The Ice Bucket Challenge
Discussion
GloverMart said:
I did it on Monday and my twin boys aged 13 also did it too after we were all nominated by friends.
I do smile at the comments on here criticising thouse who have done it, posted the video on Facebook then said they had donated. Those same critical posters go on to say they won't be doing it because they donate to a different charity. So instead of "boasting" on Facebook to their circle of friends, they brag about it on Pistonheads to a much larger potential audience...
Secondly, I know that you can donate to the charity regardless of actually tipping the iced water over you but that's not the point. It's all about the challenge and the entertainment in doing so. My turn to boast now but in the past, I have done a marathon, half marathon, three 10k runs, a 12 hour darts marathon, eaten 48 KitKats in 12 hours, gone around the 92 Prem and Football League grounds and lost six stone in a year, all for charities. Yes, the money I raised could have just been given but it's all about the story of how and why you do it that's "better" than just donating.
Were they chunky kit Kats or regular ones ?I do smile at the comments on here criticising thouse who have done it, posted the video on Facebook then said they had donated. Those same critical posters go on to say they won't be doing it because they donate to a different charity. So instead of "boasting" on Facebook to their circle of friends, they brag about it on Pistonheads to a much larger potential audience...
Secondly, I know that you can donate to the charity regardless of actually tipping the iced water over you but that's not the point. It's all about the challenge and the entertainment in doing so. My turn to boast now but in the past, I have done a marathon, half marathon, three 10k runs, a 12 hour darts marathon, eaten 48 KitKats in 12 hours, gone around the 92 Prem and Football League grounds and lost six stone in a year, all for charities. Yes, the money I raised could have just been given but it's all about the story of how and why you do it that's "better" than just donating.
jeff666 said:
GloverMart said:
I did it on Monday and my twin boys aged 13 also did it too after we were all nominated by friends.
I do smile at the comments on here criticising thouse who have done it, posted the video on Facebook then said they had donated. Those same critical posters go on to say they won't be doing it because they donate to a different charity. So instead of "boasting" on Facebook to their circle of friends, they brag about it on Pistonheads to a much larger potential audience...
Secondly, I know that you can donate to the charity regardless of actually tipping the iced water over you but that's not the point. It's all about the challenge and the entertainment in doing so. My turn to boast now but in the past, I have done a marathon, half marathon, three 10k runs, a 12 hour darts marathon, eaten 48 KitKats in 12 hours, gone around the 92 Prem and Football League grounds and lost six stone in a year, all for charities. Yes, the money I raised could have just been given but it's all about the story of how and why you do it that's "better" than just donating.
Were they chunky kit Kats or regular ones ?I do smile at the comments on here criticising thouse who have done it, posted the video on Facebook then said they had donated. Those same critical posters go on to say they won't be doing it because they donate to a different charity. So instead of "boasting" on Facebook to their circle of friends, they brag about it on Pistonheads to a much larger potential audience...
Secondly, I know that you can donate to the charity regardless of actually tipping the iced water over you but that's not the point. It's all about the challenge and the entertainment in doing so. My turn to boast now but in the past, I have done a marathon, half marathon, three 10k runs, a 12 hour darts marathon, eaten 48 KitKats in 12 hours, gone around the 92 Prem and Football League grounds and lost six stone in a year, all for charities. Yes, the money I raised could have just been given but it's all about the story of how and why you do it that's "better" than just donating.
Started at 7am with five for breakfast then three more on the way to the golf club. Had to stop to get each one verified as William Hill bet me £10 at 50/1 that I couldn't do it. Played two rounds of golf to work off the 14,000 calories as best I could and ate ten in each round plus three for dinner. That left seventeen to go in the last four hours; number 37 nearly reappeared (sorry if you're eating) and the last few were hard work. It was the boredom of having nothing else to eat except chocolate as I daren't eat anything else.
Still, raised £875 for Macmillan after getting sponsored too and the company I worked for at the time matched it pound for pound.
GloverMart said:
The chunky ones...
Started at 7am with five for breakfast then three more on the way to the golf club. Had to stop to get each one verified as William Hill bet me £10 at 50/1 that I couldn't do it. Played two rounds of golf to work off the 14,000 calories as best I could and ate ten in each round plus three for dinner. That left seventeen to go in the last four hours; number 37 nearly reappeared (sorry if you're eating) and the last few were hard work. It was the boredom of having nothing else to eat except chocolate as I daren't eat anything else.
Still, raised £875 for Macmillan after getting sponsored too and the company I worked for at the time matched it pound for pound.
Best charity challenge ever! Bravo sirStarted at 7am with five for breakfast then three more on the way to the golf club. Had to stop to get each one verified as William Hill bet me £10 at 50/1 that I couldn't do it. Played two rounds of golf to work off the 14,000 calories as best I could and ate ten in each round plus three for dinner. That left seventeen to go in the last four hours; number 37 nearly reappeared (sorry if you're eating) and the last few were hard work. It was the boredom of having nothing else to eat except chocolate as I daren't eat anything else.
Still, raised £875 for Macmillan after getting sponsored too and the company I worked for at the time matched it pound for pound.
