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Offline SDFilm

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Remembrance Day
« on: November 11, 2007, 05:57:39 am »
*2 minutes of silence*

I should have started using this sig about a week before....
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Re: Remembrance Day
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2007, 07:11:42 am »
<3 Luv it ;)
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Re: Remembrance Day
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2007, 09:40:46 am »
yesterday was the USMC's birthday. Semper Fi!
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Re: Remembrance Day
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2007, 12:07:18 pm »
...I have absolutely no idea of what the significance behind that is.
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Quote from: a-4-year-old on April 14, 2008, 01:56:31 pm
Quote from: † on April 14, 2008, 01:25:20 pm
To sum up my point: We had a multipage debate about toilet padding. (Putting TP in the water so you don't get splashed.)
And we still don't know if dead guys can keep a stiffy.

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Re: Remembrance Day
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2007, 06:01:58 pm »
I'll take it down now, as poppies arn't worn after the 11th. As I said, I should have started using this sig about a week before....

Quote from: O.R.I.O.N. on November 12, 2007, 12:07:18 pm
...I have absolutely no idea of what the significance behind that is.

It's to honour all the military servicemen that died fighting for Britain and the Commonwealth of Nations, particularly the two world wars.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Day

http://www.army.mod.uk/ceremonialandheritage/household/remembrance.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/remembrance/history/
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Re: Remembrance Day
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2007, 06:16:57 pm »
Today is also Veterans Day in the US.
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Re: Remembrance Day
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2007, 08:59:55 am »
...ah. I couldn't tell that was a poppy. >_>
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Quote from: a-4-year-old on April 14, 2008, 01:56:31 pm
Quote from: † on April 14, 2008, 01:25:20 pm
To sum up my point: We had a multipage debate about toilet padding. (Putting TP in the water so you don't get splashed.)
And we still don't know if dead guys can keep a stiffy.
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