AIBU to think this is a great idea.

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There's a woman on twitter talking about the ice bucket challenge. She makes the point that the companies who make ice cubes must be raking it in because everyone is buying ice. In her video she has challenged the ice companies to donate some of their profits to charity.

Whatever you think about the challenge you must admit she has a very good point. #nameyouricecompany

Don't most people make their own ice? Even when I was growing up in the '60s, most fridges had at least a freezer compartment (albeit tiny) where you could make a tray of ice cubes.

We made our own ice cubes...surely most people have done that

Who the hell buys ice cubes?!

I've seen some ripping open bags of ice too

Me

Dh buys ice cubes.

What's wrong with buying ice cubes? £1 a bag for much more than you could fit in my small freezer and perfect for parties etc.

I tried to buy some ice. 3 supermarkets all had bare sections in their freezers where the ice should be.

I think similar at children in need day with all the pjs / onesies to school- Primark is stowed out the night before...

Exactly trixy. They must be making a small fortune.

I think it's a great idea.

We buy ice for £1 per bag here.

I would only buy ice for a big party- I'd deffo make my own if I was pouring it over my own head- It'll be one small tray!

I've never re-tweeted anything before, (I'm not exactly the best twitterer in the world) but I think I'll do it for this.

When the weather was really hot, we (a family of 5) were getting through a whole bag in about 8 or 9 days.

That's way more than we could have frozen ourselves.

Would that not just be a couple of trays a day, Worra?

(I'm not wanting a row about ice cubes, honest )

So I know we can get ice from sainsburys and Iceland. Not sure of the 'brand'

In the video she shows the bag, it's got the brand name on.

LOL strawberryangel I'm the same! I can't believe I'm disputing ice cube usage But we managed with our small freezer and 3 ice cube trays when the weather was hot!

I didn't even know you could buy ice cubes. Seems like madness but fair play to the companies who sell them to people who obviously have teeny tiny freezers!

Vanilla Ice should really be coughing up too .....

But...you'd need to keep them in the freezer anyway, so if it was tiny you couldn't buy ice!

However, for a quid I'm thinking it's not such a bad idea- saves the faffing I suppose.

LOL at penisesarepink. I agree.

I buy ice cubes - they taste nicer than ice made in the freezer. I'm the only one that uses them and I go through at least one bag a week - I'm naughty and chomp on it

I buy mine at Waitrose 1 bag.

I'd buy it to do the challenge too, if I was going to do it, which I'm not.

But I do have the recipie if anyone wants it.

I can see buying ice for big parties, but if you buy more than can fit in your freezer, doesn't it, erm, sort of melt?

But I do have the recipie if anyone wants it

^ The recipe = old family joke. Before anyone starts getting all weird.