Ice bucket challenge

norma 308

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My lad 15 nominated me for the above challenge and as its pretty warm outside i am happy to say I did it complete with camo face veil and gloves for a stalking theme ,I've nominated my boss and another stalker off here agent + and my charity was the RNLI as I'm a crap swimmer and the boys and girls are extremely brave people .
anyone else done it yet ?
Norma
 
My lad 15 nominated me for the above challenge and as its pretty warm outside i am happy to say I did it complete with camo face veil and gloves for a stalking theme ,I've nominated my boss and another stalker off here agent + and my charity was the RNLI as I'm a crap swimmer and the boys and girls are extremely brave people .
anyone else done it yet ?
Norma

hi Norma
just been nominated and just about to do it with a 100 litres off the rearing shed
last birds went out this morning :D
Will be nominating two keepers down in Devon look out boys :scared:
Regards pete
 
My boy (aged 12) done it last night, he nominated one of his girls and his pal then he said oh and God !!! as he can pay for all the wars he caused :doh:
 
why i don't get it.?

Me neither. We regularly talk about sheeple one here.

What would you do if a charity collector approaches you at the supermarket and literally shakes the collection tin in your face? This is no different.

If it's because you are happy to play a game of dare, then fair enough, but let's not pretend it's something special.
 
Me neither. We regularly talk about sheeple one here.

What would you do if a charity collector approaches you at the supermarket and literally shakes the collection tin in your face? This is no different.

If it's because you are happy to play a game of dare, then fair enough, but let's not pretend it's something special.
Nothing special about it but I do think it's a bit of fun and a lot of charities benefit ,I'm not one for charity and often it begins at home but my lad who don't ask much of his grumpy dad nominated me and I do think the RNLI is worthy cause for me ,I did think of the cancer charities who I whole heatedly commend but hey drowning is life threatening too ! So chose the RNLI .
kindest regards
norma
 
Nothing special about it but I do think it's a bit of fun and a lot of charities benefit ,I'm not one for charity and often it begins at home but my lad who don't ask much of his grumpy dad nominated me and I do think the RNLI is worthy cause for me ,I did think of the cancer charities who I whole heatedly commend but hey drowning is life threatening too ! So chose the RNLI .
kindest regards
norma

Nothing wrong with choosing the RNLI as your charity, or any other charity.
I was nominated by at least 5 people but i don't give a rat's a$$. As the chaps above previously said, i don't get it. I'm donating to charity anyway, no need to get soaked just because someone says so...
Well done for donating though!
 
AS with all of these charity events, they don't necessarily make sense, but what they do achieve, is to attain lots of positive attention for worthwhile causes. Look at it this way, you donate £20 to RNLI or whoever really, and that is it, but if you do the exact same thing whilst pouring water on your head an then post it to facebook... boom, 350 hits and perhaps 20 others will imitate you. With celebrities getting involved this will rise into the millions. Instant free publicity, on the same scale as a primetime advert slot, for free. It's just the same as home clothes days when you were a kid, or movember or whatever, and if the cost of keeping the spread of publicity for such causes is a dunking and a fiver, well, that seems ok to me.
 
AS with all of these charity events, they don't necessarily make sense, but what they do achieve, is to attain lots of positive attention for worthwhile causes. Look at it this way, you donate £20 to RNLI or whoever really, and that is it, but if you do the exact same thing whilst pouring water on your head an then post it to facebook... boom, 350 hits and perhaps 20 others will imitate you. With celebrities getting involved this will rise into the millions. Instant free publicity, on the same scale as a primetime advert slot, for free. It's just the same as home clothes days when you were a kid, or movember or whatever, and if the cost of keeping the spread of publicity for such causes is a dunking and a fiver, well, that seems ok to me.

