tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post7369276504756789718..comments2023-11-29T13:13:23.022+00:00Comments on newgate news: Toast of the week - a Herculean taskMacheathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-90808056387393562452014-01-01T11:27:40.091+00:002014-01-01T11:27:40.091+00:00AKH, they claimed to be 'raising funds for cha...AKH, they claimed to be 'raising funds for charity'; thanks to Comic Relief etc, fund-raising has become inextricably linked with pointlessly stupid or risky activities.<br /><br />A particularly gruesome example occurred in Blackburn <a href="http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/NEWS/10905271.Blackburn_charity_canal_jumper_seriously_injured_after_missing_water/" rel="nofollow">last week</a>:<br /><br /><i>A man suffered serious head and chest injuries when he jumped off a canal bridge for charity but missed the water.<br /><br />Witnesses said [...] he slipped as he climbed over a barrier and hit the tow path instead.<br /><br />They said the 25-year-old had decided to jump off the 20ft-high bridge to raise money for a charity which helped his ill baby as he drank in the Navigation Inn, in Mill Hill.<br /><br />Police said Mr Elliott was reportedly ‘drunk’ at the time.</i><br /><br />It sounds as if the man needs more than physical medical treatment and one can only feel sympathy for the mother of the sick child, faced with this new burden; welcome to fund-raising, 21st-century-style!Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-50231345090896909912013-12-30T19:57:06.375+00:002013-12-30T19:57:06.375+00:00"These intrepid mariners set out to paddle ac..."These intrepid mariners set out to paddle across Mount's Bay from Marazion to Penzance"<br /><br />I'm sure there is a point where "stupid" morphs into "weirdly stupid". <br /><br />Risk-taking for the sake of it perhaps? Not enough risk in the modern world? If so, then maybe we'll see more of it. A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-74112629441447402682013-12-30T19:56:41.221+00:002013-12-30T19:56:41.221+00:00This one I'll need to come back to.This one I'll need to come back to.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com