Tuesday, 18 March 2025
More Nuts
Mrs H and I were in Holland & Barrett this morning, stocking up on nuts and coincidentally we were asked if we wished to join the nuts who donate to Comic Relief.
Okay, it wasn't phrased quite like that and as usual we refused, but it's another of those minor intrusions into daily life which have become too familiar.
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What happened to the billions raised through Live Aid, Comic Relief, etc, over the years, apart from the kudos given to the publicity hungry celebrities? By rights, everyone in Africa should be living in mansions, and every disabled child in this country should be bombing round on gold played buggies. Shirley, no one has been dipping into the pot when they shouldn't have?
Penseivat
Did they say whether this round of unfunny posturing would help fund terrorists, gangsters, famine and internecine warfare as previous ones have?
Penseivat - "Shirley, no one has been dipping into the pot when they shouldn't have?"
The very idea. Celebrities go to Africa with film crews to demonstrate how much good they are doing with our money.
Jannie - there was no mention of that, for some reason there never is.
We think we must have been living abroad when Comic Relief started. Consequently we have no idea why unfunny turns on the telly are meant to save the world from witches - or whatever their cause is.
dearieme - I saw glimpses of it years ago, but I still don't know why unfunny turns on the telly are meant to save the world from horrible things. I'm not sure what the cause is, the dangers of a catastrophic celebrity drought perhaps.
Ah, Celebrity Change! Are we near the tipping point?
Tammly - I hope so because I'm sure we can cope with the aftermath.
Give nothing to Big Charity - they get too much of your money anyway, via taxes, and most of it is spent on things you wouldn't approve of, if you knew about them.
Give to small local charities which really are charities, support causes you agree with, don't waste money, and don't employ CEO's who earn more than the Prime Minister.
Peter - I agree, the days when we gave money to Big Charity are long gone. At one time we stood outside supermarkets with collecting tins, but wouldn't do it now.
Some years ago, following a death in the family at this time of year, we had to contend with the intrusion of Comic Relief in the form of various health and council admin workers obediently ‘doing something funny for money’.
Fortunately the undertakers had eschewed any such antics, providing a welcome and much-needed respite from nurses in funny hats, office clerks wearing red noses and people in bizarre costumes roaming the streets and accosting passers-by with collecting buckets.
Macheath - "the intrusion of Comic Relief in the form of various health and council admin workers obediently ‘doing something funny for money’."
And for some mysterious reason we expect health and council admin workers to involve themselves. It's mildly disconcerting to see how easily led people can be.
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