lovely story in san fracisco breaking.

Gmol

Over 12000 volunteers have turned the city into Gotham for a young boy in remission from leukemia. He will travel arround the city solving crime as Batkid

It's amazing so many have got involved

Thrill

A link

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24964100

Thousands of people in San Francisco have turned out to help a boy recovering from leukaemia fulfil his wish to be Batman for a day.

Miles Scott, five, participated in events across the city including fighting mock crimes and receiving an honour from the mayor.

Make-a-Wish Foundation, which organised the event, received pledges from more than 10,000 people to lend a hand

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

I'm sick to the back teeth of people being nice to sick children. It's nauseating at this stage. Back in my day you'd be beaten with a stick until you got better and if you didn't get better you were ground up and used as fertiliser. Never did anybody any harm if you ask me.

_Kaiser_

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

I'm sick to the back teeth of people being nice to sick children. It's nauseating at this stage. Back in my day you'd be beaten with a stick until you got better and if you didn't get better you were ground up and used as fertiliser. Never did anybody any harm if you ask me.

Fail.. AH or not.

Fair play to everyone involved - BreakingNews link

PinkFly

That's so cool fair play to them

LETHAL LADY

Reading that made me teary-eyed, can you imagine being that kid.

El Guapo!

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

I'm sick to the back teeth of people being nice to sick children. It's nauseating at this stage. Back in my day you'd be beaten with a stick until you got better and if you didn't get better you were ground up and used as fertiliser. Never did anybody any harm if you ask me.

.....okaaaayyyyy......

bluefinger

the picture of the little guy smiling would bring a tear to a glass eye.

Zen65

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

I'm sick to the back teeth of people being nice to sick children. It's nauseating at this stage. Back in my day you'd be beaten with a stick until you got better and if you didn't get better you were ground up and used as fertiliser. Never did anybody any harm if you ask me.

Ahh the classic Monty Python-esque joke. Of course what made the joke funny was that it was adults talking about their (exaggerated) experiences growing up. I don't think Cleese and Palin would have stooped to making the joke in the context of a story about a young boy with leukaemia.

But hey, each to their own!

absolutely brilliant!

amazing a whole city can get together and do something like this.
the power of the internet:)

Agent Coulson

That should be the lead story on the news broadcasts all over the world tonight and tomorrow.

The world needs good stories like that.

The Black Oil

From Twitter

beertons

Deadly. And his bro as robin, class.

magick

Ill be looking for the Batman Symbol tonight

FREDNISMO

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

I'm sick to the back teeth of people being nice to sick children. It's nauseating at this stage. Back in my day you'd be beaten with a stick until you got better and if you didn't get better you were ground up and used as fertiliser. Never did anybody any harm if you ask me.

Hope it never comes to your doostep

Karl Stein

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Fail..

I thought it was quite funny myself.

It's a bit like the one where the guy who saved someone's life was told 'you only postponed his death'.

ringadingding

Damn onions

timthumbni

Pretty cool. Hope the wee man had a great time.

Frank Bullitt

Even Obama sending him a message, amazing.

Witcher

Saw it earlier and was smiling watching him going around with the adult Batman, then I thought about all the poor child has been through so young. Life can be so hard sometimes it really can.

It's great that he's recovering though.

Karl Stein

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Fail.. AH or not.

Zen65 wrote: »

I don't think Cleese and Palin would have stooped to making the joke in the context of a story about a young boy with leukaemia.

FREDNISMO wrote: »

Hope it never comes to your doostep

Good old self-righteous indignation.

It's not so much that the self-righteously indignant care about what it is they're getting self-righteously indignant about as much as they care about appearing morally superior and smugly virtuous.

LETHAL LADY

Carlos Roca wrote: »

Good old self-righteous indignation.

It's not so much that the self-righteously indignant care about what it is they're getting self-righteously indignant about as much as they care about appearing morally superior and smugly virtuous.

