AIBU to expect The British Legion

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to at least provide proper fasteners with those poppies. Those silly little pins are useless, it's 2012 now and we need proper poppy fasteners surely?

Think yourself lucky our poppy's in Scotland don't even have pins anymore!

The british legion are too busy raising money for the wounded soldiers and supporting the old soldiers to worry about you not pinning your poppy on properly - pin it through the leaf is my top tip for next year. And I'm sure they'd love your support in selling them next year :)

My non stroppy answer is that they would cost too much money probably.

The badge tab on my uniform is very handy for sticking my poppy in for parade. How about using a pin badge of some sort and wedging the poppy in that?

It makes it really awkward for kids too, coz they hurt themselves with the pins

argh, i'm just having a moan, it's a quiet day today!

YANBU but I'm sure the real reason for the "silly little pins" is that they don't stay on and everyone ends up buying at least 6 of the things. My best tip is to use a safety pin. I had the exact same conversation with the lady who sold me mine . Maybe they need to redesign the actual poppy stem to make it easier to keep on, but in all honesty they don't want people to keep a poppy for several years, they need us to keep buying them.

They sell metal pin badges for £2 which stay on better. They also have sheets of stickers for kids. Contact your local branch of the legion if you want some for your school next year and they will deliver or ask you collect if they don't have enough volunteers.

We all survived a yearly poppy with a pin, didn't we? And what's a little pinprick in the light of what it's all about?

also check out poppy shop - for sparkly poppies and other poppy stuff!

and while we're here.... if you have any time at all to help sell poppies next year, an hour, an afternoon, a day, a week.... please contact your local Royal British Legion.

They need the young uns!

Huh we don't have the pin ones anymore, they're stick on (Yorkshire)..

Christmas cards supporting the legion here

sorry, no more hijacking... promise :)

I agree with the OP. This year I bought a poppy but never got round to pinning it on because the damn thing always falls off. I've always suspected they're a ruse to make you buy another one.

but your donation to the cause is greatly appreciated whether you wear the poppy or not, so thank you.

People never used to wear poppies for as long, I think - when I was little you bought one for the 11th or for Remembrance Sunday and took it off afterwards. I don't like the trend for wearing them for weeks in November, especially the way news presenters seem to have to have one glued on from the first to the 15th.

The little pins remind you they're meant to be disposable, not an accessory.

I have a fabric handbag, pinned it securely on there. This time of year I'm not always wearing the same coat so it seemed like the best place to put it.

The Poppy Appeal ran from 27th October to 10th November this year so I suppose people have bought it early so want to wear it.

I think everyone wearing it for as long as possible during the Poppy Appeal is good advertising.

I use a safety pin.

There were ones with a sticky back this year

We use safety pins too.

Ds had a nice stick on one he bought from school.