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Cools. Copy my original post (the string of numbers I put in reply to Spellbinders post) Then open the link in my above post. Then paste what you copied, into the box that appears and it will convert it to English text. I was just teasing spellbinder. (Then I won ten bob as I bet myself DD wouldn't be able to resist replying in binary .LOL.)
A lovely military man selling poppies stopped me today and asked if he could reposition mine - while doing so he told me that women should wear their poppy on their right side; the red represents the blood of all those who gave their lives, the black represents the mourning of those who didn't have their loved ones return home, and the green leaf represents the grass and crops growing and future prosperity after the war destroyed so much. The leaf should be positioned at 11 o'clock to represent the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the time that World War One formally ended. He was worried that younger generations wouldn't understand this and his generation wouldn't be around for much longer to teach them.
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Seven new Poppy buses will cruise the capital to mark Remembrance Day
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle
Wearing a poppy with the leaf at an incorrect angle could soon be punishable by death if controversial new laws are approved.
The introduction of a new ‘Freedom Loving Patriots’ Law’ would make placing poppy leaves at an incorrect angle a crime against British decency.
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“Wearing a poppy is not sufficient on its own,” insisted Simon Williams from Patriotic Britons for Freedom, Truth and Justice.
“To truly honour our fallen heroes, you must wear a poppy with the leaf at an angle of exactly eleven o’clock.
“Anything else is an act of treason and an insult to all the brave servicemen and women who sacrificed their lives so that I can tell people how to honour them.”
Mr Williams revealed that people wearing white poppies would also face punishment under the new law.
“Anti-war traitors want to stop soldiers being killed so we don’t have to remember them,” he fumed.
“You can’t honour someone who’s sacrificed their life if they’re not dead.
“Under the Freedom Loving Patriots’ Law, any soldier who is alive will be killed so that we can pay tribute to them.
Word for word granny’s post if I’m not mistaken 🤔
It is, and it came off social media. Is there a problem ?
If there is then maybe we should leave it until after 11/11. and it's 11 mins past midnight.
Last edited by granny; 11th Nov 201712:11am.
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle
Veteran’s advice on how to wear Remembrance Day poppy is shared around the world
Peter Godsmark, who served in the Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery, explained the red poppy's supposed symbolism Alexandra Sims | Wednesday 11 November 2015 08:44 GMT|
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Word for word granny’s post if I’m not mistaken 🤔
It is, and it came off social media. Is there a problem ?
If there is then maybe we should leave it until after 11/11. and it's 11 mins past midnight.
Why would there be a problem?
I put up 2 widely different view points both of which are being shared and both sound plausible. There seems to be huge arguments about poppies on social media sites this year that I don’t remember from previous years (maybe just me).
Wear one or don’t. I personally wear one (red) and support the cause but I don’t stress about which side it’s on.
Surely it is buying a poppy that is important, not how you wear it. If people start whining about how it should be worn I think less people will bother to buy one.
Surely it is buying a poppy that is important, not how you wear it. If people start whining about how it should be worn I think less people will bother to buy one.
Surely it is buying a poppy that is important, not how you wear it. If people start whining about how it should be worn I think less people will bother to buy one.
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