2 MORE WINNERS!! NOW ON SUNDAY!!
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Mr-shifter
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Make that one more big boy.
Donated to this great cause.
I also have spoken to Jez. I would like to donate a little something to the cause by means of a prize but I haven't made them yet. I would like to give somebody a set of my badges and a set of something else I am working on to give away at ce3. Hopefully whoever ends up with them will like them but they won't be available till June and I have nothing to show you yet.
Cheers
Donated to this great cause.
I also have spoken to Jez. I would like to donate a little something to the cause by means of a prize but I haven't made them yet. I would like to give somebody a set of my badges and a set of something else I am working on to give away at ce3. Hopefully whoever ends up with them will like them but they won't be available till June and I have nothing to show you yet.
Cheers
Stuart Skinner
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Donated. Go and smash it buddy. Hope it goes well, you'll be sorely missed this weekend but missing it for a fantastic cause. You're an inspiration x x x x
Love you so much x
Love you so much x
Guys, thank you so much for everything. All of your support, best wishes and sponsorship.
Over 50 of you have sponsored which is amazing. You are brilliant.
Well this is it, the big weekend; Marathon and Farthest From!!
Yesterday i had an interesting day. I went to pinewood studios for a cheeky photograph and Lucasfilm/Pinewood blew my cocks off with a lovely sign they had made for the cause! It appears that Kathleen Kennedy had to approve it and wishes the Make A Wish Stormtrooper luck
I then had to register at the London Excel where i sneaked a quick photo with Dame Kelly Holmes.
On the way home i got kicked off 2 Tubes, actually ejected! As apparently Charity isn't something the British Transport Police like.
Picture the scene, there i am on the tube in the costume, with a bucket (containing my official Make A Wish collector letter) and a make a wish sign. Two BT Police come up to me on the tube and start asking me questions. They then ask me to get off the tube to answer a few questions. I tell them that "i'm not actively collecting or begging, if someone drops a quid in my bucket there is nothing i can do about it". They ask me for ID so i get out my RAF ID card. They then say "OK you can get on, but you can't collect anything", #jobsworthfeckers. But the crazy thing is all the way through this i had my hemet on throughout!! :lol:
I then had to change train line a few stops later, when i got on the Central Line the PA system sparked into life "Um would the man in the costume who has just got on collecting for charity please get off, charity collecting is not allowed on any public transport, this train isn't going anywhere until you get off". I got off. Put my bucket in my bag and waited for the next train. Whilst waiting some jobsworth twat could see my bucket through my sealed transparent London Marathon kit bag and started asking me what i was doing and giving me a hard time, like collecting for charity was the biggest crime in the world. I understand that there are some unscrupulous people out there but: I was in full stormtrooper costume, i had the official (participant only) kit bag, a letter attached to my bucket and i wasn't actively shaking it, i must have given about 50 selfies. I'm pretty sure everyone knew that i was the real deal.
All in all an extremely odd but generally really cool day. I've never been kicked off a train before, so to get kicked off two was pretty funny. All the way through this i had my helmet on which just makes me piss myself laughing.
Over 50 of you have sponsored which is amazing. You are brilliant.
Well this is it, the big weekend; Marathon and Farthest From!!
Yesterday i had an interesting day. I went to pinewood studios for a cheeky photograph and Lucasfilm/Pinewood blew my cocks off with a lovely sign they had made for the cause! It appears that Kathleen Kennedy had to approve it and wishes the Make A Wish Stormtrooper luck
I then had to register at the London Excel where i sneaked a quick photo with Dame Kelly Holmes.
On the way home i got kicked off 2 Tubes, actually ejected! As apparently Charity isn't something the British Transport Police like.
