The Poppy

[stiffler]

all celtic players were wearing poppies, which ones do u think weren't?

man united and liverpool arent having poppies on their shirts this weekend i read during the week

I only caught the end of the Celtic match - McManus definitely didn't have one on and I'd be fairly sure McGeady didn't either.

Yeah thats what i thought, along with Samaras. Anyone know did the players have their own choice on this?

Not that it should  be of any consequence to anybody but themselves (and certainly not to me) but both McGeady and Samaras did.

The photo at the bottom of this link should clear things up.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1226121/Falkirk-3-Celtic-3-SPL-basement-club-stun-Tony-Mowbrays-giants.html

Could possibly have been that some players changed tops at half time to a fresh non-poppied jersey

[Rossfan]

. what about all the irish men who were sent to the slaughter. should we not have some sort of remberence for them?

Any Irish who were in WW1 or indeed WW2 were volunteers .
Other than a list of names as a historical fact why should we remember them,apart from the Official memorial service for "all Irishmen who died in wars" ...sometime in July isnt it?

[Gabriel_Hurl]

The National Day of Commemoration - held on the Sunday closest to July 11th

[gorm agus bui]

Was in Tescos this am in knocknagonney, Belfast and could not believe how many were still wearing them.

[nifan]

Was in Tescos this am in knocknagonney, Belfast and could not believe how many were still wearing them.

Do people not wear them at least until the 11th anyway?

[Hoof Hearted]

tomorrow, 11/11, is the actual date. It's 3 weeks this Thursday since i spotted the 1st one on TV. They will soon have them up on July 13th.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

They go on sale here 2 weeks beforehand

[ziggysego]

Is there some sort of new cult of the poppy going on in the uk, fail to wear one and you'll be an outcast.

Its the way of it on TV but I was dandering about the town today and I reckon about 10-15% had a poppy on. At work its higher, maybe 25-30% I would say have one on.  Have to say I'm glad its not the majority wearing one or I would feel a bit uncomfortable.

I was in London at the weekend and was surprised to see very little people wearing Poppys. In fact, the majority were workers, ie people 'asked' to wear them for work.

Busy weekend asking all those people if their work made them wear a poppy. I'm assuming that's what you did, otherwise how would you know?

They were in their places of work when I spotted them. Comedy venues, shops, airport, etc..

[red hander]

tomorrow, 11/11, is the actual date. It's 3 weeks this Thursday since i spotted the 1st one on TV. They will soon have them up on July 13th.

Yep... the Germans actually agreed to the Armistice much earlier that Nov 11 1918 but because of a pathetic decision by the allies to have a symmetircal time and date for the official end of the war (the 11th hour of the 11th month and all that ballix) countless soldiers on both sides continued to be killed right up to 11am ... how pathetic is that.

[ziggysego]

tomorrow, 11/11, is the actual date. It's 3 weeks this Thursday since i spotted the 1st one on TV. They will soon have them up on July 13th.

Yep... the Germans actually agreed to the Armistice much earlier that Nov 11 1918 but because of a pathetic decision by the allies to have a symmetircal time and date for the official end of the war (the 11th hour of the 11th month and all that ballix) countless soldiers on both sides continued to be killed right up to 11am ... how pathetic is that.

You're kidding....... aren't you? 

[Gnevin]

tomorrow, 11/11, is the actual date. It's 3 weeks this Thursday since i spotted the 1st one on TV. They will soon have them up on July 13th.

Yep... the Germans actually agreed to the Armistice much earlier that Nov 11 1918 but because of a pathetic decision by the allies to have a symmetircal time and date for the official end of the war (the 11th hour of the 11th month and all that ballix) countless soldiers on both sides continued to be killed right up to 11am ... how pathetic is that.

Bollox

"The Armistice was agreed at 5 AM on 11 November, to come into effect at 11 AM Paris time (that is 10 AM GMT), for which reason the occasion is sometimes referred to as "the eleventh (hour) of the eleventh (day) of the eleventh (month)". It was the result of a hurried and desperate process."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_with_Germany_%28Compi%C3%A8gne%29

[red hander]

tomorrow, 11/11, is the actual date. It's 3 weeks this Thursday since i spotted the 1st one on TV. They will soon have them up on July 13th.

