Remembrance Day

[Bjornebye]

2 minutes ago, Gnasher said:

Fabulous woman,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Woke as fuck 

[TheHowieLama]

French bread - really?

[lifetime fan]

5 hours ago, Rico1304 said:

I think part of the apathy nowadays is that if you’re a certain age you’ll have known people who fought in WW2 and my gran had 2 uncles who died in WW1.  So for me it was always part of our family.   There was a pub near us called the Rifle volunteer where they signed up to go to war.  Our family are short arses so they were in a bantam regiment.  Having friends in the forces makes a difference too. 

Is it apathy? 
 

You see far more poppies now than you ever used too. They used to be a a very simple paper symbol worn as a mark of respect and remembrance. 
 

Now there’s all sorts of gaudy horrible fucking monstrosities worn by celebrities, the Instagram twats and Facebook is wall to wall coverage of it. 
 

I don’t see any apathy at all. 
 

I do see a section of society questioning why there needs to be a charity to provide for ex servicemen and women, I see a section of society uncomfortable with the flag shaggers trying to hijack Remembrance Sunday and the Poppy. 
 

Questioning the need to wear a poppy is not apathy.  

[lifetime fan]

28 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

French bread - really?

It has fuck all to do with the fact it was a ‘French’ stick. 
 

It would have been made with the cheapest ingredients available anywhere in the world (fucking zero of which would have been sourced from France).

 

As mentioned earlier, it could have been anything, it’s just not appropriate or respectful. 

[lifetime fan]

4 hours ago, Captain Willard said:

My mother in law lost her brother in bomber command when he was just 21. She never got over it. I’ve no time for people who don’t wear a poppy, ignorant fuckwits who need to read a book about the holocaust. 

Hopefully that was a pissed up/not thought through post (we’ve all made them) and you’ll retract it in the morning. 

[TheHowieLama]

3 minutes ago, lifetime fan said:

 

As mentioned earlier, it could have been anything, it’s just not appropriate or respectful. 

Was just kidding man ( you know France - heh heh) but tbh it wouldn't have looked like a rifle then no? Whether you agree or not, there was a reason.

If those cadets were really dedicated they would have Krazy Glued those baguettes to their hands. That gets eyeballs to the cause.

[an tha]

Sadly something that is designed for a good cause has been hijacked and weaponised by the right and by flag shaggers and little englander's.

 

The amount of banners you see now from ingerlund fans with the poppy on has gone through the roof.

 

It has become a symbol of a certain type of patriotism/nationalism and that is wrong IMO - for that reason I have chosen to stop buying and wearing one.

 

The poppy appeal itself IMO should take steps to reclaim it from the ever tightening grip of those who are using it as a symbol of their warped nationalism, and frankly worse - but i can't see that happening.

 

 

[Bjornebye]

French baguettes are ace. 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

10 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

French baguettes are ace. 

 

Yeah. Dunno what the difference is, but the ones made with French flour are much tastier. I get one each week and toast it up with mozzarella, jalapeños and chorizo. Maybe a bit of sriracha or tabasco on top for added pep.

 

With a cup of tea and Columbo on the telly too, I think I could die happy.

[TheHowieLama]

Can you get Cuban bread in the UK?

[Colonel Bumcunt]

25 minutes ago, lifetime fan said:

Is it apathy? 
 

You see far more poppies now than you ever used too. They used to be a a very simple paper symbol worn as a mark of respect and remembrance. 
 

Now there’s all sorts of gaudy horrible fucking monstrosities worn by celebrities, the Instagram twats and Facebook is wall to wall coverage of it. 
 

I don’t see any apathy at all. 
 

I do see a section of society questioning why there needs to be a charity to provide for ex servicemen and women, I see a section of society uncomfortable with the flag shaggers trying to hijack Remembrance Sunday and the Poppy. 
 

Questioning the need to wear a poppy is not apathy.  

Indeed. People just put a paper poppy on for a few days and collected money.  It's now tantamount to a crime to not wear one, or two.  In October. Fuelled by business and the media, and politicians virtue signalling, many of whom want more spent on defence while drumming up division between countries.

[Bjornebye]

13 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

 

Yeah. Dunno what the difference is, but the ones made with French flour are much tastier. I get one each week and toast it up with mozzarella, jalapeños and chorizo. Maybe a bit of sriracha or tabasco on top for added pep.

 

With a cup of tea and Columbo on the telly too, I think I could die happy.

 

No peas? 

[lifetime fan]

16 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

 

Yeah. Dunno what the difference is, but the ones made with French flour are much tastier. I get one each week and toast it up with mozzarella, jalapeños and chorizo. Maybe a bit of sriracha or tabasco on top for added pep.

 

With a cup of tea and Columbo on the telly too, I think I could die happy.

Far better ingredients! 

[TheHowieLama]

17 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

 

Yeah. Dunno what the difference is, but the ones made with French flour are much tastier.

It's the disdain, you can taste it.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

12 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

 

No peas? 

 

Nope. Won't fit in a red bucket either.

 

Maybe I just need to give peas a chance.

[Bjornebye]

4 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

 

Nope. Won't fit in a red bucket either.

 

Maybe I just need to give peas a chance.

