Comic Relief

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essbee

New member

Jan 5, 2005

3,656

• Mar 15, 2013

• #1

Don't get me wrong - I fully support any charity event and have
contributed.

But the BBC's crass tediousness of watching irritating people dress
up as cows, newsreaders prancing around as if its funny and
unfunny people trying to be funny annoys the **** out of
me.

Use your imagination please and actually *do* something funny.

 

Bozza

You can change this

Helpful Moderator

Jul 4, 2003

55,717

Back in Sussex

• Mar 15, 2013

• #2

It's not Comic Relief any more, is it? It's very much Celeb Relief.

And the truth is, we'd all be mightily relieved if most of them just disappeared.

 

Socialist Sid

New member

Oct 20, 2012

702

The Kremlin

• Mar 15, 2013

• #3

essbee said:

Don't get me wrong - I fully support any charity event and have
contributed.

But the BBC's crass tediousness of watching irritating people dress
up as cows, newsreaders prancing around as if its funny and
unfunny people trying to be funny annoys the **** out of
me.

Use your imagination please and actually *do* something funny.

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Slightly off topic but I listened to the desert island disc podcast recently with Dawn French and realised that I want to marry her. What a lovely lady she is.

 

s5.bha

New member

Aug 3, 2003

837

• Mar 15, 2013

• #4

It's like those adverts for DVDs " Britain's Top Comic Talent "............excuse me , but I'll be the f**king judge of that !!!

 

pasty

A different kind of pasty

Jul 5, 2003

30,264

West, West, West Sussex

• Mar 15, 2013

• #5

Must admit, the longer Comic Relief has gone on over the years, the less likely I am to be watching it.

 

Market Porter

Or The Globe

Feb 14, 2008

481

South Walk

• Mar 15, 2013

• #6

THIS is pure comic relief...

 

Westdene Seagull

aka Cap'n Carl Firecrotch

NSC Patron

Oct 27, 2003

21,001

The arse end of Hangleton

• Mar 15, 2013

• #7

It's not just the awful evening "entertainment" that does my head in - it's the enforced jollity in the office and the expectation that you would want to make a complete prat of yourself !!!! Take my money by all means but stop expecting me to join in.

 

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LE19

New member

Aug 27, 2012

342

At work, but not for much longer :-)

• Mar 15, 2013

• #8

Bozza said:

It's not Comic Relief any more, is it? It's very much Celeb Relief.

And the truth is, we'd all be mightily relieved if most of them just disappeared.

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Yeah, I just don't get why it's funny/interesting to watch celebs doing things that aren't the things that they're celebs for.

 

shaolinpunk

[Insert witty title here]

Nov 28, 2005

7,187

Brighton

• Mar 15, 2013

• #9

I'm quite looking forward to the David Brent special to be honest

 

Nibble

New member

Jan 3, 2007

19,238

• Mar 15, 2013

• #10

Socialist Sid said:

Slightly off topic but I listened to the desert island disc podcast recently with Dawn French and realised that I want to marry her. What a lovely lady she is.

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She's be even more attractive if she wasn't a fat, unfunny, swampdonkey.

 

Zebedee

Anyone seen Florence?

Jul 8, 2003

7,998

Hangleton

• Mar 15, 2013

• #11

According to the latest official accounts, Comic Relief had over £150M invested at the end of July 2012 and employs 250+ staff. I'm not sure, therefore, why we need such a media fuelled extravaganza each year to raise yet more money for this particular charity. I prefer to give my money to smaller charities with lower overheads, many of which are struggling financially, but also have worthwhile charitable objectives.

 

Mellotron

I've asked for soup

Jul 2, 2008

31,831

Brighton

• Mar 15, 2013

• #12

LE19 said:

Yeah, I just don't get why it's funny/interesting to watch celebs doing things that aren't the things that they're celebs for.

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Welcome to almost every reality TV show of the last 5 years.

 

Mellotron

I've asked for soup

Jul 2, 2008

31,831

Brighton

• Mar 15, 2013

• #13

shaolinpunk said:

I'm quite looking forward to the David Brent special to be honest

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This.

 

Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy

Jul 5, 2003

71,959

Living In a Box

• Mar 15, 2013

• #14

Only donating to REMF this year

 

mejonaNO12 aka riskit

Well-known member

Dec 4, 2003

21,494

England

• Mar 15, 2013

• #15

I can't slag off the idea of comic relief as it's OBVIOUSLY a ridiculously good cause.

However, one of our marketing ladies came in this morning in her Duck Onesie DEMANDING that we sponsor her for wearing it.

No. That's not how it works is it. You sponsor them in advance or with prior knowledge that they are going to do something stupid. I can't walk in and say "Hi Guys, I ate 56 eggs this morning as a comic relief challenge so now sponsor me"

 

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Aseros

Banned

Jun 6, 2011

1,382

• Mar 15, 2013

• #16

Nibble said:

She's be even more attractive if she wasn't a fat, unfunny, swampdonkey.

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Have you seen how hot Dawn French is now? Also, should you really make judgments on weight anyway? I mean, it is personality that counts more than appearance.