GloverMart said:
The chunky ones...
Started at 7am with five for breakfast then three more on the way to the golf club. Had to stop to get each one verified as William Hill bet me £10 at 50/1 that I couldn't do it. Played two rounds of golf to work off the 14,000 calories as best I could and ate ten in each round plus three for dinner. That left seventeen to go in the last four hours; number 37 nearly reappeared (sorry if you're eating) and the last few were hard work. It was the boredom of having nothing else to eat except chocolate as I daren't eat anything else.
Still, raised £875 for Macmillan after getting sponsored too and the company I worked for at the time matched it pound for pound.
With a 7am start and 36 holes of golf I wouldn't have thought it would have been that hard? Good work if its for charity though Started at 7am with five for breakfast then three more on the way to the golf club. Had to stop to get each one verified as William Hill bet me £10 at 50/1 that I couldn't do it. Played two rounds of golf to work off the 14,000 calories as best I could and ate ten in each round plus three for dinner. That left seventeen to go in the last four hours; number 37 nearly reappeared (sorry if you're eating) and the last few were hard work. It was the boredom of having nothing else to eat except chocolate as I daren't eat anything else.
Still, raised £875 for Macmillan after getting sponsored too and the company I worked for at the time matched it pound for pound.
GloverMart said:
jeff666 said:
GloverMart said:
I did it on Monday and my twin boys aged 13 also did it too after we were all nominated by friends.
I do smile at the comments on here criticising thouse who have done it, posted the video on Facebook then said they had donated. Those same critical posters go on to say they won't be doing it because they donate to a different charity. So instead of "boasting" on Facebook to their circle of friends, they brag about it on Pistonheads to a much larger potential audience...
Secondly, I know that you can donate to the charity regardless of actually tipping the iced water over you but that's not the point. It's all about the challenge and the entertainment in doing so. My turn to boast now but in the past, I have done a marathon, half marathon, three 10k runs, a 12 hour darts marathon, eaten 48 KitKats in 12 hours, gone around the 92 Prem and Football League grounds and lost six stone in a year, all for charities. Yes, the money I raised could have just been given but it's all about the story of how and why you do it that's "better" than just donating.
Were they chunky kit Kats or regular ones ?I do smile at the comments on here criticising thouse who have done it, posted the video on Facebook then said they had donated. Those same critical posters go on to say they won't be doing it because they donate to a different charity. So instead of "boasting" on Facebook to their circle of friends, they brag about it on Pistonheads to a much larger potential audience...
Secondly, I know that you can donate to the charity regardless of actually tipping the iced water over you but that's not the point. It's all about the challenge and the entertainment in doing so. My turn to boast now but in the past, I have done a marathon, half marathon, three 10k runs, a 12 hour darts marathon, eaten 48 KitKats in 12 hours, gone around the 92 Prem and Football League grounds and lost six stone in a year, all for charities. Yes, the money I raised could have just been given but it's all about the story of how and why you do it that's "better" than just donating.
Started at 7am with five for breakfast then three more on the way to the golf club. Had to stop to get each one verified as William Hill bet me £10 at 50/1 that I couldn't do it. Played two rounds of golf to work off the 14,000 calories as best I could and ate ten in each round plus three for dinner. That left seventeen to go in the last four hours; number 37 nearly reappeared (sorry if you're eating) and the last few were hard work. It was the boredom of having nothing else to eat except chocolate as I daren't eat anything else.
Still, raised £875 for Macmillan after getting sponsored too and the company I worked for at the time matched it pound for pound.
On this thread if you do one you are exempt from the other.
Serious mode: well done, 48 kit kats is some going!
Edited by Shinobi on Friday 29th August 22:57
KFC said:
GloverMart said:
The chunky ones...
Started at 7am with five for breakfast then three more on the way to the golf club. Had to stop to get each one verified as William Hill bet me £10 at 50/1 that I couldn't do it. Played two rounds of golf to work off the 14,000 calories as best I could and ate ten in each round plus three for dinner. That left seventeen to go in the last four hours; number 37 nearly reappeared (sorry if you're eating) and the last few were hard work. It was the boredom of having nothing else to eat except chocolate as I daren't eat anything else.
Still, raised £875 for Macmillan after getting sponsored too and the company I worked for at the time matched it pound for pound.
With a 7am start and 36 holes of golf I wouldn't have thought it would have been that hard? Good work if its for charity though Started at 7am with five for breakfast then three more on the way to the golf club. Had to stop to get each one verified as William Hill bet me £10 at 50/1 that I couldn't do it. Played two rounds of golf to work off the 14,000 calories as best I could and ate ten in each round plus three for dinner. That left seventeen to go in the last four hours; number 37 nearly reappeared (sorry if you're eating) and the last few were hard work. It was the boredom of having nothing else to eat except chocolate as I daren't eat anything else.
Still, raised £875 for Macmillan after getting sponsored too and the company I worked for at the time matched it pound for pound.
