RedRob72 Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Most people in the UK don't wear a poppy and also quietly reflect on the horror of war. The Guardian reported last week that the Royal British legion will distribute 45 Million Poppies this, presumably some of those will go to Ex-Pats abroad or former Allied Forces perhaps, but surely it still means the majority of UK adults and young people will wear one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 The Guardian reported last week that the Royal British legion will distribute 45 Million Poppies this, presumably some of those will go to Ex-Pats abroad or former Allied Forces perhaps, but surely it still means the majority of UK adults and young people will wear one. The Rangers have a 50k seater stadium, next you'll be telling me that's full every week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 (edited) The Guardian reported last week that the Royal British legion will distribute 45 Million Poppies this, presumably some of those will go to Ex-Pats abroad or former Allied Forces perhaps, but surely it still means the majority of UK adults and young people will wear one.Atari made over quarter of a million copies of ET...ETA: Should read "three quarters of a million". Edited November 2, 2015 by WhiteRoseKillie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Steady Rob, steady..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 I will happily donate to the charity but don't think I've worn a poppy since I was a child. I don't see why it's necessary to wear one in order to remember and reflect on its intended meaning. As for the awful types who feel the need to go on radio phone-ins to express their offence at non-wearers and pontificate about the horrors of war, I trust these people will be writing to their MPs to voice their opposition to British military involvement in Syria when this is raised in parliament. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Thankfully poppy wearing is dying out and only raging Daily Mail reading, aging, white, UKIP types wear them now. Utter sh1te. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 The poppy mafia like to propagate the "if you don't wear a poppy, you don't care" myth. Like all those shitty things of facebook. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quitongo's Left Peg Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Imagine this was Corbyn... http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/nov/02/poppy-photoshopped-david-cameron-facebook-picture 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Imagine this was Corbyn... http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/nov/02/poppy-photoshopped-david-cameron-facebook-picture Indeed. Not a single one of the arses who've been bombarding my FB page with pseudo-patriotic drivel for the last month have seen fit to comment on this. Wonder why? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Don't need a poppy to remember. Not had one since primary school either, usually lost it the next day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I have never worn one as an adult, is there a chance i will get assaulted in the street for not wearing one? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P45 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Utter sh1te. Maybe in the backwater where you live but in Glasgow you don't see that many. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim O'Grady Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I've read/skimmed through most of the Poppy thread & I reckon we are all at peace with each other's habits of wearing/not wearing whatever coloured poppy we see fit. It's the wee b*****ds that walk around with just a green stem that are the real c***s in this debate, who the f**k are they siding for? I myself am a none wearer. But if I was to pick a war for my poppy I'd go for the war of the Roses, then there'd be none of this alternative coloured shite. It would be black & white, well red & white. So if I look at it this week I would see that the majority of Poppy folk would be in the camp Lancashire (even the BBC since they moved to Salford) whilst camp Yorkshire would go mostly unnoticed. Well that's my contribution to the debate. I'm out of here, can anyone point me towards the road to Wigan pier? Grimbo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 What's the point in 'remembering' what happened in WW1 & 2? The point of doing so was surely to make clear that war is dreadful and should only ever be used as a last resort when all other options are exhausted in order to avoid the horrors of it all? Yet today the military is deified and the UK gleefully trots off to conflicts we should have nothing to do with. 'Lest we forget'? We already have. If you're taking a (state endorsed) set time to 'reflect', then you should reflect that sadly those who fought failed in the long run and their memories and efforts have been hijacked. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I've read/skimmed through most of the Poppy thread & I reckon we are all at peace with each other's habits of wearing/not wearing whatever coloured poppy we see fit. It's the wee b*****ds that walk around with just a green stem that are the real c***s in this debate, who the f**k are they siding for? I myself am a none wearer. But if I was to pick a war for my poppy I'd go for the war of the Roses, then there'd be none of this alternative coloured shite. It would be black & white, well red & white. So if I look at it this week I would see that the majority of Poppy folk would be in the camp Lancashire (even the BBC since they moved to Salford) whilst camp Yorkshire would go mostly unnoticed. Well that's my contribution to the debate. I'm out of here, can anyone point me towards the road to Wigan pier? Grimbo I'd go for the battle of Ibrox, where four Hearts players tragically lost their win bonus. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Poppy seller was round last night - we bought ours. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Poppy seller was round last night They came to your door? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob the tank Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 They came to your door? It was a common thing years ago for the poppy sellers to go door to door. No big shop displays then, just a collecting tin and a wee bag of poppies next to it at the till 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 They came to your door? Yes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 They came to your door? I'd imagine the more 'staunch' addresses in TFS are fertile grounds for poppy sellers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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