Do you wear a poppy?

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Just curious.

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OptionVotes
No 32
Yes 13


on the cusp of eligibility (Ned Trifle II), Monday, 1 November 2010 14:21 (fifteen years ago)

It doesn't have to be red, although obviously that would make you despicable. And probably a communist.

on the cusp of eligibility (Ned Trifle II), Monday, 1 November 2010 14:22 (fifteen years ago)

no...felt weird when i was offered one last year in work, was the first time since i've moved here that that happened. i felt a bit conflicted and hadn't really thought about it enough to say yes or no, so i said no.

I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 1 November 2010 14:33 (fifteen years ago)

wear one every year for my grandfather who served Canada in WWII.

Str8 Drapin It (chrisv2010), Monday, 1 November 2010 14:36 (fifteen years ago)

Usually yeah except I always lose it after a couple of days but tbh the shenanigans of Help for Heroes etc has put me right off doing this now.

Uncharted: Nick Drake's Fortune (Noodle Vague), Monday, 1 November 2010 14:40 (fifteen years ago)

Any particular shenanigans? There was some internet gossip about what they do with the huge amounts of money they raise but I've never seen anything official. Or is just their whole modus operandi?

on the cusp of eligibility (Ned Trifle II), Monday, 1 November 2010 15:05 (fifteen years ago)

yes, but not this year (lol deutschland)

caek, Monday, 1 November 2010 15:12 (fifteen years ago)

No. I've occasionally gave money though.

Truther Vandross (jim in glasgow), Monday, 1 November 2010 15:14 (fifteen years ago)

Have the Daily Mail started bullying the Premier League teams into wearing them yet?

The referee was perfect (Chris), Monday, 1 November 2010 15:29 (fifteen years ago)

yes, they ran something a few days ago. everyone's caved in except man utd. they're having their own green and gold poppy presumably.

joe, Monday, 1 November 2010 15:42 (fifteen years ago)

white poppy people are kinda pricks

former moderator, please give generously (DG), Monday, 1 November 2010 15:43 (fifteen years ago)

Looks like Man Utd are joining in after all.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1325026/A-set-Manchester-United-join-proud-poppy-club.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

The referee was perfect (Chris), Monday, 1 November 2010 15:44 (fifteen years ago)

I've never worn one. My dad was in the RAF and the militarism of the remembrance services I went to as a kid was just such an oppressive, ugly thing, and I guess I really associate them with that. Maybe it would have been different if I'd had any relatives killed in the war?

Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Monday, 1 November 2010 16:07 (fifteen years ago)

maybe you had some distant ones in the first world war? i only just found out recently about my great grandmothers brother who fought for a highland division who were nicknamed "the ladies from hell" by the germans. i'm assuming that's cos they wore kilts!

zappi, Monday, 1 November 2010 16:59 (fifteen years ago)

I could be wrong, but I feel like Remembrance Sunday is a bigger deal in the U.K. than Veterans Day is in the U.S.

I'd never even heard of the poppy tradition until I had to write something about Remembrance Sunday for work recently.

jaymc, Monday, 1 November 2010 17:03 (fifteen years ago)

No on account of every time I have ever worn one in the past it has fallen off after five minutes. May drop some shrapnel in the collection tin though.

O holy ruler of ILF (a hoy hoy), Monday, 1 November 2010 17:22 (fifteen years ago)

http://games.softpedia.com/screenshots/1-3960_1.png

15-60-77 (S-), Monday, 1 November 2010 17:27 (fifteen years ago)

as a newcomer to Canada, this is my first Remembrance Day. Now that Halloween's over all old ladies are sporting poppies.
jaymc, here's where the poppy tradition comes from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Flander%27s_Fields

kate78, Monday, 1 November 2010 17:32 (fifteen years ago)

^Oh, I know that now.

jaymc, Monday, 1 November 2010 17:32 (fifteen years ago)

I won't surrender to 'poppy fascism' says Channel 4 News host Jon Snow

on the cusp of eligibility (Ned Trifle II), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 09:58 (fifteen years ago)

he is a bit of a cunt

Jefferson Mansplain (DG), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 11:47 (fifteen years ago)

I disagree. I'm meeting the fellow in a couple of weeks so I hope he isn't anyway.

on the cusp of eligibility (Ned Trifle II), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 11:50 (fifteen years ago)

Nah he's alright. Am v. bored of the military endlessly spinning themselves as fucking "Heroes". I can totally relate to guys who fought in two World Wars, mostly under conscription, but there aren't many of them left any more. If modern day soldiers feel so hard done by then they wanna get themselves unionized quick sharp.

