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upaloopa

(11,417 posts) Wed May 20, 2015, 12:37 PM May 2015

What is Red Nose Day? It is coming up May 21

Supposedly if you give to Red Nose Day you are helping kids in poverty.
I never heard of it before.

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What is Red Nose Day? It is coming up May 21 (Original Post) upaloopa May 2015 OP

Wear a clown nose... TreasonousBastard May 2015 #1

Walgreens is a major co-sponsor--- their somewhat cute ads for it are running 24/7 hlthe2b May 2015 #2

For John Boehner, I think it's called "Monday" jberryhill May 2015 #3

An English import JustABozoOnThisBus May 2015 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author KatyaR May 2015 #5

It looks like the American one will be for charity too (nt) muriel_volestrangler May 2015 #7

it is CORPORATE PROPOGANDA, as usual, co opting something righteous ghostsinthemachine May 2015 #6

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

1. Wear a clown nose...

Reply to upaloopa (Original post)

Wed May 20, 2015, 12:39 PM

May 2015

http://www.rednoseday.com/

hlthe2b

(102,379 posts)

2. Walgreens is a major co-sponsor--- their somewhat cute ads for it are running 24/7

Reply to upaloopa (Original post)

Wed May 20, 2015, 12:43 PM

May 2015

and they "sell" the red noses (charitable contribution)...

Far be it from me to be cynical about anything that might bring attention to poverty in general, and especially kids. Our society has truly dropped the ball...

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

3. For John Boehner, I think it's called "Monday"

Reply to upaloopa (Original post)

Wed May 20, 2015, 12:48 PM

May 2015

He only drinks on days that end in "day".

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,369 posts)

4. An English import

Reply to upaloopa (Original post)

Wed May 20, 2015, 12:59 PM

May 2015

Like Benny Hill or Absolutely Fabulous.
Except this one's for charity.

https://www.rednoseday.org/faq

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muriel_volestrangler

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7. It looks like the American one will be for charity too (nt)

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #4)

Wed May 20, 2015, 01:51 PM

May 2015

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)

6. it is CORPORATE PROPOGANDA, as usual, co opting something righteous

Reply to upaloopa (Original post)

Wed May 20, 2015, 01:36 PM

May 2015

and good (Wavy Gravy) to make us believe that Walgreen's is is a good company. They (and all the other retailers who buy all their goods overseas) are why we have poverty in this country. Demanding that the products they carry, and increasing wages to a livable standard will do more than some red nose ever will.

Putting a red nose on pig still makes it a pig.

Wavy Gravy must be puddling up the brown acid about now.

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