tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post20490595951942656..comments2024-03-28T13:23:34.891+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Red Nose DayA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-57533836240863252042013-03-14T14:43:08.880+00:002013-03-14T14:43:08.880+00:00Longrider - I've never given to the mass event...Longrider - I've never given to the mass events either. In fact I'm wary of all big charities these days and tend to support small local ones. RNLI are sound though.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-833288318032377502013-03-14T09:52:30.723+00:002013-03-14T09:52:30.723+00:00Sainsburys do every yetanatherthon going. Last yea...Sainsburys do every yetanatherthon going. Last year it was the execrable Sport Relief. This year Red Nose Day. They expect their serfs to take part, although if they don't there is no adverse outcome for the refusniks. The night staff never took part, so we must all have been curmudgeons.<br /><br />I have never given to any of these dreadful mass fundraising events. I object to the causes they support and there is a lack of clarity about where the money goes. Besides, I am not going to be guilt tripped by a load of well off celebrities who should put their money where their mouth is instead of trying to get me to divvy up. Never have. Never will.Longriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139120804208136012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-37952609595650998472013-03-12T11:58:11.411+00:002013-03-12T11:58:11.411+00:00James - I think it's the latter because we rem...James - I think it's the latter because we remember.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-34233367622866370042013-03-12T08:27:56.739+00:002013-03-12T08:27:56.739+00:00All I want from Sainsbury's is to get in out o...All I want from Sainsbury's is to get in out of the cold, load up with groceries and find a bit of culinary inspiration.<br /><br />Are we increasingly curmudgeonly or do we just want to be allowed to get on with our own lives, unimpeded?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-17634917719521030272013-03-11T19:24:21.761+00:002013-03-11T19:24:21.761+00:00Sackers - I'm no accountant but it looks that ...Sackers - I'm no accountant but it looks that way to me too. Perhaps they'll run through the accounts during Friday's extravaganza.<br /><br />Mac - yes, the dumbing-down aspect is almost weird. Don't they look at what they are doing?<br /><br />Demetrius - not the red nose, anything but the red nose!<br /><br />A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-44146826485990101322013-03-11T15:44:44.813+00:002013-03-11T15:44:44.813+00:00Ve haf ways of mekking u laff.Ve haf ways of mekking u laff.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-33212410120080991292013-03-11T08:39:25.830+00:002013-03-11T08:39:25.830+00:00There's something chilling about enforced joll...There's something chilling about enforced jollity at the best of times, but, on this scale, it becomes essentially tyranny.<br /><br />I've always felt slightly uneasy about the 'dumbing down' element of it; perhaps I'm being over-sensitive, but I find something distasteful in a bunch of well-paid Oxbridge graduates at the BBC sitting around looking for ways to extract money from the general populace using overtly infantile behaviour by celebrities.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-63687579597193761222013-03-11T07:30:45.859+00:002013-03-11T07:30:45.859+00:00Help me with reading the accounts: http://cdn2.com...Help me with reading the accounts: http://cdn2.comicrelief.com/cdn/farfuture/oR3AkbqDSSpxJvvuT-LLMe_yJo-7bRC6IygAaZnZEjU/deploymtime:1362410485/sites/comicrelief.com/files/doc/accounts/Annual_Report.pdf<br /><br />I see £11 million raised via voluntary income and activities for generating funds, and £17.5 million costs of generating funds. Seems it would be better to cancel fundraisers and concentrate on getting and spending grants.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.com