 

It's all we are saying. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

7 hours ago, lifetime fan said:

Is it apathy? 
 

You see far more poppies now than you ever used too. They used to be a a very simple paper symbol worn as a mark of respect and remembrance. 
 

Now there’s all sorts of gaudy horrible fucking monstrosities worn by celebrities, the Instagram twats and Facebook is wall to wall coverage of it. 
 

I don’t see any apathy at all. 
 

I do see a section of society questioning why there needs to be a charity to provide for ex servicemen and women, I see a section of society uncomfortable with the flag shaggers trying to hijack Remembrance Sunday and the Poppy. 
 

Questioning the need to wear a poppy is not apathy.  

I'm pretty sure that the "poppy police" who get on the case of anyone not wearing one is a recent development, too.

[Harry's Lad]

I don't like the way Remembrance Day has been hijacked but I wear a poppy.

 

My Great Grandad died when I was 6 and I remember him vividly.

We lived next door to him and his 2nd wife so I saw him every day.

 

He was one of the Liverpool Pals who fought in WW1, who according to my Nan never spoke of the war other than to say it must never happen again and of his stay in a field hospital after being shot in the leg, patched up and sent back to the trenches.

 

When he was in the hospital, some people were visiting, they were dishing out prayer books which he carried with him until the war was over. 

I still have it.

 

I'm not religious in any way, shape or form but I treasure that book because there is a handwritten a prayer in it which sums up just how scared he must have been when going over the top.

 

Obviously he survived, but so many others didn't and many of those that did were traumatised by it.

Young lads suffering from shellshock were shot for cowardice ffs.

 

So yeah, it's been commercialised, but the symbol remains the same.

 

Something I don't appreciate though is the term 'The Glorious Dead'.

There was no glory in what those lads had to do, saw or suffered, none whatsoever.

 

It must have been hell on earth, the poor sods.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Rico1304]

12 hours ago, an tha said:

Sadly something that is designed for a good cause has been hijacked and weaponised by the right and by flag shaggers and little englander's.

 

The amount of banners you see now from ingerlund fans with the poppy on has gone through the roof.

 

It has become a symbol of a certain type of patriotism/nationalism and that is wrong IMO - for that reason I have chosen to stop buying and wearing one.

 

The poppy appeal itself IMO should take steps to reclaim it from the ever tightening grip of those who are using it as a symbol of their warped nationalism, and frankly worse - but i can't see that happening.

 

 

They’ve got a limited time to raise a huge proportion of their donations. They have that time just before Christmas.  They are competing against Children in Need and Sports/Comic relief for limited money. 

[lifetime fan]

21 minutes ago, Rico1304 said:

They’ve got a limited time to raise a huge proportion of their donations. They have that time just before Christmas.  They are competing against Children in Need and Sports/Comic relief for limited money. 

They should never need to raise any money, it’s a national disgrace they feel the need to. 

[Jairzinho]

13 hours ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

 

Yeah. Dunno what the difference is, but the ones made with French flour are much tastier. I get one each week and toast it up with mozzarella, jalapeños and chorizo. Maybe a bit of sriracha or tabasco on top for added pep.

 

With a cup of tea and Columbo on the telly too, I think I could die happy.

 

People like you are why I voted to get ARE country back.

[Section_31]

It's funny, the people who get the most arsey about stuff like this are the people who've never been near combat, the likes of Farage and that little TA shitstain Francois.

 

I've spoken  to loads of service people over the years, from D Day and Burma vets to Falklands SAS types, and they've all got a few things in common. They hated talking about war, bore no ill will  to their opponents, they don't feel they did anything special, and their only real sense of loyalty is to the people they served with and their regiment. The older lads went in for some of the Queen and country stuff, but they wouldn't beat you over the head with it,

[Arniepie]

16 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

It's funny, the people who get the most arsey about stuff like this are the people who've never been near combat, the likes of Farage and that little TA shitstain Francois.

 

I've spoken  to loads of service people over the years, from D Day and Burma vets to Falklands SAS types, and they've all got a few things in common. They hated talking about war, bore no ill will  to their opponents, they don't feel they did anything special, and their only real sense of loyalty is to the people they served with and their regiment. The older lads went in for some of the Queen and country stuff, but they wouldn't beat you over the head with it,

Always the way isn't it?

It's like those most cavilier about war,are those who will be no near the fighting.

 

The 1st World War should have been the war to end all wars.

Sadly the world will always be governed by cunts.

 

[A Red]

Are there really poppy police, is it really a thing? I always buy a poppy but I don't always wear it and no-one has ever said anything to me about it. I go to the local remembrance day parade thing every year and usually forget to wear it, again no-one has ever pulled me up about it.

 

If you don't agree with it, don't fucking buy one and if you live in a foreign country don't worry yourself about it, its the Royal British Legion, there's a clue somewhere there.

[an tha]

1 hour ago, Rico1304 said:

They’ve got a limited time to raise a huge proportion of their donations. They have that time just before Christmas.  They are competing against Children in Need and Sports/Comic relief for limited money. 

The ins and outs of that which are quite complex aside - i fail to see how that affects them working to stop the weaponising and hijacking of their cause by right wing scum.