Owner of a Homely Face (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 11:51 (fifteen years ago)

he does this every year, he is the challop king

he is also a bit of a cunt

Jefferson Mansplain (DG), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 11:52 (fifteen years ago)

Never forget.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/11/21/article-1229917-074E723E000005DC-196_468x411.jpg

on the cusp of eligibility (Ned Trifle II), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 11:58 (fifteen years ago)

Is Cameron pooping on a grave, there?

emil.y, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 12:27 (fifteen years ago)

In a very real sense, yes...

on the cusp of eligibility (Ned Trifle II), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 12:35 (fifteen years ago)

OB vans make such an attractive addition to the local scenery

Jefferson Mansplain (DG), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 13:17 (fifteen years ago)

I used to, then I moved to Quebec. Impossible to find them here.

sofatruck, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 13:35 (fifteen years ago)

When she first came to England a Polish friend of my ex complained about the cheap men wearing the paper flowers.

I'll wear a poppy. Keeping losing them tho. Ends up being quite expensive paradoxically.

Pork Pius V (GamalielRatsey), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 13:46 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 00:01 (fifteen years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/43_George_H.W._Bush_3x4.jpg

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kkvgz, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 10:25 (fifteen years ago)

In Ireland (Republic of) if you wear a poppy it is a sign of eccentricity or of digging with the other foot.

The New Dirty Vicar, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 13:12 (fifteen years ago)

I must salute Snow for not wearing the poppy. Regardless of whether you think the wearing of it is a good or bad idea, it is a bit creepy how everyone on British TV seems to feel obliged to wear it. That kind of enforced conformity turns something that is meant to be a salute to fallen soldiers into an empty signifier.

The New Dirty Vicar, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 13:14 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Thursday, 11 November 2010 00:01 (fifteen years ago)

h8 u ilx

Jefferson Mansplain (DG), Thursday, 11 November 2010 00:03 (fifteen years ago)

The other day in one of those shitty free subway papers, the lead story was WHY ARE NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE WEARING POPPIES, in which some 'reporter' went to a busy intersection in Toronto and counted people who were wearing them and it came out to like only 10% or something. And they ran a photo of two poppyless pedestrians with the caption "Pedestrians not wearing poppies". I mean it was fucking ridiculous.

That said, I happily wear a poppy.

franny glass, Thursday, 11 November 2010 00:23 (fifteen years ago)

it's the 11th and i've still not seen anywhere that has them. same last year.

the poppies on the royals at the cenotaph are interesting. all fancy schmancy except for phillip and one of the princes, keeping it real.

koogs, Thursday, 11 November 2010 08:26 (fifteen years ago)

and yes, btw

koogs, Thursday, 11 November 2010 08:26 (fifteen years ago)

Celtic fans are not wearing poppies.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/11/09/article-1327826-0BF387EC000005DC-61_468x245.jpg

Ned Trifle (Notinmyname), Thursday, 11 November 2010 12:46 (fifteen years ago)

SOME Celtic fans are not wearing poppies. I'm wearing one right now. Note these Celtic fans are so stupid they can't even spell bloodstained, the morans :-)

ailsa, Thursday, 11 November 2010 14:45 (fifteen years ago)

Does anyone wear an Easter lily?

seandalai, Thursday, 11 November 2010 14:45 (fifteen years ago)

Well, not me.

Is there some flower our Orange friends wear? Maybe I could start wearing that all the time and get my face punched in.

The New Dirty Vicar, Thursday, 11 November 2010 17:51 (fifteen years ago)

I don't think I've ever seen anyone wear a lily in real life to be honest.

seandalai, Thursday, 11 November 2010 18:15 (fifteen years ago)

Of course Ailsa, I should have said 'some'. Celtic are saying they are going to ban the banner holders for life. Can't see that actually happening though?

on the cusp of eligibility (Ned Trifle II), Thursday, 11 November 2010 20:24 (fifteen years ago)

These guys don't :(
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1328703/Remembrance-Day-Poppy-burning-Muslim-protesters-mar-Armistice-Day.html

tut tut

not_goodwin, Thursday, 11 November 2010 20:28 (fifteen years ago)

