Jacksgranda Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Although I don't want to saddle you with too many puns. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Re the poppies on football tops; it's a fairly recent thing is it not? I can only really recall it being in the last 5 or 6 years. I certainly can't recall them being on strips earlier than that, or at least not on every strip. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Just now, Jacksgranda said: Although I don't want to saddle you with too many puns. You'll Trigger the pun-haters with all those posts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I just realized one of my cats is called Poppy. I get to remember all year, so I win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 1 minute ago, Shandon Par said: You'll Trigger the pun-haters with all those posts. Yes, I'm having a 'mare. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 2 minutes ago, Stellaboz said: I just realized one of my cats is called Poppy. I get to remember all year, so I win. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northsea80 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/warmington-no-apology-from-don-cherry-on-hnic-poppy-comments Not just in the UK where the poppy is hijacked by auld bigotsIt's the time of year when Don Cherry is at his most bigoted. If someone told him one of the "you people" was actually a blonde Irish guy (McLean) his head would pop out of his outrageously large collars. Canada is a country that prides itself on tolerance and inclusion but also gives an 85 year old bigoted blowhard a stump to rant on every Saturday night during hockey season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Saw this on Twitter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sergeant Wilson Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 1 hour ago, J_Stewart said: Lads, I’ve found 2019’s best rememberer, and guess what...it’s not even a human: All need to up our games for 2020. Bouffant hair do’s in the shape of a poppy all round, please. Is vandalism of a horse a thing? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Gammon xmas only has a few hours to run 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 1 hour ago, senorsoupe said: It's the time of year when Don Cherry is at his most bigoted. If someone told him one of the "you people" was actually a blonde Irish guy (McLean) his head would pop out of his outrageously large collars. Canada is a country that prides itself on tolerance and inclusion but also gives an 85 year old bigoted blowhard a stump to rant on every Saturday night during hockey season. Is he related to Don Lemon? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Eagle-eyed observation from you there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 2 hours ago, J_Stewart said: Lads, I’ve found 2019’s best rememberer, and guess what...it’s not even a human: All need to up our games for 2020. Bouffant hair do’s in the shape of a poppy all round, please. Hope the horse kicks his jaw off 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scary Bear Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 3 hours ago, ICTChris said: One point that is also hugely important is the shift in British society towards openly expressing emotions and feelings. It's a cliche to say but the difference in Britain culturally between the war and post-war years and the last few decades is huge. It's a cliche to raise it but the death of Diana is a huge indicator of this change, if not a cause of the change in itself. The reaction to the death (literally hundreds of thousands of people massing on the streets, millions signing books of condolence, BBC news presenters openly crying on television) showed that, at least in a large part, British people are open to emotional outbursts in a way that previously wasn't considered a national characteristic. Personally, I think over emotionalism betrays an emptiness among those who display it. There's also a bullying that goes along with it, a demand that others feel as wel feel, that others do as we do, a desire for unity for unanimity of purpose. that was certainly present post-Diana and is arguably there now in poppy fascism, although less openly than in the heady days of autumn 1997, when crowds of people chanted demands for the Queen to show emotions. I also don't endorse the sneering 'look at these rubes' chat that now goes along with this discussion. A lot of the people who do this display the same sort of behaviour in ways that are socially acceptable in their groups. In fact, I think a lot of the 'Giant Poppy Watch' stuff is a good way of in-group signalling for people to show that they aren't rubes, that they understand, that they have the hidden knowledge. Being honest about it, I am probably personally guilty of that in the past so to make up for it I am dressed as a poppy and will be for all of November. Own your poppy blasphemy you fence-sitting c**t. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 It’s a shame the poppy isn’t an American thing because you’d get a cracking South Park episode about angry poppy merchants. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news/poppy-armistice-day-2019-remembrance-a9198001.html 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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