Did I miss the usual banner announcement and the main board automatically set at this time of the year to the remembrance theme, with the option to revert back to subsilver ?

I don't think I did, seeing as I have changed it over myself via board preferences.
The 11th hour of the 11th day, of the 11th month and this year the 11th year"¦
What happened to the banner request not to post during 11am and 11-02.am.?

The Inquisitive Mind of a Child

Why are they selling poppies, mummy?
Selling poppies in town today?
The poppies child, are flowers of love, for the men who marched away.

But, why have they chosen a poppy, mummy?
Why not a beautiful rose?
Because, my child, men fought and died, in the fields where the poppies grow.

But why are the poppies so red, mummy?
Why are the poppies so red?
Red is colour of blood, my child... the blood our soldiers shed.

The heart of the poppy is black, mummy
Why does it have to be black?
Black my child, is the symbol of grief, for the men who never came back.

But, why mummy, are you crying so? Your tears are giving you pain.
Tears are fears for you my child
For the world is - FORGETTING AGAIN.
(Author Unknown)

Sanji
Edit for paragraph adjustment