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Max Cow Disease · 11-03-2012, 11:37 PM

I was confronted in the airport up in Edmonton last year with my poppy on, a few days after Remembrance Day, by someone claiming that you're not supposed to don the thing after November 11th, as it's -in the most formal terms- to be placed upon an epitaph on the 11th and not worn thereafter.

Has anyone else heard of this? I removed the bloody thing because I figured I may have unknowingly been partaking in some disrespectful taboo, but no one I spoke with afterwards was aware of such a thing either. I try to keep it on display for the majority of November, if I can.

11-03-2012, 11:37 PM	#41
Max Cow Disease Powerplay Quarterback Join Date: Apr 2009 Exp:	I was confronted in the airport up in Edmonton last year with my poppy on, a few days after Remembrance Day, by someone claiming that you're not supposed to don the thing after November 11th, as it's -in the most formal terms- to be placed upon an epitaph on the 11th and not worn thereafter. Has anyone else heard of this? I removed the bloody thing because I figured I may have unknowingly been partaking in some disrespectful taboo, but no one I spoke with afterwards was aware of such a thing either. I try to keep it on display for the majority of November, if I can. __________________ Is your cat doing singing? Last edited by Max Cow Disease; 11-04-2012 at 12:12 AM.