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Will you be wearing the poppy this year ?

  • 18-10-2015 09:52AM
    #1
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭


    I was secretly sent a pm by a mod reminding me it was my turn to start the annual poppies will you or won't you thread, So of you go ....


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  • #2
    hairyslug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,561 ✭✭✭hairyslug


    In four words, no


  • #3
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    realies wrote: »
    I was secretly sent a pm by a mod reminding me it was my turn to start the annual poppies will you or won't you thread, So of you go ....

    Will you be wearing yours op?


  • #4
    Redbishop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,354 ✭✭✭Redbishop


    Personally, no.
    But I have no problem with anyone that does.


  • #5
    Sunnyisland
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    Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »
    Will you be wearing yours op?


    Ah now DWW as this is after hours I shall follow the sheep.

    I was trying to search for my numerous previous posts on this subject but the search function don't seem to be working...


  • #6
    Collie D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,585 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    In before James McClean


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  • #7
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    Collie D wrote: »
    In before James McClean

    We'll all be in before James wears one anyway.


  • #8
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    I'm going to wear one to show that I have moved on from the past at the same time as remembering a war that happened 100 years ago.

    I'm also wearing one to help show how much we have matured as a nation.


  • #9
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    If I could get one I certainly would wear it. And I would be proud to do so.

    I suppose we now all repeat what we posted this time last year.....


  • #10
    iDave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭iDave


    Poppies.......Brits....... Easter Lilly.......agro


  • #11
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,782 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    No, and it is done in Britain for more than remembering the dead. It is done also to glorify the military.

    You hear very little about how stupid the UK was with getting involved in WW1.


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  • #12
    CamperMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭CamperMan


    No, never wore one and never will


  • #13
    ziggy
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    This post has been deleted.


  • #14
    Menas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    Princeton Square Tadpole wrote: »
    If I could get one I certainly would wear it. And I would be proud to do so.

    I suppose we now all repeat what we posted this time last year.....

    Damn it, I cant remember what I posted last year.

    But whatever it was, I stand bye it and will fight anyone who disagrees.


  • #15
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    I won't be wearing one, having worn one for a lot of years previously (obviously only for the couple of weeks in November, I took it off between commemorations, much as I love poppies). Its genuinely very sad what the Daily Mail and the like have done, stigmatising those who choose not to wear one. So fupp em.


  • #16
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    ziggy wrote: »
    I would imagine all the people who wore one last year will do so again and all the people who didn't will again do so.

    That should save the annual 100 page thread won't it.......

    It's my turn to start the thread this year, I was promised...


  • #17
    Redbishop
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    Princeton Square Tadpole wrote: »
    If I could get one I certainly would wear it. And I would be proud to do so.

    I suppose we now all repeat what we posted this time last year.....

    I wasn't here last year and am just wondering why you would be proud to wear it?


  • #18
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,422 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    No. I have no need for accessories.



    Pete Sweet liked Poppy, though...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiO2jbwL98E


  • #19
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    realies wrote: »
    It's my turn to start the thread this year, I was promised...

    And you've done a lovely job of it.


  • #20
    play it again
    Closed Accounts Posts: 57 ✭✭play it again


    Of course , it's very important to remember the people who died so we can live in freedom , free from oppression and dictators, because brave men and women laid down their lives


  • #21
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,782 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    I know some British people who choose not to wear the poppy and they give out stink every year over the grief they get.

    Then you will have some saying 'they fought for freedom...'.


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  • #22
    deandean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,459 ✭✭✭deandean


    No, I couldn't see my shopping trips to the Northside shopping centre going well if I was sporting a poppy.


  • #23
    LordSutch
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    realies wrote: »
    I was secretly sent a pm by a mod reminding me it was my turn to start the annual poppies will you or won't you thread, So of you go ....

    I guess you've been itching for this :)

    ...and don't worry, I'll have all guns blazing to defend the wearing of the poppy in Ireland, but you are about two weeks too soon this year, so until then I'll keep away.

    Cheers 4 now.

    See you in November.


  • #24
    [Deleted User]
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    Commemorate an armed force that colluded with terrorists?

    Not a chance


  • #25
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    LordSutch wrote: »
    I guess you've been itching for this :)

    ...and don't worry, I'll have all guns blazing to defend the poppy in Ireland, but you are about two weeks too soon this year, so until then I'll keep away.

    Cheers 4 now.

    See you in November.

    Ah now lord sutch, sure I was bored tis morning and ain't it better to be early than late, see you soon as I have a plane to catch :-)

    Sure they have a Christmas thread going here already ...


  • #26
    MilesMorales1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,431 ✭✭✭MilesMorales1


    Absolutely.


  • #27
    ghostdancer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,539 ✭✭✭ghostdancer


    no, as i don't give a fukc about commemorating it/them, nor am I an attention-seeking dickhead like most who wear them here.


  • #28
    ghostdancer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,539 ✭✭✭ghostdancer


    RobertKK wrote: »
    I know some British people who choose not to wear the poppy and they give out stink every year over the grief they get.

    Then you will have some saying 'they fought for freedom...'.
    fought for the freedom of knuckle-dragging morons to abuse those who don't think the same as them.
    the militant poppy brigade are hilariously lacking in self-awareness tbf


  • #29
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,566 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    RobertKK wrote: »
    No, and it is done in Britain for more than remembering the dead. It is done also to glorify the military.

    You hear very little about how stupid the UK was with getting involved in WW1.

    You obviously didn't go to the same school as me then.


  • #30
    Penny Tration
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,687 ✭✭✭✭Penny Tration


    deandean wrote: »
    No, I couldn't see my shopping trips to the Northside shopping centre going well if I was sporting a poppy.

    I live around the corner from there and plenty of people wear poppies in there.


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  • #31
    kupus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,151 ✭✭✭kupus


    why would i wear a poppy. NOt my war. Not my era. Not my problem.


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