tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805660467400179742.post6210295173293702026..comments2024-03-26T20:31:26.349-04:00Comments on Simon St. Laurent, Squibber: Human Nature and Remembrance DaySimon St. Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948457860768548876noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805660467400179742.post-58654522222387759152016-11-12T11:37:56.340-05:002016-11-12T11:37:56.340-05:00Thanks for the tip!
One demonstrated by a fellow ...Thanks for the tip!<br /><br />One demonstrated by a fellow coworker of mine yesterday seems to do the trick: pop the pin back out from the garmet and pierce the poppy from underneath. It's a lock.Simon St. Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948457860768548876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805660467400179742.post-43728280841032921012016-11-11T20:51:49.845-05:002016-11-11T20:51:49.845-05:00Better late than never deparment : you can keep yo...Better late than never deparment : you can keep your poppy in place by cutting a tiny piece of "rubber" - the kind used to grip a jar lid- and pushing it on to the pin after putting the poppy in place.This usually works.Adele Menegonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04000471076119632301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805660467400179742.post-66571648254146349132016-11-06T19:04:14.002-05:002016-11-06T19:04:14.002-05:00That poppy in my story was pinned on my Pierre Car...That poppy in my story was pinned on my Pierre Cardin jacket (which would make this story from 1989) and I remember it staying put.<br /><br />But, yeah, you are right....Simon St. Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948457860768548876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805660467400179742.post-22970640222624259362016-11-06T18:50:11.542-05:002016-11-06T18:50:11.542-05:00If that was my story it would end with..."and...If that was my story it would end with..."and two days later walking down the street I noticed that the poppy wasn't pinned to my coat anymore. Like all the poppies I have bought, it fell off somewhere".Tiborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04929406303208882765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805660467400179742.post-28072305035687727432016-11-06T14:49:01.603-05:002016-11-06T14:49:01.603-05:00Cool story.
Thanks for sharing!Cool story.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing!Simon St. Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948457860768548876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805660467400179742.post-55067797230266242882016-11-06T14:38:01.799-05:002016-11-06T14:38:01.799-05:00Reminds me of observing an encounter at Main Stree...Reminds me of observing an encounter at Main Street station when a teenage girl, all slouch and attitude, bought a poppy from a wizened vet. I don't know what he said to her while pinning it on, but she straightened up as though about to salute (of course she didn't, being a civilian) and strode off looking like a different person.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03794220046633386130noreply@blogger.com