Poppies! Poppies! Poppies!

2 Responses to “Poppies! Poppies! Poppies!”

1. RD on November 11th, 2009 9:26 am [#]

   At lease in Quebec, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to give them out. Many businesses do not permit veterans to distribute them on their premises.
   The worst case I can recall was a manager at a Canadian Tire refusing to allow the veterans to sell their poppies.

   Anyways, I’m sure this is not a shock coming from Quebec.

2. skuleman on November 11th, 2009 4:56 pm [#]

   I wore mine today but most of the time it lives in my truck’s sunvisor. Unfortunately, the poppy was designed for a time when most men wore suits and most women dresses, and dress codes have changed.
   My usual dress code is a leather jacket and a dress shirt. The current poppy pin won’t survive in my shirt for more than 60 seconds, and I’m not about to drill holes in a $600 leather jacket, so today I switched to a cloth jacket just so I could wear the poppy.
   I think the credit union was on the right track with a lapel pin. I’d love to find a more permanent poppy pin, like a lapel pin, especially one of the magnetic ones.
   If anyone from the legion is reading – hint :-)

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