Picture the scene, there i am on the tube in the costume, with a bucket (containing my official Make A Wish collector letter) and a make a wish sign. Two BT Police come up to me on the tube and start asking me questions. They then ask me to get off the tube to answer a few questions. I tell them that "i'm not actively collecting or begging, if someone drops a quid in my bucket there is nothing i can do about it". They ask me for ID so i get out my RAF ID card. They then say "OK you can get on, but you can't collect anything", #jobsworthfeckers. But the crazy thing is all the way through this i had my hemet on throughout!! :lol:
I then had to change train line a few stops later, when i got on the Central Line the PA system sparked into life "Um would the man in the costume who has just got on collecting for charity please get off, charity collecting is not allowed on any public transport, this train isn't going anywhere until you get off". I got off. Put my bucket in my bag and waited for the next train. Whilst waiting some jobsworth twat could see my bucket through my sealed transparent London Marathon kit bag and started asking me what i was doing and giving me a hard time, like collecting for charity was the biggest crime in the world. I understand that there are some unscrupulous people out there but: I was in full stormtrooper costume, i had the official (participant only) kit bag, a letter attached to my bucket and i wasn't actively shaking it, i must have given about 50 selfies. I'm pretty sure everyone knew that i was the real deal.
All in all an extremely odd but generally really cool day. I've never been kicked off a train before, so to get kicked off two was pretty funny. All the way through this i had my helmet on which just makes me piss myself laughing.
Mr-shifter
Sith Lord
Hey Jez,
Let me take this up on your behalf. I will get something out of the British transport police for your cause if you let me.
Let me take this up on your behalf. I will get something out of the British transport police for your cause if you let me.
Mr-shifter said:
Thanks mate. I was considering writing to the head of transport. For a couple of reasons really:
If there is a regulation about no charity collecting it needs to be published better.
If there is a regulation, why was i allowed to travel all the way across London to the Excel without being challenged.
Why do BT Police allow someone they are questioning continue to wear a helmet? What was the point of the ID check? I could have been anyone.
Who was the other platform jobsworth who just jumped on the bandwagon?
All in all a bit silly and demonstrates a lack of consistency, common sense, charity and understanding. Well done BT.
Ben thanks for the offer. I won't be able to do anything for a few days myself.
SublevelStudios
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Good luck bud, hope your missus has got plenty of vaseline at the ready :wink:
MTFBWY...always.
MTFBWY...always.
Bootyhunter
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Good luck mate hopefully we'll see you on TV tomorrow 8)
mr_palitoy
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Forget the meanies, the forum lads are with you Jez. Watch out for your sign on the Highway tomorrow!
Oh, and good luck!!!!
Jason
Good luck Jez
Forget the jobsworths, your doing a fantastic thing and we are all behind you, the Pinewood Lucs support is brill 8)
best of luck with the run ..... 8) 8) 8)
Best Wishes
Mike
Forget the jobsworths, your doing a fantastic thing and we are all behind you, the Pinewood Lucs support is brill 8)
best of luck with the run ..... 8) 8) 8)
Best Wishes
Mike
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Best of luck for tomorrow Jez
Piss on all the jobsworth muppets. "Computer says no" can kick in with plod and it sounds like that was a big case of it. As for not having to remove your helmet (boring lesson alert): it's because they had no power to without there a) being a Section 60 authority in effect in that part of London, b) because you weren't being subjected to a Section 1 PACE search and, c) because you were not being detained or searched for reason under the Terrorism Act. These three being the only three reasons (that I recall) that a copper can ask you to remove any face coverings. Told you they were boring
Piss on all the jobsworth muppets. "Computer says no" can kick in with plod and it sounds like that was a big case of it. As for not having to remove your helmet (boring lesson alert): it's because they had no power to without there a) being a Section 60 authority in effect in that part of London, b) because you weren't being subjected to a Section 1 PACE search and, c) because you were not being detained or searched for reason under the Terrorism Act. These three being the only three reasons (that I recall) that a copper can ask you to remove any face coverings. Told you they were boring
starshipriot
Jedi Master
Bit of a delay on my donation, was waiting on payday yesterday so just done it now. Awesome cause, and being one of the empires finest makes it more awesome!
jedisearcher
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Good luck Jez, will keep an eye out for you. Hope it goes well
All the best mate- never usually watch the marathon, but will be looking out for you this time. Looks like the weather is going to be a bit cooler for you 8)
jedi_mister
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All best for tomorrow.
MTFBWY
MTFBWY
Just saw a Boba Fett, but still no Stormie...
