Rememberance Day

[jackrock]

is on the 11.

what are you doing for it? Going to any special ceremonies? Getting together with family?

tell ya what im doing... tomorrow (i know its not the 11 but we won't have school on friday cause of it) so tomorrow (10) im saying a small part at a ceremony at my school, that my class is putting on.

(y)

[CJM]

i'll be at a ceremony, and rocking a poppy.

[jackrock]

i'll be at a ceremony, and rocking a poppy.
oh yea! do you know if they have black centres or green this year round?

[CJM]

you should probably know since you're doing a ceremony. it's black.

[Lindsey_1535]

I'm workin and getting time and half. We open at 11 but were not suppose to till 1 so were cheating? I dunno I get paid about 90 bucks for 7 hours of work. (y)

[CJM]

working holidays is deadly. when i worked on the mountain last season, i worked every holiday. the only part that sucked was that i was still pretty fucked up from the night before.

[Loppfessor]

What are you remembering?

[Lindsey_1535]

ze wars

[Loppfessor]

in Canadia?

[Documad]

I get the day off work!

[CJM]

remembering WWI, WWII, Korea, and all the other conflicts Canada has been in.

[scotty]

I got my poppy the other day. I wont be doing a ceremony though.

[DroppinScience]

What are you remembering?

It's an identical holiday to Veterans' Day in the States. Remembering those who fought in wars...

[CJM]

i disagree. i hope that people always remember, and that there will be never total war like that again. war sucks.

[jackrock]

BOOOOOOOO at war! (n)

[hitmonlee]

hmm i was unaware other countries besides aus/nz did this
then again i know nothing about war
i don't do the minutes silence thing
it kind of feels.... forced. if i want to remember the soldiers i will do so when i remember them. not on a certain day.
:confused:

[brooklyndust]

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, Canadians are asked to pause and remember the thousands of men and women who sacrificed their lives fighting for freedom and democracy during the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War and during peacekeeping missions.


In Flanders Fields

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.

- John McCrae, 1915

more info
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/remembranceday/

[steve-onpoint]

I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh
when we used to hang
On the porch, drinkin brew
and now they drive-by (bay-bay)
I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh
when we used to play
shoot-em-up, up and down
but now they gang-bang (bay-bay)

[brooklyndust]

Coolio?

[steve-onpoint]

Yeah. I'm gonna remember him.

[hitmonlee]

I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh
when we used to hang
On the porch, drinkin brew
and now they drive-by (bay-bay)
I remember (I remember) ohhhhhhh
when we used to play
shoot-em-up, up and down
but now they gang-bang (bay-bay)


love that song
nice work

[ms.peachy]

Better off if we didn't remember.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
- attr George Santayana, Life of Reason, 1905

[jaymasterfunk]

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
- attr George Santayana, Life of Reason, 1905

(y)

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

you guys get the day off? we get two minutes off. no fair.

rock a white poppy (http://www.whitepoppy.org.uk/) or no poppy at all. i say.

[ms.peachy]

Strange, even when we remember it...things are repeated.

Shit quote. Regardless, things will always repeat.
Everything's kinda shit in your little world, is what I'm gathering.

[hellojello]

I didn't realise it was rememberence day till after 11am but on my way past the RSL i stopped at their momument and remembered.

I used to feel that it didn't warrent my attention or that it wasn't worth remembering until I learned more about my great-grandads involvment in the war and realised that it doesn't matter how screwed up the reasons were behind it, those that fought in it were just regular people and deserve our respect.

[Lindsey_1535]

I'm rockin my poppy at work!

[ToucanSpam]

I had a few relatives who participated in the wars.


I'm totally down with rememberence day, its one of my top 4 fav holidays.

[adam_f]

Originally posted by ToucanSpam
its one of my top 4 fav holidays.

Liar.

[jackrock]

happy Rememberance day everyone! wear your poppies! :)

[ToucanSpam]

Liar.
Yes it is asshole. :mad:

1. Christmas
2. My Birthday
3. Easter
4. Rememberance Day


I enjoy it for the historical significance and the respect the veterans of Canada deserve.

[voltanapricot]

I can't believe you Canadians get a day off. As for the rest of the country, normal day for me, but I am going to visit one of the 10 surviving war veterans up North in December.

Oh and I lost my poppy. :(

[redhead]

^ not quite sure what that is about...the Canadians entered WW2 before the States did, I'm pretty sure.

[voltanapricot]

the Canadians entered WW2 before the States did, I'm pretty sure.

I'm British.

[paulb]

i never would wanna wear a poppy.... give me a good reason...practically it puts a hole in your shirt.

[jackrock]

i never would wanna wear a poppy.... give me a good reason...practically it puts a hole in your shirt.
ppfft! no it doesnt, you can't see a thing after its out

[paulb]

call me unpatriotic, but i dont support troops for going to war. especially if its something stupid like the war in iraq, where there happen to be many canadians.

[adam_f]

Originally posted by ToucanSpam
Yes it is asshole. :mad:

1. Christmas
2. My Birthday
3. Easter
4. Rememberance Day


I enjoy it for the historical significance and the respect the veterans of Canada deserve.

Well then you're a little bitch putting that behind your ALLEGED BIRTHDAY. :mad:

[ToucanSpam]

Well then you're a little bitch putting that behind your ALLEGED BIRTHDAY. :mad:
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH PRESENTS FOR ME ARE MORE IMPORTANT :mad: :mad: :mad:

[adam_f]

Originally posted by ToucanSpam
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH PRESENTS FOR ME ARE MORE IMPORTANT :mad: :mad: :mad:

AND CHRISTMAS NUMBER 1??????????????????????????????????????????

NO JESUS, NO XBOX, HUH?

[adam_f]

Originally posted by paulb
call me unpatriotic, but i dont support troops for going to war. especially if its something stupid like the war in iraq, where there happen to be many canadians.

Hello, my name is paulb, and I an completely unaware that the political leaders choose when to go to war rather than the troops. I am a complete dumbass.

[jackrock]

Hello, my name is paulb, and I an completely unaware that the political leaders choose when to go to war rather than the troops. I am a complete dumbass.
hello paulb! :)

[Ace42X]

call me unpatriotic, but i dont support troops for going to war. especially if its something stupid like the war in iraq, where there happen to be many canadians.

I concur. Rememberance Day (formally Armistice Day) sends out mixed messages, as it is as much about glorifying murder as it is about mourning the tragedy of war.

[CJM]

^you'll have to explain that one, janice.

[HEIRESS]

I spent the special moment passed out on the floor of a lodge in Tofino amongst a bunch of sea kayaker/surfer types

Im a bad canadian :(

[fucktopgirl]

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