D Angelo Barksdale Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Got a feeling it's going to be a really good one this year, the 100 year anniversary along with Brexit coming to a head nicely. *andy williams voice* It's the most wonderful time of the year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 8 minutes ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said: Got a feeling it's going to be a really good one this year, the 100 year anniversary along with Brexit coming to a head nicely. *andy williams voice* It's the most wonderful time of the year. I’ve ordered my rainbow coloured poppy with ‘all soldiers are gay’ printed on it from out our local Christian poppy makers. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 5 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: I’ve ordered my rainbow coloured poppy with ‘all soldiers are gay’ printed on it from out our local Christian poppy makers. That might have worked better had you asked for it to be printed with "All soldiers support gay marriage", IMHO 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 8 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: That might have worked better had you asked for it to be printed with "All soldiers support gay marriage", IMHO Don’t tell me what I can put on my poppy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 18 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: I’ve ordered my rainbow coloured poppy with ‘all soldiers are gay’ printed on it from out our local Christian poppy makers. 10 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: That might have worked better had you asked for it to be printed with "All soldiers support gay marriage", IMHO 2 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: Don’t tell me what I can put on my poppy. But if you ask for what I posted you wouldn't get it printed on your poppy... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 52 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: I’ve ordered my rainbow coloured poppy with ‘all soldiers are gay’ printed on it from out our local Christian poppy makers. That's nothing. I've asked a local bakery to make a poppy cake that when you cut in to it you reveal that the sponge is rainbow coloured. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Six year old legends?I think this is actually only the second year this match has happened 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Why are the Boer wars never remembered? Or the opium one, poppies being such a big deal? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 26 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: That's nothing. I've asked a local bakery to make a poppy cake that when you cut in to it you reveal that the sponge is rainbow coloured. Is the local baker a Christian? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Why are the Boer wars never remembered? Or the opium one, poppies being such a big deal? Comparatively minor levels of casualties and even more historically distant 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 42 minutes ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: Comparatively minor levels of casualties and even more historically distant 12 years and very historically significant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Tony Ferrino said: Why are the Boer wars never remembered? Or the opium one, poppies being such a big deal? The British concentration camps probably put a downer on the whole thing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 That's nothing. I've asked a local bakery to make a poppy cake that when you cut in to it you reveal that the sponge is rainbow coloured.Schrodingers Cake? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 The British concentration camps probably put a downer on the whole thing.My great granda died in one. Fell out a watchtower. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 3 minutes ago, NotThePars said: My great granda died in one. Fell out a watchtower. Never saw that one coming. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 25 minutes ago, Moomintroll said: 1 hour ago, DA Baracus said: That's nothing. I've asked a local bakery to make a poppy cake that when you cut in to it you reveal that the sponge is rainbow coloured. Schrodingers Cake? Show off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Show off. Had to recover from my mare on that Nations Cup thread to be fair. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 37 minutes ago, NotThePars said: My great granda died in one. Fell out a watchtower. Are you stealing @Sergeant Wilson's jokes? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 50 minutes ago, NotThePars said: My great granda died in one. Fell out a watchtower. 50 minutes ago, NotThePars said: My great granda died in one. Fell out a watchtower. Though the J.W.'s are gathering to tell us about Halloween 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandstand Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 On 10/29/2015 at 11:23, killienick said: Your facetious, patronising retort has definitely won you the moral high ground. Well done. I wasn't trying to 'lend credibility', I was merely giving a rational and acceptable reason for the wearing of the poppy. My Great-Grandfather, whom I never met obviously, was killed one week before the end of the war, (many people on this thread will have similar stories so this isn't one-upmanship). My Gran was left without a father and was mentally scarred by the fallout of this and she used to tell me how awful the whole situation was on many occasions. I wear the poppy to remember people like him who were forced to go to war and their family was torn apart by it. Grief mongering? Hardly. Commemorating? No. Remembrance? Yes. As to why Napoleonic or Boer wars weren't given the same treatment. Perhaps it has to do with the nature of the wars in question. The military was more of a vocation at those times and the wars were far less invasive on the general public's psyche. The loss of life was also considerably less. I'm really not sure though. A vocation? Tell that to the poor b*****ds that were press ganged 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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