9, 08:13
    - (and Australia, apparently) -- nm - Moneypandie Nov 9, 08:11
Hell, even I have a poppy (I usually forget). They must be lame. ;) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 07:55
Opium? - Rise Above Nov 9, 07:53 1
- yes please -- nm - Pippygalore Nov 9, 08:00

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