So in response to my last post, yes, it appears MJ did leave money to charities… mostly his own affiliated charities, so the bit of self-indulgence is still there, but its not necessarily different from any other joe bloggs requesting a building be named after them in the terms of their legacy. Now, the braver maketers can flounce around saying “Be like MJ! Make a WILL!” which is much more positive than the previous post’s cautionary tale.
Im chuffed to bits cause i convinced a legal bod to make a DVD for my charity (for free, by the way) explaining why Wills are important, and especially why leaving a legacy to a charity (in this case, mine) is a fab idea that is not only benefitting us and the people we help, but your family, your self-worth etc etc. And he’s writing a piece for our magazine. He must need the exposure in such fraught recessionary times as these. Still, i am not at all complaining! Took me 6 months to convince someone, and at least this guy actually believes in our cause.
I saw a fab article in a fundraising weekly publication that encourages us “in the affluent West” to match our toilets with a latrine in a poor, deprived area. Basically, instead of the slightly contentious child sponsorship, its bog sponsorship – i am sorely tempted to do it, to get my loving toilets (we have 2 in this house) pen-pals in Uganda or wherever. Apparently there is the option to get photographs and reports. WHAT exactly would a toilet have to say??? “5 flushes today, someone tried to flush an XXXL tampon down the hole, and i inevitable overflowed up through the man-hole into the street. Dyno-Rod was called out and owner overcompensated with the Dettol”.
And what would Uganda-latrine reply with? “What is a Dyno-Rod? No water today, could not flush, though have had 2 children play with the ball-cock, using it as a football and12 visits to manually empty toilet as no suitable drainage system in place. Looking forward to monsoon season.”
Riveting. I may actually go through with it. I want my latrine to be named in my honour, or at least for it to be have a commemorative plaque. I want it to be something pretentious and twittish, so maybe “Veni Vidi Shitti” although i doubt the charity would condone that sort of language. I’ll give it a go. Maybe i’ll put that as a caveat to my donation. I will donate £XXXX if you put a blue plaque on the door with the above quotation.