Don't know, there's a bit of an issue between the group with the banner and the board anyway, I wouldn't be surprised if some of them do get banned. It's too complex to go into here, tbh, but suffice to say they're not representative of as many Celtic supporters as they like to think, and they certainly aren't popular with the powers that be.

ailsa, Thursday, 11 November 2010 20:38 (fifteen years ago)

Banning "for life" always seems a ridiculous thing to threaten. You get less for murder, etc...

on the cusp of eligibility (Ned Trifle II), Thursday, 11 November 2010 20:44 (fifteen years ago)

Aye, and then you just get your mate to rock up at the ticket office and buy you a ticket with cash and away you go. No-one will recognise any identikit wee bawbag from another, tbh. Is a gesture, and one Celtic were forced into due to general outrage at the horror and shame of it all.

ailsa, Thursday, 11 November 2010 20:48 (fifteen years ago)

The Great Silence.

Good read, btw.

Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es. (Michael White), Thursday, 11 November 2010 20:51 (fifteen years ago)

I can't countenance the base ant colony instincts the red poppy represents. But I am one of these space cadet peacenik cloud dweller types who loathes anything military. If my type prevailed we'd be reduced to the Putin Isles obv.

There used to be a white poppy that commemorated the whole death count, including civilians killed by soldiers.

calzino, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 23:13 (nine years ago)

white poppy still exists.

harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 23:15 (nine years ago)

I just heard something on R4 about it, never seen one once in my life though. Barely see any red poppies where I live though tbh

calzino, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 23:19 (nine years ago)

I've also never seen one

harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 23:19 (nine years ago)

Bought one just 20 minutes ago, bending the pin double so it'll stay on. Both of my grandpas were in WWII though neither saw combat

“a tub of horses” (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 23:45 (nine years ago)

I used to sell white poppies when I was at school. (Confessions of an adolescent contrarian)

Eallach mhór an duine leisg (dowd), Wednesday, 2 November 2016 01:40 (nine years ago)

white poppy still exists.

In fact I just ordered some.

a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 2 November 2016 02:04 (nine years ago)

'Thanks lads' is p succinct.

Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 2 November 2016 02:41 (nine years ago)

both my grandpas were in the second world war one in africa and one in singapore

conrad, Wednesday, 2 November 2016 07:53 (nine years ago)

My great granddad got shot at Gallopili and then had to dodge more bullets on the hospital ship. I think both my non-serving Irish granddads might have been harbouring Nazi sympathies, there was a lot of that about back then but it was verboten to mention it afterwards.

calzino, Wednesday, 2 November 2016 08:22 (nine years ago)

my paternal grandfather fought during the second world war*

*as an amateur boxer in the non-involved chilean military during his national service

harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 2 November 2016 20:27 (nine years ago)

my maternal grandfather put himself in harms way during the second world war*

*he was a roofer and in those days health and safety standards were non-existent

harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 2 November 2016 20:29 (nine years ago)

All grandfathers are shit

did we ever get wizz sorted (wins), Wednesday, 2 November 2016 20:30 (nine years ago)

i love my grandad

F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 2 November 2016 20:44 (nine years ago)

Teresa May making a solid case today that the poppy is an apolitical symbol.

nom de grrrrr (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 2 November 2016 20:51 (nine years ago)

verily did i lol at the poppy sheningans on this account

https://twitter.com/StreathamRovers/status/793781721183420416

Rae Kwoniff (NickB), Wednesday, 2 November 2016 20:53 (nine years ago)

Bizarrely Streatham Rovers are a great bunch of lads.

Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 2 November 2016 20:57 (nine years ago)

How small is a poppy allowed to be? Wear poppies small enough for anyone to actually notice.

nashwan, Wednesday, 2 November 2016 21:08 (nine years ago)

https://twitter.com/giantpoppywatch/status/793718893151911936

soref, Wednesday, 2 November 2016 21:19 (nine years ago)

two weeks pass...

Hope they throw the book at them.

The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Thursday, 17 November 2016 18:53 (nine years ago)

please deduct points for maximum lols

harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 17 November 2016 18:59 (nine years ago)

Too right.

The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Thursday, 17 November 2016 19:01 (nine years ago)

I was thinking the other day about a very prescient Billy The Fish cartoon in Viz from 10-15 years where it looks like a game is never going to kick off because they keep adding extra minute's silences on. Like this one is for victims of Jack The Ripper in Whitechapel, and now another for those that perished on rms Titanic etc..

calzino, Thursday, 17 November 2016 19:26 (nine years ago)

Gordon Smith just on Skynews defending the FA/SFA on the grounds that FIFA's Say No to Racism campaign could be considered political too. Fucking idiot.

