to really really hate children in need?

[NordicPrincess]

Am I the only one who dreads children in need night? I cant stand it, what a waste of tv time. And it goes on so long! I hate that stupid bear

Grump grump grumpty grump

have to add that I hate all the "c list clecbs pretending they give a shit" crap, pride of britain as well

How could you ??!!

I suppose it is like a voluntary tax to drum up money for projects that should be funded by tax contributions but the funds instead have been diverted to bail out the banks and and pay for worthless causes ....

Hate, Hate , Hate!!!

Sorry for hijackign AND being dim - but how are you all getting these pombear emoticons?!!

type in [ bear ] without the spaces

THank you!

See I think it's better that it's a one-off tv event than the drip...drip...drip... begging that happens from other charities.

you only have to sit through a couple of hours of tv adverts to see:

donate £2 a month to nspcc (after them telling some harrowing story of some poor unfortunate children being abused) said charity also do door-to-door begging and cold-calling, and has that awful calendar they send out.
donate £2 a month to the red cross to help people in the 3rd world (said charity also does door-to door begging)
sponsor a child in the 3rd world
sponsor a dog that would probably have been better off being put out of its misery than spending the rest of its existance shut in a kennel (said charity also does door-to-door begging).
Sponsor a chimp/bear/penguin/
Give money to great ormen street hospital

And the list goes on, all I can say is thank God for sky plus.

I loathe newscasters being 'wacky'

YANBU - an evening of rubbish tv with celebs doing supposedly hilarious things for charidee.
I know its changed now but it used to wind me up no end that Terry wogan got paid for it..
I've also got really annoyed at the radio 2 auctions with people paying £90 grand for a game of golf - its just obscene - especially in this time when so many of us are struggling to make ends meet. If you have that money to donate just to do it..
[sense of humour failure emoticon]

DD1 made me laugh last year when she kept calling the bear - poncey bear - she was 3 so was a genuine mistake but a good one which I reluctantly corrected.

WannaBe - yes, I agree we shouldn't need to do it :(

I still don't understand the 'hate hate hate' or 'dreading' - turn it over - or god forbid turn it off!! It's one channel, one night.... not like sodding 'I'm a z list celeb in a jungle/cooking/dancing/singing/skating' which goes on for WEEKS.

Emy - it's hard when you have 4 kids, the school always seems to want money for something!! You can just give them pennies though - every little helps!

The newscasters are apparently doing Lady Ga Ga as coreographed by Louis Spence this year

To be fair to Terry Wogan though - he didn't know he was getting paid for it and put and end to it when he did - and made a donation to them.

Right - I'm off out to see if I can find anywhere selling Pudsey Mugs - any suggestions?

Iklboo - that sounds like the opportunity one needs to go to the loo or refill the wine glasses

'Be fair to Terry Wogan'? Nope, sorry. That sentence does not make sense to me. And now I've seen his cock, I am even more enraged.

snort at "because punching Terry Wogan is not seen as being socially acceptable"

that he didn't know he was getting paid for it! flippin nora!

Hate it.

hate the way that all the overpaid celebs are fawned over for 'giving their time for nothing' - they still plug their latest products though.

also hate the fact that the presenters are constantly haranguing the audience to dig deeper - while they're all knocking back champers and nibbles in the green room - paid for by the licence payer.

The beeb spend a small fortune chauffering celebs around, feeding them champagne and sandwiches etc for Children in Need.

I completely and unreservedly love it.

YABU because it's great.

but its not one night we have to hear about it for the build up for ages. yuk yuk yuk

I like all that too. I watched a "Top 50 moments" last night. Brilliant, it was.

No. I dislike it too. Mawkish, sentimentality and dull dull TV. I feel less inclined to give when my heart strings are being tugged TBH and when it is expected that you do so.

And I'm sure that a lot of people feel they've done their bit when they've donated a tenner to Pudsey bear

What?? Someone saw Terry Wogan's cock??

My DS2 attends a playgroup for SN/disabled children (he was referred there), and we found out that one of the staff members' wages is funded completely by Children In Need.
So now you sort of know someone who's child is helped by it!
It is rubbish telly, though. I often have a look but I couldn't watch the whole thing, I too especially hate the newscasters being wacky business.

Ooh ohh it's Children in Need. Let's all bath in baked beans, dress up as clowns, get on telly being 'mad', watch minor celebs being twats, cheer madly whenever anyone says anything about money, weep over sad little children........and then go back to being miserable, humourless, mistrustful tightwads the rest of the time.