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[jonathankorman]

I just received this chain letter from my mother.

When Norway was occupied by Germany in 1940, Norwegian women began to knit red caps for children as a way of letting everyone know that they did not like what was happening in their country. The result was that whenever Norwegians left their homes: to go to the store, to work, etc, they could see

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[trueheart]

Nice idea. Cool Mom.

[thingunderthest]

Nice idea.

[ardaraith]

Elegant indeed. Will pass it.

great idea

[salawayon]

I'm going to start doing this now! Thanks for sharing!

[jonathankorman]

It remains a cool idea, but it's kind of old news now and didn't take, so it's not like you'll be joining a movement. So you know.

a couple dollars short

[salawayon]

D'oh! Yeah...I'm quick like that but the upside of it is red looks great on me anyway.

=)

So color me curious

[jonathankorman]

Do I know you? And if not, how'd you find this old post of mine?

[tcpip]

You are aware that "Wear Red on Friday" is already being used and perhaps not for the reason you want.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Friday

[jonathankorman]

Yeah, someone pointed this out to me about a year after I posted it. Grrr.

If you want to see the inside of my head, you're better off looking at miniver.blogspot.com, which you can get as a feed at cooper_korman. (Not that I've been blogging lately.)