Now, i do agree with you there dear fellow

Not that i matter a jot but I rather hate the way that the poppy has been appropriated by footballers, tv folks etc. We've now got fancy diamante fashion conscious poppies and woollen one's and it's all gone a bit cack and off message and cheap. theresa may trumpeting off today in the HoC made me do a cringe.

Same goes for the mawkish hijacking of the repatriations via wooton basset by the press. No need for that at all, don't shred the dignity of the families, if they really want that they can sort it on you tube themselves.

You are right with your last statement, obviously people will buy a poppy or not. However, they could just pop the money in the tin and not take the poppy. That would be just as nice. Even better in some ways.

Posted By: Tombs on November 2nd 2016 at 21:34:05

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Watching the news on this Poppy thing, why don't the teams just wear them like... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Nov 2, 21:04:42
- Wearing a poppy is a PERSONAL CHOICE. What if some of the players don't want to wear it? (n/m) (General Chat) - col canary, Nov 2, 21:33:21
  - Then they don't hence the arm band thing col (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Nov 2, 21:50:45
    - It would be nigh on impossible for an England player to choose not to though (General Chat) - bird table, Nov 2, 22:09:23
- it's a load of codswallop (General Chat) - CWC, Nov 2, 21:29:44
- Yep (n/m) (General Chat) - yellowman, Nov 2, 21:23:24
- Totally agree with how nice it would be to stick the Vs up to FIFA (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 2, 21:18:06
- it's a military symbol unfortunately and I think FIFA are right not to allow it (General Chat) - roedtonowhere, Nov 2, 21:14:54
  - Rubbish. Sorry but it's nonsense. Yes I dislike all the 'our boys' rubbish... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Nov 2, 22:06:06
- England played Scotland on November 13th 1999 (General Chat) - norway, Nov 2, 21:07:42
  - Now, i do agree with you there dear fellow (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 2, 21:34:05
    - yes Tombs but I love a poppy and when people see me wearing my poppy hopefully that (General Chat) - lovely old job, Nov 2, 21:49:04
    - Agree with all of that (General Chat) - norway, Nov 2, 21:36:33
      - No it's a reaction to virtue signallers from the far left . (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Nov 2, 21:55:28
        
        Ok. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Nov 2, 21:56:19
        
        Peer pressure to show their peers they agree with their extreme beliefs (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Nov 2, 21:59:53
      - a few short weeks ago (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 2, 21:47:56
        
        Amazing. (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Nov 2, 21:54:32
        
        My goodness (General Chat) - norway, Nov 2, 21:51:47
        
        still freaks me out daily (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 2, 21:54:57
        
        Apparently we all have a book in us. (General Chat) - norway, Nov 2, 21:56:59
        
        mine would be a children's book (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 2, 22:12:21
        
        i've been thinking of that a lot recently (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 2, 22:02:47
  - Because Remembrance Week had finished by then (n/m) (General Chat) - harry boulders, Nov 2, 21:26:04
    - No, it hadn't. (General Chat) - norway, Nov 2, 21:34:07
  - No its not (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Nov 2, 21:10:54
    - Nice one. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Nov 2, 21:12:19

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