Raoul wrote:

:The Veterans of Foreign Wars here in the USA calls 'em "buddy poppies"
:I bought one from an old guy on the street. He said I was 'buying one"
:so that's good enough for me.

Then he was wrong. You see, he could not legally SELL you a poppy
without a vendor's license, tax number, and all that other
impedimenta. This is why in actuality it works precisely as described
to you - you CONTRIBUTE money and they GIVE you a poppy.

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"It's over now, or so they say.
But sometimes it don't work out that way.
And you're never the same when you've been under fire."
-- Huey Lewis and the News "Walking On A Thin Line"