Santa Strike Force: Maynooth

banquo

So it's that time of year again. I was thinking that we could do something for the SSF in NUIM, but didn't get quite as a far as coming up with an idea.

For anyone who doesn't know what the Santa Strike Force is, it's a boards.ie-involved charity that raises money for decent (i.e. not your old GameBoy Advance) presents for the kids who, for whatever reason, don't often show up on Santa's radar. It's a good cause. You've probably seen the threads on After Hours.

So I'm looking for ideas to raise cash. Get a license and go collecting? Put up signs with the account details in the banks? Is anyone up for a challenge for charity a-la Dr. Bollocko going bollocko naked in Eire Square?

I've one: If I can get 200e in pledges, I'll replace the hourly 'Bong' in the South Campus bell tower with 3 minutes of the Muslim call to prayer (you can just plug in your iPod).

Anyone else up for a challenge?

ScissorPaperRock

banquo wrote: »

I've one: If I can get 200e in pledges, I'll replace the hourly 'Bong' in the South Campus bell tower with 3 minutes of the Muslim call to prayer (you can just plug in your iPod).

Anyone else up for a challenge?

That would be brilliant.

But would you get away with it?

LoLth

you might get into trouble for some religious stuff but how about changing it for christmas bells?

Rozabeez

Generally people challenge each other rather than stating a challenge for themselves, I do like the bell idea but you could end up in trouble over it!

banquo

You all have to pledge some cash firs!

I challenge our
new moderator to do most of the full monty in arts block.., SOBER. *dramatic music*

But seriously, anyone up for a challenge?

banquo

Here's a topical one:

I challenge ALLANDANYWAYS to stand in the library and boot one hundred (100) people off facebook.

I pledge twenty (20) euro in the event of 100 hundred successful bootings. Anyone care to make any similar pledges? Anything over 5 euros is deadly.

allandanyways

banquo wrote: »

Here's a topical one:

I challenge ALLANDANYWAYS to stand in the library and boot one hundred (100) people off facebook.

I pledge twenty (20) euro in the event of 100 hundred successful bootings. Anyone care to make any similar pledges? Anything over 5 euros is deadly.

SRSLY?

Rob, I'm in final year, I can't dedicate my time to a life of solving facebook-abusing crime, as much as I would love to. But I will do my darndest to get facebook blocked on PACR pcs, although I don't think many will be sposoring me for that!:cool:

banquo

Not a life, just an hour a day for a week. That's just 20 an hour = 1 every three minutes. Should be easy enough actually. Think of the children

Mate sitting beside me matches the pledge, making it 40e.

PS: Challenges are supposed to suck

Rozabeez

banquo wrote: »

Here's a topical one:

I challenge ALLANDANYWAYS to stand in the library and boot one hundred (100) people off facebook.

I pledge twenty (20) euro in the event of 100 hundred successful bootings. Anyone care to make any similar pledges? Anything over 5 euros is deadly.

I pledge a fiver!

Srsly.

banquo

45 quid. That'll get a little boy or girl the cheapest kind of iPod.

In case it's a little girl, we should get enough for an iPod nano. Preferably in pink, but that's not my call. RRP e139. So we're roughly 33% there.

See this thread for the level of protest a Santa Strike Force challenge usually gets

LoLth

I'll pledge a tenner

allandanyways

Rozabeez

Hey, at least it's also encouragement to get a load of us into the library!

banquo

55!

You're a generous person Lolth

Edit: As, of course, is our dear boardsie AllAndAnyways for even considering such a noble gesture

banquo

Holy crap we are thread of the day.

/looks busy

Rozabeez

Upping mine to a tenner if she does it carrying a clipboard and wearing a trilby....

banquo

I had to Google what a trilby was.

Podginho

I'm looking to sell a trilby

Rozabeez

Sell?! SELL?! Donate you mean. This here is charity! I've a pinstripe trilby to donate.

funky penguin

10 squidlies.

banquo

Danke!

Michellenman

I have no money to give but if it makes it any easier for you Allandanyways I'll happily be one of the people you can kick off, just to make up numbers like :P

LoLth

any chance one of you could take a pic of the persons reaction as you boot them off the PC?

Rozabeez

Well tbh a few of us might need to have her back in case people go mental, which is why the clipboard and hat would be funny, kinda to show she's not just a nark trying to steal all the pc time

allandanyways

So how long do I have to do this? IF i do it.

Rozabeez

As long as it takes! You can have the library and the PACRs.

funky penguin

Me and Banquo got your back no problem.

South Campus style. :cool:

allandanyways

Am I the only one doing a challenge? So not fair.

Other challenges for other people please!!

Michellenman

Challenge me to do anything!*


*Within reason...

allandanyways

Whoever is up for the challenge (and handy with the oul camera) I challenge thee to get a picture with 10 (over) active members of this board.

Actually that's quite good.

Rozabeez

Oooh, I'll do that easily hahah


Edit: Would people pledge per photo?

banquo

I'll take that one up!

Rozabeez

Oh oh OHH!! Rob and I seem to know most people. We can go head to head and people can bet on us!

Awooga

I pledge two packs of Toffepops and an original 1980's my Little Pony to whoever changes the bells to Santa Claus is coming to town... Srsly

banquo

Done.

Michellenman

Let us know when you'll be doing it! I wanna hear!

banquo

You'll know if/when it takes place.

Until then this is the last tine i'm mentioning it.

Michellenman

banquo wrote: »

You'll know if/when it takes place.

Until then this is the last tine i'm mentioning it.

I'm cool with that

5Aces

Tenner for facebook thank you

5Aces

If 4 other regulars also agree to do the same thing i am willing to do something really stupid that a proper collection can be done in college... maybe something in the college bar that collections can be taken in college that day and on the night in the bar... people are always more generous if someone is making a fool of themselves. min e1000... can get the bar to throw in a few quid also as it will be free entertainment. ill leave the ideas up to ye but nothing i cant fully recover from the next day.

5Aces

Something that could raise a good few quid is a naked calendar with random well known objects around the college protecting the modesty of the victims... think they did that in galway a few years ago for charity and raised a few thousand

Ostrom

This sounds great! What can we do?

PrivateEye

allandanyways wrote: »

Whoever is up for the challenge (and handy with the oul camera) I challenge thee to get a picture with 10 (over) active members of this board.

Actually that's quite good.

This is a great idea.

Rozabeez/banquo challenge, pick a day and we'll all be on campus somewhere..... first one with the 10 is the winrawr. banquo is actually everywhere, all the time, so I know where my bet is going!

Rozabeez

I reckon give us a few days to get as many pictures each as we possibly can and whoever gets the most wins!

Edit: I'd like to hear some pledges please though

ScissorPaperRock

I'll give a fiver to whoever finds me first.

Rozabeez

Banquo, I'm good to start this next week if we get enough pledges!

irish_goat

I'll pledge a fiver to the photo challenge.

banquo

Also good to go!

Come on all those who lurk but don't post, pledge the moolah!

banquo

People can randomly post up their whereabouts and we can race to them before they leave!

funky penguin

10e pledge to this photo yokey, its seems very doable!

Ostrom

In for twenty. I dont move around so shouldn't be too hard to find