The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Thursday, 17 November 2016 21:29 (nine years ago)

Christ alive, suddenly that utter tool Danny Mills doesn't seem so bad.

calzino, Thursday, 17 November 2016 22:06 (nine years ago)

eleven months pass...

Do u wear a poppy

Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 November 2017 09:31 (eight years ago)

nah

Pope Urban the Legend (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 1 November 2017 10:05 (eight years ago)

I think, for two weeks a year, it's appropriate to have a reminder of the brave boys out in Afghanistan.

https://s1.postimg.org/5pqtl49u9r/070410_poppies_hmed_1p.grid-6x2.jpg

Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Wednesday, 1 November 2017 10:13 (eight years ago)

http://i51.tinypic.com/v7fqd3.jpg

im in this picture thinking "that's a pretty poor spelling mistake"

-_- (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 1 November 2017 16:20 (eight years ago)

was debating whether to post this on the facebook meme thread but I think it's better here:

https://scontent-frx5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/23167916_10155782428436192_8753786084183199185_n.jpg?oh=fd16c847a78602a75da851a22451f458&oe=5A679BC2

heaven parker (anagram), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 15:38 (eight years ago)

eleven months pass...

War Christmas kicking off in South Woodham Ferrers, Essex. pic.twitter.com/dYNIR03wj0

— Tim Burrows (@timburrows) November 1, 2018

brokenshire (jed_), Monday, 5 November 2018 15:23 (seven years ago)

the lengths some people go to keep the tv license inspector out is ridic.

calzino, Monday, 5 November 2018 15:26 (seven years ago)

Still wear a white poppy, though tbh having to explain it on a near-daily basis is an irritant

wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Monday, 5 November 2018 15:27 (seven years ago)

going to put a collapsable war memorial up in the parking space outside my house

ogmor, Monday, 5 November 2018 15:28 (seven years ago)

I've still never seen a white poppy irl.

Alma Kirby (Tom D.), Monday, 5 November 2018 15:44 (seven years ago)

me putting you all to shame:
http://howe-gtr.air-nifty.com/tamakichi/images/pg04_thumb.jpeg

mark s, Monday, 5 November 2018 17:09 (seven years ago)

ive avoided it as a rule

lie back and think of englund (darraghmac), Monday, 5 November 2018 17:10 (seven years ago)

white poopies are best avoided.

calzino, Monday, 5 November 2018 17:12 (seven years ago)

https://i.imgur.com/GkC6jVV.jpg

ghood ghravie (unregistered), Monday, 5 November 2018 17:14 (seven years ago)

poppies are good...

for me to poop on

( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, 5 November 2018 17:14 (seven years ago)

One of the local libraries had an ongoing project to knit poppies, and someone gave my grandma supplies who then gave them to me, but I never did it.

tokyo rosemary, Monday, 5 November 2018 17:15 (seven years ago)

yeah i'm not into this, just happy we get that monday off

F# A# (∞), Monday, 5 November 2018 18:26 (seven years ago)

Nothing underlines the apolitical nature of the poppy more than the relentless stream of "if you don't wear a poppy gtfo of our country" memes as their numbers swell year on year

Tsugumo Alanshearer (Noodle Vague), Friday, 9 November 2018 22:40 (seven years ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DrfLuoCWwAAnQhU.jpg

talk about putting the poop into poopy!

calzino, Friday, 9 November 2018 22:44 (seven years ago)

very topical, as loads died of typhus whilst shitting in holes in the ground, to defend our freedom to shit onto the fatberg!

calzino, Friday, 9 November 2018 22:49 (seven years ago)

love how the buses here say "LEST WE FORGET SORRY NOT IN SERVICE"

F# A# (∞), Friday, 9 November 2018 23:42 (seven years ago)

six years pass...

it's already poppy season on bbc politics live (oh, it's only the one guest, tory mp?)

koogs, Thursday, 23 October 2025 11:28 (one month ago)

Kind of ironic to commemorate a war caused by nationalism in order to reinforce nationalism

This dark glowing bohemian coffeehouse (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 23 October 2025 11:37 (one month ago)

lol exactly

Tracer Hand, Thursday, 23 October 2025 12:21 (one month ago)

soldier f cannot be found guilty, in related news

tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 October 2025 12:28 (one month ago)


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