derekacorahsdad wrote:i think the title says it all
Clumpy wrote:His fame raised the money, anyone who thinks otherwise has blinkers on. Swimming a mile isn't a big deal. I swam 100 lengths for polio when i was 12 years old. It's only because he is on the Radio that he receives all the praise. I'm not asking for praise for myself, just for the rest of you to open your eyes a bit and stop praising celebrities who do silly little things. There are people out there who give up their lives to help others for virtually no praise so maybe you should all take a look at yourselves.
Aled wrote:Clumpy wrote:His fame raised the money, anyone who thinks otherwise has blinkers on. Swimming a mile isn't a big deal. I swam 100 lengths for polio when i was 12 years old. It's only because he is on the Radio that he receives all the praise. I'm not asking for praise for myself, just for the rest of you to open your eyes a bit and stop praising celebrities who do silly little things. There are people out there who give up their lives to help others for virtually no praise so maybe you should all take a look at yourselves.
When I apply for Mother Theresa's old job I'll let you know, for now I did what I could to be the catalyst to raise some money for Sport Relief. I'm fully aware it was a team effort, all 144 swimmers that swam contributed and behind the scenes a lot of other people made it possible. As my thank you list show: http://www.aledhaydnjones.com/pics/swimming
It's impossible to include everyone, everytime I tell someone how much money was raised so I object to you splitting hairs over termology. Of course it's because on Radio 1. Has anyone tried to argue against that? You can choose to use the fact that you have the might of Radio 1 behind you to raise money or not. Doing so doesn't take away from how proud I am of what we've done.
TVgirl wrote:Aled wrote:Clumpy wrote:His fame raised the money, anyone who thinks otherwise has blinkers on. Swimming a mile isn't a big deal. I swam 100 lengths for polio when i was 12 years old. It's only because he is on the Radio that he receives all the praise. I'm not asking for praise for myself, just for the rest of you to open your eyes a bit and stop praising celebrities who do silly little things. There are people out there who give up their lives to help others for virtually no praise so maybe you should all take a look at yourselves.
When I apply for Mother Theresa's old job I'll let you know, for now I did what I could to be the catalyst to raise some money for Sport Relief. I'm fully aware it was a team effort, all 144 swimmers that swam contributed and behind the scenes a lot of other people made it possible. As my thank you list show: http://www.aledhaydnjones.com/pics/swimming
It's impossible to include everyone, everytime I tell someone how much money was raised so I object to you splitting hairs over termology. Of course it's because on Radio 1. Has anyone tried to argue against that? You can choose to use the fact that you have the might of Radio 1 behind you to raise money or not. Doing so doesn't take away from how proud I am of what we've done.
Very well said Aled, and you've every right to be damn proud of what you've achieved!