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Anyone not partaking in this today?  Anyone against the idea?

I and the majority of us here will be.

I will be participating.

Our whole office is going outside on the pavement at 12.00 to participate publicly. Apparently that's what the organisers have asked office workers to do

No offence to the injured or dead, but I cant be arsed with that.

I will be outside my office at 12.

Really I hadn't heard anything about that?  Is that on the bbc site or owt?

I'd Better slip slap slop the old sunny lotion on then.

I've always imagined you to be a pasty white jock jan :soapy tit wank:  are you ginger too? :D

I'll be doing it. It's going to be a very moving display of rememberance and defiance.

I'm not pasty or ginger thank you PM.  I expect you to have glasses, not sure why, but always thought you were a speccie man.

I'll be in the shower. Combining silence and respect with washing.

I agree with a minute's silence for such an event, but such a mark of respect is dilluted when it is overused.  It also pisses me off when companies abide by it seemingly only for their own benefit e.g.: there is a notice where I work: "at 12 blah blah blah minutes silence blah blah blah.  Whilst we will observe this, please continue to serve customers".  Brilliant.   :x

Correct, my eyes are fucked!

Where do you work Walrus?  Whoever wrote that note needs a kick up the arse!!

how are you supposed to communicate with the customers, fucking sign language?

I remember going back to the events of 9/11 and the office I was working in at the time.  Someone asked if they could put the radio on for the minutes silence !!!

So me and a friend were stood outside of a Zurich building observing the two minutes silence with around 15 other people, when a guy (looked like a visitor to the building) walks up to us and says "What this??  you lot just enjoying the sun, or has the building been evacuated?"

My mate explained about the silence and the fella then stood next to us looking a little sheepish.  I felt like saying to the bloke yeah the whole building's been evacuated, we always stand next to the building when we get evacuated and also do you really think only 20 or so people work in that building.  FFS - some people are so stupid!!

I was dead impressed when we all stood silent outside our building that the buses were still running and the scaffolders carried on banging hell out of the scaffolding, shouting at each other and so on. Nice one, guys. Real class. Especially p'ed off about the buses though - surely the bus company could have said to their drivers just to pull over for a couple of minutes?

I thought that too, and all the empty taxi's just driving about.  What a sad bunch of c.....

2 minutes is all they wanted and they can't be bothered.

Not a lot of point in the entire world stopping to be honest.  If we're celebrating the freedom of our country, people should have the freedom whether or not observe the silence.

I work in Next - they're money-grabbing tits.

All here were stood outside but the bloody builders next door banged all the way through it

Went well here, busses all stopped blocking some of the traffic although some tit was busy on the horn.

As per usual some tool on his mobile marched up the Street oblivious to the fact the traffic had virtualy stopped and outside every building was a stack of people.

Someone told him to shut the fuck up thankfully.

It's a nice touch and that, but it means f all.  

Found out yesterday a mate of mine nearly got on one of the trains and a friend of his died.  Need to speak to him really.  Doubt he kept the silence to be honest.

Disappointed with some of your responses about this. I've just been trying to teach my 8 and 5 year old sons that a minute or two minutes silence is the way that we Brits pay respect to the fallen.

Seeing some of the posts just reminds me that respect is something that many people in their 20s and below seem to be totally lacking.

NMH

I'm not the biggest fan of minutes' silences in general but I have to say that today was fucking brilliant.  Everyone piled out of their offices onto the street and ALL the traffic (I work close to one of London's busiest roads) stopped.

What was the point?

I don't know.

A show of solidarity against the muderous scum?  

That's a good enough reason for me.

I was asleep during the silence but i do think that it is worthwhile!.

I have the upmost respect, especially for those who fought in the second world war.  I tend to look at the bigger picture is all.

Saying that though I'm sure I would have felt angry if I'd been somewhere where people were keeping it, and others didn't stop.

1 or 2 minutes silence is well worth it.

regardless if we directly wasn't affected but just to show support for those who lost there lives and the loved ones left behind.

And also to stand up together and say fuck you to the murderous scum who caused such destruction to people and there lives.

I find a minutes silence quite moving at football matches etc as it just brings everyone together in there respect for the fallen.

at the end of the day what is 1 or 2 minute(s) to show someone respect

I was asleep so I suppose I observed the silence.

Thats bollocks, I think everyone on here has the upmost respect for the dead and injured as well as anger towards the evil bastards responsble for it. 2 minutes of silence ultimatley wont bring back anyones mum/dad/sister and make everything ok.

It seemed to be observed well in Bedford. Everyone in the Council observed it, couldn't go outside as there isn't room for all 700 of us.

And as we're opposite a shopping centre I could see all the public, and most stood still and observed it as well.

i was in the office with my old man today, didn't even know that this was supposed to happen