Clever? Funny? Neither?

I'm sitting watching Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe which is the best thing on telly. It's brilliant. It's like MediaLens but funny. Medialens, by the way, is genius. Everyone should subscribe – it's free. However, as I implied, it doesn't really excel on the comedy front.

But I digress...

Charlie was talking about coverage of Haiti. Which reminded me of something I did a few weeks ago.

You see, when Haiti happened, I waited a while. I figured that I was on the database of a number of development charities so surely someone would ask me for money. But they didn't. So I decided to give some money anyway without being asked.

I know that from a career point of view this is not the kind of behaviour I want to encourage. But, well, y'know...

I won't go into which charities are involved or how much I gave but let's just say 'four big ones' and 'sums that would suggest that I'm worth pursuing'.

Can anyone guess what I've received since? A quick email update on how things are going perhaps? A link to a YouTube or Flickr page? A meaningful thankyou? A request for more money to help Haiti rebuild?

Or sod all – apart from an unrelated mailing that suggests I have been tossed unceremoniously into an 'appeal programme'.

I'll give you one guess.

James

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God I'm lazy.

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