Red Nose Day

RandallFlagg

OK, I'm not in the best mood tonight but I'm really sceptical about the whole thing. Do the public really donate more money each year? I'm sick of hugely rich 'celebrities' asking me for money.

Throwing money at the problems in Africa clearly hasn't worked for the last 30 years. £1BN raised and still 20m people in crisis.

TTony

Wis'd.

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although that's nearly offset by the dumb'd you get for your spelling

RandallFlagg

TTony said:

Wis'd.

[edit]
although that's nearly offset by the dumb'd you get for your spelling

Apologies for the fat fingers but I am 1 bottle of Cobra, 2 strong G&Ts and 3 large glasses of wine in so far...

TTony

2 bottles of (GF) beer and 1/2 bottle of wine.

But "G&Ts" ... where's the smiley for that ...

monquixote

Just because the money donated hasn't fixed all the world's problems doesn't mean it hasn't done good.

TheBlueWolf

I'm sure these events do plenty of good for the needy. The African government is corrupt to the core which is a separate issue.*

Posted while enjoying my 8,658th cup of tea this evening

EricTheWeary

I think every year I dip into it for five minutes, find it pretty much unbearable and do something else. I've never seen anything funny on it. 
I'll assume it does good but this, children in need, sport relief are unwatchable to me. 

Flink_Poyd

RandallFlagg said:

OK, I'm not in the best mood tonight but I'm really sceptical about the whole thing. Do the public really donate more money each year? I'm sick of hugely rich 'celebrities' asking me for money.

Throwing money at the problems in Africa clearly hasn't worked for the last 30 years. £1BN raised and still 20m people in crisis.

Every year its a record, sport reliefr red nose day children in need.

Money doesnt seem to be the solution, Africa is a tough place to live for millions, giving them a water tap solves one problem out of 50

Special Fried rice. chips, curry sauce and 3 Desperados

boogieman

I caught about 20 seconds of Rob Bryden being deeply unfunny and turned over. 

scrumhalf

Ethiopia couldn't feed itself when it had a population of 35 million. Aid poured in, people lived and had families and now it's a country of 70 million who are even more dependent on foreign aid and less able to feed themselves.

I'm not saying "let them all starve to death", but there surely has to be a better way of doing things.

richardhomer

Essential viewing - for Lenny Henry's mum....

Philly_Q

I hate Comic Relief or Red Nose Day or whatever they call it now.  

I don't see why we should be expected to regard seven hours of badly written, under-rehearsed shite as acceptable entertainment just because it's for a good cause.

Still, it got Lenny Henry a knighthood, eh?  I just wish he'd take the hint and retire.

Sleepyscholar

TheBlueWolf said:

I'm sure these events do plenty of good for the needy. The African government is corrupt to the core which is a separate issue.*

The African government? With that level of knowledge of the politics of the African continent, perhaps better not to venture such definitive opinions?

Red Nose Day? I'm lucky, I live in Japan and it doesn't reach here. They have '24-hour Television' telethons every now and again, which are so shite that I can cheerfully tell myself that Red Nose Day is better (though it's not going to make me watch it to find out).

Dominic

DREADFUL - more like red face day for the participants !
Worthy cause ,like most charities and heartbreaking stories but the production is just awful .
Deeply unfunny sketches with celebrities rolled out to pledge allegiance looking embarrassed , forced dialogue and terrible script-writing ........just a complete car crash .
 I am genuinely certain that if they ran a few trailers and asked people to pledge money to keep it off the air that they would probably triple the takings .I would happily pay for it NOT to commandeer a whole night of television .
 I think the name RED -NOSE DAY is shite too .

mikeyrob73

Total and utter shite, dipped in for about 30 seconds, celebrities asking me for money and being deeply unfunny. 

oh and I wasn't drinking, which is unheard of for me on a Friday so was already in a bad mood 

robgilmo

The money does help, but put it into perspective, look at how much money was raised for children in need compared to how much money the queen is pumping into her palace refurb, or how much money our government bleeds from us to pay their expenses etc.

robgilmo

And in fairness, do you guys expect to be entertained before you give to charity? I didnt watch it but today is our last day thank god in raising money for it, a lot of hard work and time and we still didnt raise much, but it all helps.

Philly_Q

Did anyone do this thing of wearing something red to work for Red Nose Day, and donating a couple of quid, like Jeans for Genes?  We were supposedly doing it, but it was so under-publicised I think everyone forgot (not that I would've bothered anyway).  I only saw two people in the whole office wearing red jumpers or cardigans, although I guess there may have been some red socks or a red tie I never noticed. 

Bridgehouse

boogieman said:

I caught about 20 seconds of Rob Bryden being deeply unfunny and turned over. 

Who turned him over?

mike_l

I feel left out at having missed the whole thing.

For the last 25 years.

Bridgehouse

mike_l said:

I feel left out at having missed the whole thing.

For the last 25 years.

You've missed nothing. Honestly...