Alaistair
im glad someone gets it
my donation will go to a cancer charitie as all I've heard the last three months
is people we know of with the disease or have died
if we can't do our bit it's a bad job lighten up lads :cuckoo:
Regards pete
 
AS with all of these charity events, they don't necessarily make sense, but what they do achieve, is to attain lots of positive attention for worthwhile causes. Look at it this way, you donate £20 to RNLI or whoever really, and that is it, but if you do the exact same thing whilst pouring water on your head an then post it to facebook... boom, 350 hits and perhaps 20 others will imitate you. With celebrities getting involved this will rise into the millions. Instant free publicity, on the same scale as a primetime advert slot, for free. It's just the same as home clothes days when you were a kid, or movember or whatever, and if the cost of keeping the spread of publicity for such causes is a dunking and a fiver, well, that seems ok to me.

Another +1 Alistair..

My exwifes father died from MND.

A proud strappin fella she watched him deteriorate until his untimely death..

All this nonsence about the yanks ALS pocketing big sums has absolutely nothing to do with the British MND.

All my family have done it, had a lot of fun on FB, got together for a BBQ and raised awareness and some money to a good cause.

Theres always some miserable bugger to criticise, poor water :) 0n other peoples efforts. If you don't get it don't bother, but imo no need to criticise those that do.

I nominate Sikamalc and CSL 24 Hours gents :D
 
I've done it... I think the idea of the ice bucket is that it gives some idea of the sensation ALS sufferers feel, not some Facebook fad... Get a grip, it's a bit of fun, raises awareness of something that I certainly had no knowledge of before and more importantly raises money for charity.. If you choose not to do it and just donate then so be it. But don't criticise others for taking part... If somebody wants to stand in the garden in they're underpants and tip ice cold water on they're head then that's up to them.
 
yes ive done it and my money went to a mnd charity ok there will be a few attention wh0res with this sort of thing as there always is but for me it was a worth while cause as only last year my wifes uncle died of mnd a wonderfull chap who was a fitness freak struck down but a dabilitating disease and it was a crying shame to see him go the way he did and his family have since gone on to raise enough money for the nhs to supply a specialist mnd nurse so it is worth it chaps what ever you decide your cause to be.
 
Its a bit of fun with money going to good causes, lighten up people. It might be you needing support later on

Al
 
Its a bit of fun with money going to good causes, lighten up people. It might be you needing support later on

Al

Just observed three RAF guys (two Corporals and one Sergeant from Coningsby) today grab a civilian who refused to "oblige" and dumped the bucket of water on him in our pub garden.

They were not too impressed when plod turned up and arrested them.

Said civilian is a barrister and his now plan is to destroy their lives. Great laugh for them.....

Stan
 
I just don't get it. I happily and regularly give to my favoured charities, for reasons I don't feel a need to share with many. I don't need some numbnuts daring me to follow the social media driven hordes to support the charities of my choice.
 
I just don't get it. I happily and regularly give to my favoured charities, for reasons I don't feel a need to share with many. I don't need some numbnuts daring me to follow the social media driven hordes to support the charities of my choice.



The awareness of MND, ALS has benefitted from a bit of fun and a huge amount of money raised that might otherwise not have been..

If it took a load of numbnuts to achieve this then hats off to them...
 
My mate and I went out shooting last tuesday eve, all he was doing playing with his phone and looking at these people doing the ice bucket thing,I would of smashed it up if I had my way it was getting right on my tits, I hate facebook etc, it nothing but trouble.
 
Yes, did the challenge (and it was considerably warmer than some of my "unplanned" ice water events while wild fowling).

It was for a good cause, and I had my cadets drench me so they had a bit of fun.
 
Guys the numb nuts are going to be your friends already 99% of the time and I don't do face book either but the wife did and lets face it if you have kids 99% of them do FB too .look it's a personal thing giving for charity we all understand that I do the lottery do I think about the charities that helps NO I think about the big fat cheque I could use to help my family and friends and spend on shooting all over the world :D .did I think about the charity I nominated YES on this occasion I did and this challenge has got people thinking and NO i won't be running the london marathon which I grant you is a lot more painful than a bucket of cold water !
Norma
 
Just observed three RAF guys (two Corporals and one Sergeant from Coningsby) today grab a civilian who refused to "oblige" and dumped the bucket of water on him in our pub garden.

They were not too impressed when plod turned up and arrested them.

Said civilian is a barrister and his now plan is to destroy their lives. Great laugh for them.....

Stan


always going to be to be a few folk who do stupid things,

al
 
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