Sport Relief : How long before a celeb dies ?

[Fungus]

I'm starting to get rather tired of the ultimate boundary pushing challenges that presenters and minor celebs have to go through in the name of Sport Relief. Someone bent double retching saying the same old quotes along the lines of " I have never felt so exhausted in my life/ I thought I was going to die/ I never realised the enormity of the challenge"

It started with someone peddling a rickshaw 200 miles and then have Walliams swim The Channel but now its getting too overboard. I just had a little earburn of Alex Jones from the One Show having to climb a cliff and she is seen either bricking it or milking it for all its worth. As for poor old Davina I'm fed up of her being carried in and out of water blubbing. Where will it end ? We have to better it each time, can we send Graham Norton to swim the Piranha infested sections of The Amazon ?

I get rather tired of the idea that money is the solution to all problems, but this could well be the solution to the Graham Norton problem.

 

[Timbo]

I've become completely immune to fame hungry 'celebs' doing wacky things to raise money, being all humble and worthy while desperately trying to raise their profile. They won't see a penny out of me.

 

[Guinness Boy]

The whole of this charity lark linked to the BBC drives me mad. Sports Relief? Who gives a flying fook? Look, if you want to give to charity, give to charity. Don't go "sponsoring" some stupid "celebrity" who is really only trying to raise his/her profile. That Welsh woman from the One Show is a good example. Climbing some rock in Utah! Why Utah? We have rocks in this country. And who the hell cares if she's scared of heights? It all stinks. Rant over ... for the moment.

In all seriousness you really are being a prize CJTC again tonight. David Walliams and Davina McCall really don't need their profiles raising any further in this country. At the stage they are at with their careers they are promoting the charity, not the other way round. Yes it can go too far - see Bono and Africa or the people who take huge salaries to ensure Oxfam don't run out of huge white SUVs - but in general Sport's Relief is a noble venture and deserves support.

Where it (and Comic Relief) do wind me up is that they give the "crazy" person in Accounts the opportunity to get sponged in the car park or wear whacky socks to work. I'd rather donate money to avoid this sort of awfulness.

 

[banjo]

I'd like to see Noël Edmunds beaten with stick for sport relief.
Although not strictly a sport I am sure it would raise money.

Please add Elton John to the list.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I'll be (working) at the Olympic velodrome on Friday night. If Olly Murs comes off on the high bend and breaks his neck, I'll be sure to let you all know.

Halfway through a day of systems testing (my GOD they are dragging it out), and celeb practice sessions, I can confirm that Olly Murs has not fallen off, and also that his mrs is FIT.

 

[BensGrandad]

The whole of this charity lark linked to the BBC drives me mad. Sports Relief? Who gives a flying fook? Look, if you want to give to charity, give to charity. Don't go "sponsoring" some stupid "celebrity" who is really only trying to raise his/her profile. That Welsh woman from the One Show is a good example. Climbing some rock in Utah! Why Utah? We have rocks in this country. And who the hell cares if she's scared of heights? It all stinks. Rant over ... for the moment.

I agree should scrap Sports Relief altogether so some 3rd world countries would miss out on money, so be it.

 

[goldstone]

I agree should scrap Sports Relief altogether so some 3rd world countries would miss out on money, so be it.

My objection is these stupid bloody "stunts" by so-called celebrities designed to get us to part with our money. If I donated to charity (which I don't) I would give to those which I felt were deserving rather than waiting for some celebrity to come to me begging for money.

And as for 3rd World countries benefitting, far too great a percentage of charity donations ends up:
a) paying for the charities' marketing campaigns including mailing pencils to thousands of people,
b) paying for the charities' overheads including swanky offices and inflated CEO salaries,
c) in the pockets of corrupt officials in the destination country.

If I was moved to donate to charity it would be to a very small organisation doing some visible good close to home.

 

[Husty]

They should waterboard Piers Morgan for charity, that's get the donations flying in.

 

[BensGrandad]

I once did some work for a chap who had returned from Ethiopia and he maintained that the money raised by Band Aid was a complete waste as the ordinary people didnt benefit only the rulers of the country. He said that the food was dropped but the people being nomads had moved on so the government just came around and collected it all up to put in central storage.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

I agree should scrap Sports Relief altogether so some 3rd world countries would miss out on money, so be it.

Osborne announced yesterday that the Foreign Aid Budget will still be set at 0.7% of GNI , perhaps he should have told us the actual amount handed out to overseas countries in 2014 will be a smidgen over £50BN.

 

[desprateseagull]

call me a cynic, but there's never a full mile by mile documentary, of these things.. possibly just a few photo ops along the way, with a nice cosy coach between.

only exception I can think of is david walliams, doing his bonkers channel / Thames swims.

 

[The Modfather]

Why can't they just sit in a tub of beans like in the good old days.

 

[vegster]

call me a cynic, but there's never a full mile by mile documentary, of these things.. possibly just a few photo ops along the way, with a nice cosy coach between.

only exception I can think of is david walliams, doing his bonkers channel / Thames swims.

I remember when Ian Botham did his charity walks, he did walk every mile.

 

[dazzer6666]

call me a cynic, but there's never a full mile by mile documentary, of these things.. possibly just a few photo ops along the way, with a nice cosy coach between.

only exception I can think of is david walliams, doing his bonkers channel / Thames swims.

As a plodding marathon runner I found the Eddie Izzard one interesting. Some of his 50-odd 'runs' took 10 hours. I've walked most of one in less than 6.

That said, Davina looks like she properly suffered. Quite why you'd cycle 100 miles plus in Scotland in the middle of Winter I don't know. Bishop looked pretty shot on his Paris to London trip too. Botham is a machine - walked with him for a bit many years ago (was a Somerset fan as a kid) and he belts along. Relentless pace.

 

[The Upper Library]

Maybe I am being unfair but Davina's constant crying and saying she can't do it is starting to annoy me.........

 

[dazzer6666]

Maybe I am being unfair but Davina's constant crying and saying she can't do it is starting to annoy me.........

This. I posted too early. Look at meeeeeeeeee, this is soooooo harrrd. Etc. oops, I seem to be in a nice hotel getting a massage again. F@ck. cameras. Start blubbing.

 

[Questions]

The problem is that you really have to do something that is difficult or scary.
Drinking beer is exactly that to me so tonight I have made the sacrifice.
I am exhausted now and to be honest emotionally drained but I have at least made the effort. Maybe some of you others who spend all your tine scoffing at other peoples efforts should get out and make a similar contribution instead of sitting on your fat arses.

 

[dazzer6666]

Can't remember Beefy crying at any point.

 

[dazzer6666]

The problem is that you really have to do something that is difficult or scary.
Drinking beer is exactly that to me so tonight I have made the sacrifice.
I am exhausted now and to be honest emotionally drained but I have at least made the effort. Maybe some of you others who spend all your tine scoffing at other peoples efforts should get out and make a similar contribution instead of sitting on your fat arses.

Good effort. I am currently attempting the sofa/pinot noir (tesco bargain, half price) challenge. I feel it is going well, but I am in for the long haul. There are obstacles to overcome (but I can ignore her)

 

[vegster]

The problem is that you really have to do something that is difficult or scary.
Drinking beer is exactly that to me so tonight I have made the sacrifice.
I am exhausted now and to be honest emotionally drained but I have at least made the effort. Maybe some of you others who spend all your tine scoffing at other peoples efforts should get out and make a similar contribution instead of sitting on your fat arses.

It's not a real challenge unless you have to swallow Harvey's