It also helped that I was a big lad too, 6'4" and about 16 stone back then. I was going to Slimming World at the time and at the next weigh-in, I'd put on 4.5 pounds!! The golf definitely helped as although it was really quite a short course (5,500 yards), going around twice kept things moving. Hard work when I went back to the clubhouse after my first round and everyone was there eating roast dinners, bacon sandwiches, sausage baps etc and I just had another three of these things to eat.
Having successfully managed to tell every person that nominated me that I don't participate in this type of thing, I foolishly posted a comment on an ex-work colleagues status that was along the lines of "run out of toilet paper, goodbye socks" or similar.
Next thing I've got a message telling me that I now have to do some stupid activity/donate something or other etc - didn't read it all, I responded that I don't do this type of thing and deleted it.
Why do people insist on this type of railroading people into charities (I had one last week "Come on DS, get your wad out!" Oh do f
k off) and all this ste? 
Does my head in.
Next thing I've got a message telling me that I now have to do some stupid activity/donate something or other etc - didn't read it all, I responded that I don't do this type of thing and deleted it.
Why do people insist on this type of railroading people into charities (I had one last week "Come on DS, get your wad out!" Oh do f
k off) and all this ste? Does my head in.Disastrous said:
All the people crying about water wastage and donating to water charities - are people using imported African water on their challenge?
I live in Scotland and there's pretty much zero aqautic penalty for tipping buckets of water about the place.
There's a drought going on in California where a lot of the celebs are based, Matt Damon made a point of this by using water out of his toilet instead of tap water (though I assume it's the same stuff, I have no idea how plumbing's plumbed in in the States).I live in Scotland and there's pretty much zero aqautic penalty for tipping buckets of water about the place.
Have we had the three year old?
NSFW!!!!
You will see why.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuKL2etytnk
NSFW!!!!
You will see why.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuKL2etytnk
Chuck328 said:
Have we had the three year old?
NSFW!!!!
You will see why.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuKL2etytnk
Seen this on Facebook the other day, pretty vile. NSFW!!!!
You will see why.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuKL2etytnk
Disastrous said:
All the people crying about water wastage and donating to water charities - are people using imported African water on their challenge?
I live in Scotland and there's pretty much zero aqautic penalty for tipping buckets of water about the place.
Really? (Sorry about Daily Heil link)I live in Scotland and there's pretty much zero aqautic penalty for tipping buckets of water about the place.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2735426/Sc...
Daily Fascist said:
Colonsay left without water when Ice Bucket Challenge spread on island
System on Inner Hebridean island shuts down automatically to cut wastage
Engineers had to come out five times in one weekend as challenge took off
Water bosses confirm system shut down but stored supplies were available
System on Inner Hebridean island shuts down automatically to cut wastage
Engineers had to come out five times in one weekend as challenge took off
Water bosses confirm system shut down but stored supplies were available
Sorry for the thread resurrection, but I thought that the PHers that took part would be interested in this.
This evening the MND Association announced the final outcome of last year's Ice Bucket Challenge. Over seven million pounds was raised in 3 weeks, which is a mind-blowing amount of money. They've posted up a news article about how the money will be spent, with the bulk of it going on research (in to both the causes and treatments since there's no cure), and the rest going on care services, campaigning and awareness, and volunteering.
If you donated money and/or poured freezing cold water over yourself, thank you. I never, ever thought I would see my favourite charity ever get this kind of money in such a short amount of time, and I am really humbled by how much support was shown for MND sufferers and the people that support them.
The amount of good that can be done with this kind of money is incredible. As I said above, there is no cure for MND. Even the causes of it aren't fully understood, which makes developing a cure even more difficult. It's not like cancer, where you can reduce your "chances" by cutting out bad habits like smoking, or where if it's caught early enough you can be treated and probably go in to remission. If you get MND you will die, and you will die quite slowly, knowing that you are being paralysed by your own brain.
If you can interested then you can find more information about their plans here;
http://www.mndassociation.org/news-and-events/Late...
And more information about research here;
https://mndresearch.wordpress.com/2015/02/12/bucke...
Once again, thank you everyone who took part in and supported this
This evening the MND Association announced the final outcome of last year's Ice Bucket Challenge. Over seven million pounds was raised in 3 weeks, which is a mind-blowing amount of money. They've posted up a news article about how the money will be spent, with the bulk of it going on research (in to both the causes and treatments since there's no cure), and the rest going on care services, campaigning and awareness, and volunteering.
If you donated money and/or poured freezing cold water over yourself, thank you. I never, ever thought I would see my favourite charity ever get this kind of money in such a short amount of time, and I am really humbled by how much support was shown for MND sufferers and the people that support them.
The amount of good that can be done with this kind of money is incredible. As I said above, there is no cure for MND. Even the causes of it aren't fully understood, which makes developing a cure even more difficult. It's not like cancer, where you can reduce your "chances" by cutting out bad habits like smoking, or where if it's caught early enough you can be treated and probably go in to remission. If you get MND you will die, and you will die quite slowly, knowing that you are being paralysed by your own brain.
If you can interested then you can find more information about their plans here;
http://www.mndassociation.org/news-and-events/Late...
And more information about research here;
https://mndresearch.wordpress.com/2015/02/12/bucke...
Once again, thank you everyone who took part in and supported this
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