Carlos heart of stone.:P

Mint Aero

I've a dopey smile on me now and the kids happy

Karl Stein

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Carlos heart of stone.:P

Just givin' ma honest opinion is all Ma'am.

Tzar Chasm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZw2Z7LJqxw

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mZw2Z7LJqxw&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DmZw2Z7LJqxw#

The Dom

Zen65 wrote: »

I don't think Cleese and Palin would have stooped to making the joke in the context of a story about a young boy with leukaemia.

As long as the boy himself was not being made fun of, of course they would.

When one of Python died from cancer a few years back, Cleese in a eulogy from the alter said:

Good riddance to him the freeloading bastard.

The joke being how ludicrous it would be for someone to say such a thing.

It's the context being so serious which makes it funny.

Seaneh

Read about this earlier tonight and though it was awesome and the say the videos and thought it was even more awesome.

Well dome Make a Wish and the City of San Francisco.

BillyMitchel

Really nice story to put Billy asleep. Also reminded me of this:

http://www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/p/i-cant-keep-calm-because-im-batman/

Billy86

Love how they set this up - told him he was going to SF to buy a Batman costume, then flooded the news with the chief of police, politicians, etc giving cries for help:

Can't find the chief of police one, but what a way to make it 'real' for him! They got some guy to play Batman with the Miles as 'Bat Kid' and got some charitable rich guy to let them use his Lamborghini and decorate it as a Batmobile for the day.

Twelve thousand volunteers means TWELVE THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS!

Here's a link to a video someone took from their office that gives you an idea of the full scale of the it.

How awesome is that!! Surely they won't be able to top it, but that's got to be one of the coolest things a kid has got for a Make-a-Wish ever right?

Well there's more! This is at the 40,000 seater stadium the San Francisco 49ers (NFL) and Giants (baseball) play at:

...and I can't find a video, but he and Batman went inside to defeat the Penguin and rescue the Giants team mascot inside the stadium. How could this possibly get any cooler and more uplifting?

Oh, right...

One last smile? After three years, his cancer has just gone into remission. No guarantees, but there's a good chance this isn't a 'send off'.

Killer Wench

A positive and lovely story coming from the US. 2 pages.


A shooting, any type of shooting, and it would have one hundred fiddy pages by now.

Howard Juneau

Killer Wench wrote: »

A positive and lovely story coming from the US. 2 pages.


A shooting, any type of shooting, and it would have one hundred fiddy pages by now.

Maybe batkid can shoot somebody & you'll get the best of both worlds!

Galwayguy35

Killer Wench wrote: »

A positive and lovely story coming from the US. 2 pages.


A shooting, any type of shooting, and it would have one hundred fiddy pages by now.

Hmmm, seems ya don't have a great opinion of us Paddies.

Overheal

Gintonious wrote: »

Even Obama sending him a message, amazing.

Big O doesn't have much choice, he's got to regain supporters one vote at a time...

Make a Wish Foundation is notorious for an uncanny ability to restore your faith in humanity. Every once in a while you hear about their heartwarming feats, and that it does. If you are going to pick a charity to donate to, consider it among your choices.

Kold

I wonder when they ask the kids what their greatest wish is, do they also have to stipulate that 'staying alive' is not allowed.

Killer Wench

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Hmmm, seems ya don't have a great opinion of us Paddies.

Do Irish people really call themselves Paddies?

Witcher

Kold wrote: »

I wonder when they ask the kids what theyre greatest wish is, do they also have to stipulate that 'staying alive' is not allowed.

Like the episode of South Park where Kenny says his greatest wish is not to die and they say 'ooookkk..well what if you had two wishes? What would be your 2nd?'

Billy86

Killer Wench wrote: »

A positive and lovely story coming from the US. 2 pages.


A shooting, any type of shooting, and it would have one hundred fiddy pages by now.

That's because we haven't mentioned the 'G' or 'M' words yet.

Galwayguy35

Killer Wench wrote: »

Do Irish people really call themselves Paddies?

Probably varies from person to person, doesn't bother me personally.

