but in return I expect you to run round the course wearing a judge's wig and robes.
No thank you! :-P
(One of my colleagues says she'll double her (£5) donation if I run in a badger suit -- I'd gladly pay several times that not to run 10k in a badger suit.)
she just stuck the link in her email signature
Oh, that would've been sensible, yes. Bit late now though. :-}
if all the people who participated (including the organisation team) just dipped their hands in their pockets
Yeah. I like to hope that the sponsored events persuade some people who otherwise wouldn't give, or persuade people to give to a charity they wouldn't otherwise have given to because it's lower down their list, but I'm not convinced they work very well -- OTOH I guess MD is further down my list than the charities I already have standing orders to (or give time to), so I suppose the race at least gets me to give them some money that I wouldn't otherwise give ...
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Date: 2010-05-14 02:39 pm (UTC)Thank you!
but in return I expect you to run round the course wearing a judge's wig and robes.
No thank you! :-P
(One of my colleagues says she'll double her (£5) donation if I run in a badger suit -- I'd gladly pay several times that not to run 10k in a badger suit.)
she just stuck the link in her email signature
Oh, that would've been sensible, yes. Bit late now though. :-}
if all the people who participated (including the organisation team) just dipped their hands in their pockets
Yeah. I like to hope that the sponsored events persuade some people who otherwise wouldn't give, or persuade people to give to a charity they wouldn't otherwise have given to because it's lower down their list, but I'm not convinced they work very well -- OTOH I guess MD is further down my list than the charities I already have standing orders to (or give time to), so I suppose the race at least gets me to give them some money that I wouldn't otherwise give ...