Yep... the Germans actually agreed to the Armistice much earlier that Nov 11 1918 but because of a pathetic decision by the allies to have a symmetircal time and date for the official end of the war (the 11th hour of the 11th month and all that ballix) countless soldiers on both sides continued to be killed right up to 11am ... how pathetic is that.

You're kidding....... aren't you? 

I kid you not ... Germans basically sued for peace in early October and after a load of too-ing and fro-ing, especially in relation to the position of the German monarchy, the Armistice was signed at 5am on Nov 11 .... in the six hours up to 11am the fighting went on, all because 11/11 at 11am looked good on official documents

[red hander]

tomorrow, 11/11, is the actual date. It's 3 weeks this Thursday since i spotted the 1st one on TV. They will soon have them up on July 13th.

Yep... the Germans actually agreed to the Armistice much earlier that Nov 11 1918 but because of a pathetic decision by the allies to have a symmetircal time and date for the official end of the war (the 11th hour of the 11th month and all that ballix) countless soldiers on both sides continued to be killed right up to 11am ... how pathetic is that.

Bollox

"The Armistice was agreed at 5 AM on 11 November, to come into effect at 11 AM Paris time (that is 10 AM GMT), for which reason the occasion is sometimes referred to as "the eleventh (hour) of the eleventh (day) of the eleventh (month)". It was the result of a hurried and desperate process."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_with_Germany_%28Compi%C3%A8gne%29

FYI, An estimated 13,000 soldiers died on the last day of the war, how many of them would have lived had the guns fallen silent at 5am?

[rossie mad]

tomorrow, 11/11, is the actual date. It's 3 weeks this Thursday since i spotted the 1st one on TV. They will soon have them up on July 13th.

Yep... the Germans actually agreed to the Armistice much earlier that Nov 11 1918 but because of a pathetic decision by the allies to have a symmetircal time and date for the official end of the war (the 11th hour of the 11th month and all that ballix) countless soldiers on both sides continued to be killed right up to 11am ... how pathetic is that.

Bollox

"The Armistice was agreed at 5 AM on 11 November, to come into effect at 11 AM Paris time (that is 10 AM GMT), for which reason the occasion is sometimes referred to as "the eleventh (hour) of the eleventh (day) of the eleventh (month)". It was the result of a hurried and desperate process."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_with_Germany_%28Compi%C3%A8gne%29

It was agreed four years too late in my opinion.
Standing up in the name of small nations my arse.

More like two cousins knocking lumps out of each other, then when one cousin is getting his ass kicked he calls in his best friend and they end up killing the other cousin.

The first world war will be seen in history books long after we depart as a senseless unnecessary war fought by two administrations who had little or no respect for their nations.

[Gnevin]

tomorrow, 11/11, is the actual date. It's 3 weeks this Thursday since i spotted the 1st one on TV. They will soon have them up on July 13th.

Yep... the Germans actually agreed to the Armistice much earlier that Nov 11 1918 but because of a pathetic decision by the allies to have a symmetircal time and date for the official end of the war (the 11th hour of the 11th month and all that ballix) countless soldiers on both sides continued to be killed right up to 11am ... how pathetic is that.

Bollox

"The Armistice was agreed at 5 AM on 11 November, to come into effect at 11 AM Paris time (that is 10 AM GMT), for which reason the occasion is sometimes referred to as "the eleventh (hour) of the eleventh (day) of the eleventh (month)". It was the result of a hurried and desperate process."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_with_Germany_%28Compi%C3%A8gne%29

FYI, An estimated 13,000 soldiers died on the last day of the war, how many of them would have lived had the guns fallen silent at 5am?

I see you can read the same Wiki article I did , if incorrectly "Consequently there were 10,944 casualties of which 2,738 men died on the last day of the war" . 5am on November 11th is a lot different to too " much earlier that Nov 11 1918"