Wearing the Poppy.

[Leekbrookgull]

I may will be wrong,but commonsense says otherwise,therefore if you have or wear a Poppy with the green leaf should that leaf be not set at 11 as in THE 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month ? Otherwise to me it is diluted in memory and meaning.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Yes, the leaf should be at '11 o'clock'.

 

[Billy the Fish]

He's not doing it right - GET HIM!!!

 

[Hillian1]

It does not matter.

Just wear it with pride.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Anyone who goes to the trouble of buying and attaching a poppy, and doesn't set their leaf to eleven o'clock should be shot.

 

[albion534]

As long as you wear and show your support , does it matter?

 

[joeinbrighton]

What's with those designer poppies that some TV presenters have been wearing that are so small, you almost need a telescope to see them?

 

[Superphil]

It 100% does not matter how you wear it, what way the leaf points,so long as you wear it. Check the Royal British Legion website, they'll tell you the same.

http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/poppy-appeal/how-to-wear-your-poppy

 

[Thunder Bolt]

As long as you wear and show your support , does it matter?

It doesn't 'matter' but if you want to do it right, then that is the right way. Perhaps you didn't know that?

 

[Superphil]

It doesn't 'matter' but if you want to do it right, then that is the right way. Perhaps you didn't know that?

There is no right way. http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/poppy-appeal/how-to-wear-your-poppy

 

[Creaky]

According to a spokeswoman from the Royal British Legion, "It is a matter of personal choice whether an individual chooses to wear a poppy and also how they choose to wear it.

There is no right or wrong lapel, no right or wrong leaf position, no right or wrong time of day, no right or wrong start date. The best way wear a poppy, is to wear it with pride."

 

[BN9 BHA]

What's with those designer poppies that some TV presenters have been wearing that are so small, you almost need a telescope to see them?

Do you mean the pin badges ?

 

[Soulman]

Surely we don't have to have PC rear it's ugly head on where the leaf should be, the size, the exact shade of red etc..........jeez.

 

[joeinbrighton]

Do you mean the pin badges ?

Probably, yes. They seem to be a lot more prominent this year than in previous years.

 

[albion534]

It doesn't 'matter' but if you want to do it right, then that is the right way. Perhaps you didn't know that?

No I didn't, and quite frankly I don't care, I'll wear my poppy with pride, whether it's 12.4 degrees to the left of my nipple and 1 degree down

Or 12.5 degrees....well you get the picture

 

[Barrel of Fun]

There is no right way. http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/poppy-appeal/how-to-wear-your-poppy

Who the hell are you to argue with the British Legion?

 

[BN9 BHA]

Probably, yes. They seem to be a lot more prominent this year than in previous years.

I wear the pin badge as I always lose a poppy , or jab myself with the pin

 

[AZ Gull]

What's with those designer poppies that some TV presenters have been wearing that are so small, you almost need a telescope to see them?

Do you mean the pin badges ?

Probably, yes. They seem to be a lot more prominent this year than in previous years.

So.... they are both very small.... and very prominent?

 

[Shuggie]

Poppies never had leaves when I were a lad so they can't have become commonplace until maybe 60 or more years after WW1.
It is some sort of latter day urban myth that there is some tradition attached to the orientation of the green bit.

A bit like the idea that feet on equestrian statues tell you whether the represented figure died in battle or not.

It's all bollocks I tell you.

Or, as others have suggested, see what the British Legion have to say on the subject.

 

[fat old seagull]

OMG...what a load of claptrap. Another wonderful invention of the "UK Politically Correct Party" I was a career Royal Marine though to be fair when I served there was no leaf appended. But I have since attended services where ones RSM would have kicked yer arse if you had got it wrong, but there is no wrong....... other than not remembering.