h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them
Lest we forget

Nice.
The flow and the way of the words are.
Um, what's it, or... who's it referring to?

An event?

Kyra, I meant I like how you write.
Kinda. That's all.

It's not mine, it's for Remembrance Day

Oh.

They don't have that in the US.
Or if we do, ours probably falls differently...

Do you guys have flagday, and stuff?

I've always wondered what that one is like.

It's to remember the soldiers (all soldiers, from all nations, but especially the ANZACs) from the wars (all wars, but especially WW2). It's to remember that so many people sacrificed their lives. It's the 11th of the 11th tomorrow (here, anyway). At 11 o'clock, Australia and New Zealand will pause for one minute to remember.

Lest we forget.

Oh, okay. That sounds like a good holiday to have.

I better get going and head on out now. Lab work done as much as can for today. Thank you Kyra. It was nice chatting with you.

Quite dark out.

Mom will be upset kind of, perhaps I think.

*gulps*



I hope I can find my railpass.

Yes, I've found it.
}Phew!{

It's not a holiday.

And it's WW1, not 2, that it commemorates, sorry.

Very nice.

Much better than what happens *here* on the 11th 11th at 11:11 - the start of carnival

not so bad here, we only eat goose and children walk around singing in the evening I always liked making the laterns.

Oh, yes, we already have a bowl of sweets ready for the children

oh, they aren't that greedy here... no sweets at least in our village, no idea how others do it

As ex-military, and a fellow countryman of the author of that poem, I applaud your sentiment.

No sweets? So why do they sing? Of course, here, it's not about St Martin, it's about Martin Luther


(and yes, sorry for the topic drift - it's the main sentiment that's important...)

They sing just because it's fun, and here it *is* about St Martin.

That's okay. Thank you, I've never heard of it before much. It's interesting to me.

I hope you don't mind me popping in but Well Said. I live in a Navy town and we've waved off enough Sailors and Marines over the last few years. No we should not forget those who have laid down their lives

(closest thing we have to a Poppy)