Fun Online Polls: Poppies and pies

The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows:

Did you wear a poppy this year, and if not why not? (Choose all that apply).

Yes - 58 votes
No - I don't wear symbols at work - 3 votes
No - the poppy has been misappropriated - 9 votes
No - I reject 'poppy fascism' - 11 votes
No - I am a pacifist - 2 votes
No - I object to actions of the British armed forces - 3 votes
No - other, please specify - 14 votes

89 voters

So now we know.
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This week's Fun Online Poll is run jointly with Pub Curmudgeon.

"Does a pie need pastry on the top and bottom to qualify as a pie?"

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Fun Online Polls: Free wi-fi & wearing a poppy (or not)

The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows:

Has anyone, anywhere, ever connected to free wifi successfully?

Yes, it usually works - 72%
Possibly somebody has else managed it, but it never seems to work for me - 28%

Good to know.

In that case I must be doing something very wrong, because it only works for me in hotels, never in shops or restaurants etc.
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This week's Fun Online Poll:

"Did you wear a poppy this year, and if not why not?"

I didn't write the possible answers, I took them from a BBC article on the topic.

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Fun Online Polls: Poppies & Pomposity

The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows:

When is it appropriate to start wearing a poppy?

Late October - 10%
1st - 4th November - 26%
5th - 7th November - 22%
8th - 10th November - 15%
11th November only - 14%
Never - 14%
Other, please specify - 0%

So now we know.

Top comments:

View From The Solent: "The weekend before Rememrance Sunday, which has a variable date so doesn't fit into the above categories."

Which is a fair point. But Rememberance Sunday is the second Sunday in November (between 8th and 14th) so that narrows it down a bit.

Anon linked to this: How politicians use the poppy appeal to make today's wars more popular.

See also Newsthump: Parliamentary poppy wars showing dangerous signs of escalation.
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This week's Fun Online Poll was suggested by Ralph Musgrave: "Who’s the most pompous, boring and sanctimonious?"

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Fun Online Polls: Velvet Underground albums & Poppies

The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows:

Apart from "The Velvet Underground & Nico", which are your favourite Velvet Underground albums?

White Light, White Heat - 12 votes
The Velvet Underground - 6 votes
Loaded - 4 votes
Live at Max's Kansas City - 3 votes
Squeeze - 1 vote
1969: The Velvet Underground Live - 4 votes
VU - 2 votes
Another View - 4 votes
Other, please specify - 5 votes

Thank you everybody (all 31 of you) who took part.

So now we know. I find that you've got to be in the mood for "White Light, White Heat", the other albums you can listen to any time.
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I am pretty sure that when I was a kid, people only wore poppies for the last couple of days before 11 November. Nowadays some people (especially broadcasters, politicians and people who are on trial for phone hacking) start wearing them up to two weeks beforehand.

It hasn't been as bad this year as in other years, but a bit annoying nonetheless.

So that's this week's Fun Online Poll: "When is it appropriate to start wearing a poppy?"

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