Now if someone called me a Mick that would be a different story......

MonaPizza

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Fail.. AH or not.

Fair play to everyone involved - BreakingNews link

Oh, how uplifting.

Why isn't this sh1t done EVERYDAY....FOREVER?

I'm Dianne Sawyer (cue dramatic music) and you've been watching CBS news.

A kid farts around to collect money. An entire family from Pakistan whose relatives were blown to atoms by US drones recently came to speak in fcuking Congress.

5 assemblymen showed up.......NICE!

There's respect for ya!

Billy86

Overheal wrote: »

Big O doesn't have much choice, he's got to regain supporters one vote at a time...

Not so much though when you compare him to the other crowd.

Killer Wench

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Probably varies from person to person, doesn't bother me personally.

Now if someone called me a Mick that would be a different story......

Fascinating. I wonder if its like how some in the Black American community have embraced niggah.

Howard Juneau

Killer Wench wrote: »

Fascinating. I wonder if its like how some in the Black American community have embraced niggah.

Yep! We be down in the hood, hanging with ma paddies, aiight!

Galwayguy35

Killer Wench wrote: »

Fascinating. I wonder if its like how some in the Black American community have embraced niggah.

Dunno, I've only seen black people call each other that in gangster films, no idea if it's the norm in real life.

Killer Wench

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Dunno, I've only seen black people call each other that in gangster films, no idea if it's the norm in real life.

It is. It's even expanded to outside of the Black community, but that's another thread.

Galwayguy35

Killer Wench wrote: »

It is. It's even expanded to outside of the Black community, but that's another thread.

Didn't know that, would it be used more by working class people though rather than college educated professionals?

Killer Wench

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Didn't know that, would it be used more by working class people though rather than college educated professionals?

No. More like the younger demographic. Think Miley Cyrus and Justin Beiber types.

Capri86

I'm delighted to read such an incredible story. Amazing for a whole city to get together to fulfill one child's dreams. Well done to the make a wish foundation and to the people of San Francisco

Billy86

Killer Wench wrote: »

It is. It's even expanded to outside of the Black community, but that's another thread.

Don't say that to Jonathon Martin, whatever you do!

Most Irish don't care about 'Paddy' (I don't care about Mick either, personally) - but Paddy still sometimes grates me if it's in a strong Lahndahn/Essex type accent. No idea why mind, since I know a fair few people from that part of the world and have never had the slightest issue with any of them.

SamHarris

Very cool. It seems like it made far more than just his day, thats one of the great things about these big acts of charity - the good cheer generated seems to uplift far more than just those directly involved.

MonaPizza wrote: »

Oh, how uplifting.

Why isn't this sh1t done EVERYDAY....FOREVER?

I'm Dianne Sawyer (cue dramatic music) and you've been watching CBS news.

A kid farts around to collect money. An entire family from Pakistan whose relatives were blown to atoms by US drones recently came to speak in fcuking Congress.

5 assemblymen showed up.......NICE!

There's respect for ya!

...What?

Galwayguy35

Billy86 wrote: »

Don't say that to Jonathon Martin, whatever you do!

Most Irish don't care about 'Paddy' (I don't care about Mick either, personally) - but Paddy still sometimes grates me if it's in a strong Lahndahn/Essex type accent. No idea why mind, since I know a fair few people from that part of the world and have never had the slightest issue with any of them.

Was called a fenian bastard once, have to admit that one didn't go down well.

I've never hit anyone but came close that time.

Witcher

Billy86 wrote: »

Don't say that to Jonathon Martin, whatever you do!

Most Irish don't care about 'Paddy' (I don't care about Mick either, personally) - but Paddy still sometimes grates me if it's in a strong Lahndahn/Essex type accent. No idea why mind, since I know a fair few people from that part of the world and have never had the slightest issue with any of them.

Whenever I think of those I think of them being said in a London accent too:pac:

A bit like Danny Dyer or someone doing the hard geezer act..'oi mah san I'll do you in the facking nut you fick Mick kant':pac: