Not really a "vicissitude"....but something that really irks me.
I don't know how familiar other countries are with our "Remembrance Day Poppies" that are sold each year. You pay 50p or £1 to buy a poppy that has been made by "old soldiers" and other people who support the Armed Forces.Discard it after "Remeberance Day".....and repeat it all again next year....and so on. Dating back from the First Word War to the poor guys who need help now from the Afghan War and so many others.All the money collected goes to the Charities who help these people.
What I have noticed.....more so this year .....lots of Jewellers and Department Stores are selling poppy brooches. Lovely as they are......THIS IS NOT THE IDEA !
You give just a tiny amount each year.....for those who have given so much. Not dig out the "poppy brooch" from your jewellery case to wear year after year.
Thats it....I really needed to say that
