Red nose day shit

[Batch]

It's a great cause and I'll appily donate a few quid.

But I have to confess I hate watching comic relief on TV live. Too many fucking dipressing "just one pound will buy this kid 27 books, 3 pairs of shoes and have enough left over for a ton of rice" bits in amongst the comedy. It's about as funny as Lenny Henry. Yes I know it's the whole point of what it is all for....

Thank goodness for Sky+ and its 30x FF

[Fred Elliot]

Macca's on a roll today !  

[spacey]

I tell you what annoys me about comic relief other than the ' I'll support Children in need cos the money goes to British kiddies but that African lot can fuck off ' attitude of some people. It's the way that companies encourage their employees to raise funds just so they can hand over some oversized cheque with their company logo emblazoned over the front. I wouldn't mind if they did anything but they get their employees to do it, take all the credit, and get some free advertising. Fucking leeches!

[Amir]

I've given up worrying about the third world since Live8 sorted it to be honest.

[lebowski]

the fatal flaw in comic relief is that eeeeeeeverybody knows that rubber wrist bands solve the world's ills these days, not red noses.

[Boeta]

macca, that's a bit like saying i refuse to give money to any charity that does work in the west country because that area produced fred west

[Fred Elliot]

I disassociate myself from the fredwesters

[reeves4england]

the fatal flaw in comic relief is that eeeeeeeverybody knows that rubber wrist bands solve the world's ills these days, not red noses.

Quite right. They need to get with the times.

They could either take the common route and go straight for the wristband, or alternatively adapt the nose. Perhaps to have a wrist attached to it. The wrist of an Ethipian orphan maybe....just to get the point across like

[red macca]

macca, that's a bit like saying i refuse to give money to any charity that does work in the west country because that area produced fred west

Yes and thats exactly the reason i will not donate to the west country.Im glad we are on the same wavelengh

[Rich Pullen]

Good cause etc.

But I'll be out drinking that night to avoid watching Z-celebrities who are not funny, but trying to be funny and the Z-celebrities who are not singers - signing terrible versions of terrible songs.

Or a musicial act murdering good songs for that matter too (Walk This Way)

[Barry Scott]

Donating your money to huge chairities isn't worth it, you might as well chuck a tenner in a puddle. You're better off identifying smaller charities who receive less money but use it better, as opposed to someone like Unicef who sends a plane full of chalk to parts of Africa where people are starving - fuckload of good that is.

Apathy? From Sonic Youth? I recall a time you were amused by others apathy, even annoyed!    

Charity = Stealth Tax

Make the population feel guilty for something, let the people pay off their guilt. 90% of charities can fuck off as far as i'm concerned.

[Simon Pieman]

I'm much more willing to donate to charity these days - but only ones that mean something to me. I'll quite hapilly give money to Macmillan or Cancer Charities and also the Prospect Hospice.

But I do think it's quite sad that I've waited until now to do so. The problem is charities always ram their cause down your throat

[mattboyslim]

Agree Simon, the British Heart foundation got me throwing a few quid on the other other day - but for a personal reason, I hate the sign up for a drect debit types - I understand they gift aid it and get soem money from the govt - good idea IMHO, but I hate being door knocked or accosted in the streets.  Personally if I want to do charity work or make a donation I'll do it, I know some won't, but just leave me  alone, I do have the capacity to think for myself.

[Bushey Boy]

RSPCA knocked on my door last night, few copmpliments about my car place and called me sir then straight into do you wnat to set up a direct debit. I said I already donate to causes through my company and he starts asking which ones and how much

I shut the door

[Lumps]

Er? Don't they think the kidnappers are probably Eritrean anyway?