Caption Contest

"Jcarr" (jcarr) 03/26/2015 at 13:21 • Filed to: Caption Contest

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DrScientist > Jcarr 03/26/2015 at 13:24

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who from across the pond can clue us yanks in on the significance of those little fake flowers on the lapels?

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Jcarr 03/26/2015 at 13:27

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Sit down sit down sit down sit down you're rocking the boat.

HammerheadFistpunch > DrScientist 03/26/2015 at 13:28

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poppies, remembrance day (like veterans day)

Brian, The Life of > DrScientist 03/26/2015 at 13:29

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembran…

Party-vi > DrScientist 03/26/2015 at 13:29

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Remembrance Poppies for those British and Commonwealth servicemen and servicewomen that died or served in WWII and later conflicts.

ttyymmnn > DrScientist 03/26/2015 at 13:34

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In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

-Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918), Canadian Army

DrScientist > ttyymmnn 03/26/2015 at 13:37

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i see.

didn't mean to be glib with my question. remember indeed.

ttyymmnn > DrScientist 03/26/2015 at 13:42

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Not at all. I wondered the same thing for a long time.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Jcarr 03/26/2015 at 14:34

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ranwhenparked > DrScientist 03/26/2015 at 16:19

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Veterans groups in the US sometimes sell them around Veterans Day and Memorial Day too, but they just aren't anywhere near as common here.