To detest children in need?

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The show that takes my precious eastenders away from me NOT what it stands for.
The whole terry Wogan/gabby roslin thing makes me want to rip my eyes out ..
I don't need to watch a bunch of non slebs doing shit to know what's happening in the world.
However I do give a good wedge every year... I'm not a total fucker!

im with u Ileithyia
cant abide being constantly nagged to give money, i bet the so called 'celebs' give sweet f a and feel sooo good because they give their 'precious time' to promote this stuff and prob get paid as well

Primaface did you read and understand the OP?

primafacie go back and read the op......
To suggest because I dislike a tv prog I also dislike the sentiment is ridiculous.

onlywantsone girls aloud can sing?!

We can give to charity/support those in need/show sympathy without having total and utter drivel rammed down our throats all night Primafacie.

YANBU

Everlong I don't think the telethon/event is a bad thing, but the constant "give us more money" thing is arse-clenchingly irritating. We all know what the damned thing is for, can't they just scroll the donation details along the botom of the screen and stop nagging for more money? Raise awareness, yes, prompt people to give a bit to charity, yes, nag me endlessly, fuck off.

I detest it for the cries of "I'm going to report you to Children In Need!" every time mother says or does something vaguely unpopular. (Well, actually it was DH who used to do that to his Mum, but I am very mindful of it and I make sure I throw the number away asap whenever the kids come home from school with this wanton propaganda )

I like the sentiment, but don't watch it ever.

Don't really watch TV these days anyway.

Calm down! It was a joke based on the thread title - which suggests the OP actually detests the actual children!

It is more than a little irritating to have multi-millionaires trying to get the general public many of whom are just scraping by, to part with money by total manipulation of emotions. People should boycott this event and give to the charities of their choice.

primafacie I do indeed detest most children

Is it on now? If it is, it hadn't exactly been hyped up, has it? Because I didn't know anything about it.

I dislike children in need. We don't have any spare cash to donate, it's all a guilt trip, and takes up too much of the tv schedule. I don't even find it entertaining.

see my post re Girls Aloud ... , and as for those eejets appealing for the hardships of children, ..[words fail]

Everlong I haven't watched it for quite some time. The two may well be related!

Won't somebody think of the children?!

I hate it. Guilt lingering to aid voluntary taxation except its worse than the lottery.
I'm neither mean nor uncharitable but I'm v fussy about who/which causes I give money to. I am not obliged to give any of them anything. This is one aspect of the BBC I loathe.

Um primafacie did you read the actual OP or just the title?

Vivienne - exactly, exactly that.

And this is the reason I love mn. Because we can dare to say this stuff.
I'm tempted to start this thread on net huns.....

Back in 1980 when Children in Need started it was nowhere near as over-the-top as it is now. It was just a few short appeals interspersed with the normal programme schedule.
These days, it seems to last at least a couple of weeks. It's been on the One Show and on Radio 2 for ages. A bit too much, I think.