Englishmum

I had an e-mail from my cousin who is a receptionist at her local doctor's surgery in Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire and she says that everyone working there today (including the doctors) are wearing red clothes and have the 'red noses' today. One of the nurses has put red streaks in my cousin's hair from an aerosol can which she hopes will wash out!

http://www.rednoseday.com/index.shtml

I never did buy any red noses either for myself or for the car - I thought it was a bit naff really....but it's nice that it's a good fund-raiser for charity.

I don't think they have any annual national fund-raising schemes for charity in the US do they? I certainly can't think of any, other than the recent campaign for the Tsunami appeal.

cindyabs

The United Way campaign is a national one; Salvation Army for Xmas; Veteran's Day (our own version of Poppy Day), March of Dimes Relay for Life and I'm sure there are more, but these are all annual and national.

sibsie

I've never liked Comic Relief, or Take the Piss for The Poor, as I like to call it.

NC Penguin

Maybe the broadcasts weren't for your sense of humor...




NC Penguin

Bob

Got a few of the red noses', the one a couple years ago was fun, squeeze the nose and it stuck a tongue out at ya....but the show's were always a bit naff and ruined the tv shedules for a couple days....good idea though...

cindyabs

When my ex was in the Army and they had the Annual United Federated Campaign for monthly charitable deductions from your paycheck, they use to hand out a book with it that told exactly what percent of funds received went to the charity itself and what was used for operating costs. Surprising what the rakeoff is for some of the outfits.

sibsie

It's not the broadcast I don't like, it's the concept.

snorkmaiden

I used to enjoy Red Nose Day. When I was at college we did a sponsored fancy dress scavenger hunt around Liverpool. (I knicked my dads fire brigade uniform)

We raised a few grand for comic relief and we got on Fred's weather map (floating weather map in the Albert Dock on This Morning tv show) which was one of the more entertaining requirements of the hunt.

I like some of the shows they put on - Celebrity Fame Academy has been very entertaining and it was always funny waiting to see who Dawn French was going to snog

Eskimo

another to add to my list of "reasons I like living in the US.." no students with buckets dressed as clowns pissing me off in train stations and Lenny "speak with Dudley accent when it suits me" TWAT Henry

sibsie

Speaking of Lenny Henry, whatever happened to Frank Bruno.

Bob

he's out of the nut house...probably doing panto again...though weren't there talk of him doing a show like the contender at some point?

sibsie

I'm so out of the loop with the entertainment goings on back home. I did catch 5 mins of The Contender over here. Couldn't last any longer than that due to the very irritating Sly.

Bob

It was a bit toss weren't it....the sports show the beeb did last year was really good though, where the winner got scholarship and all expenses paid for whatever sport they were good at, had some footie players, swimmers, boxers, cyclist, fencer etc...