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11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month

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  • #62
    kumate_champ07
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    WindSock wrote: »
    Are you observing a minutes silence?

    shouldnt it be 11mins silence?


  • #63
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    m@cc@ wrote: »
    What do you expect from a pig but a grunt?

    roast pork?


  • #64
    Stones85
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    "Twas Britannia bade our Wild Geese go that small nations might be free
    But their lonely graves are by Sulva's waves or the shore of the Great North Sea
    Oh, had they died by Pearse's side or fought with Cathal Brugha
    Their names we would keep where the fenians sleep 'neath the shroud of the foggy dew"


    I think the general view of Irish people is the same as the song lyrics above: British Army soldiers come well below Irish Republican/Nationalist soldiers. This includes Irish men in the BA, generally speaking.


  • #65
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
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    WindSock wrote: »
    Are you observing a minutes silence?

    Posted at 11:00...
    WindSock wrote: »
    Why? :p

    Posted at 11:11...

    WTF?


  • #66
    WindSock
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    Poccington wrote: »
    Shame the majority of the general public pay no attention to it.

    True. Or are unaware and have no minutes silence held nationwide on that day.


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  • #67
    WindSock
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    Drew Disgusting Housetop wrote: »
    Posted at 11:00...



    Posted at 11:11...

    WTF?

    I hit the Post Thread button at exactly 11:00, then observed the silence.

    Next post was not 11 minutes later but at

    11:03.

    Either way, I still weren't talking :pac:

    (Nor was I staunchly observing, just seeing if anyone else was)


  • #68
    Mossy Monk
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    I was working. I never even thought about it.


  • #69
    Dartz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,458 ✭✭✭Dartz


    And all because Archie Duke shot an Osterich because he was Hungary


  • #70
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,895 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    Dartz wrote: »
    And all because Archie Duke shot an Osterich because he was Hungary

    Baldrick, you're an idiot.

    NTM


  • #71
    LordSutch
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    Davidius wrote: »
    Course they did but sure we have a day for them.

    Yes indeed we do, and that was yesterday, at 11am.


    And Yes, I did pause for a minutes silence.


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  • #72
    Davidius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,893 ✭✭✭Davidius


    Camelot wrote: »
    Yes indeed we do, and that was yesterday, at 11am.
    Thought it was in July.


  • #73
    LordSutch
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    Yes indeed, apparently there is some 'New' remembrance event in July? but I don't know much about it.

    The month for remembrance in the context we are speaking of is always November, cos that is when the Armistice was signed at the end of the Great War (on the 11th hour, of the 11th Day, of the 11th Month), and that is when we remember them ................


  • #74
    Dudess
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    It's commemorating thousands of young men who died horrifically - how messed up in the head would you have to be to consider that offensive?


  • #75
    Poccington
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    Camelot wrote: »
    Yes indeed, apparently there is some 'New' remembrance event in July? but I don't know much about it.

    It isn't new.


  • #76
    Poccington
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    WindSock wrote: »
    True. Or are unaware and have no minutes silence held nationwide on that day.

    They can't be arsed to realise there is a National Day of Commemoration, I can't imagine a minutes silence would change that.


  • #77
    WindSock
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    IsMiseConor wrote: »
    It's my birthday too! :D

    Happy belated birthday! :D


  • #78
    WindSock
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    Poccington wrote: »
    They can't be arsed to realise there is a National Day of Commemoration, I can't imagine a minutes silence would change that.


    By they you mean me too. It's not that I amn't arsed. What does one do on a national day of commemoration? I would readily observe a minutes silence. I wouldn't have time to take off to go to a military cemetary to pay a visit to no one I know who died in action.


  • #79
    Poccington
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    WindSock wrote: »
    By they you mean me too. It's not that I amn't arsed. What does one do on a national day of commemoration? I would readily observe a minutes silence. I wouldn't have time to take off to go to a military cemetary to pay a visit to no one I know who died in action.

    You could attend the actual commemoration ceremony itself that takes place in Royal Kilmainham Hospital.

    If that's not possible, all you need to do is remember the sacrifice those men have made over the years.


  • #80
    LordSutch
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    I am really not convinced that many people know about it, or would even know what time the silence should be observed! > seriously, its just not highlighted in the calendar like Remembrance day is, (11 O'Clock, on the 11th Day, of the 11th Month), I mean to say most people are on their summer holidays in the middle of July.

    I will make a mental note next year, and I will be aware of the event.


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