Re 'minor irritations' on the use of the red poppy, I must say I do find the conversion of the red poppy to a trinket or piece of jewellery to be a tad irritating where vanity prevails over just displaying a poppy in the normal way instead of it becoming this adornment to match up to one's persona for weeks - very noticeable in recent times when observing certain people in the media, politics etc who wanna 'look different'!?