|
|
Advertisement:
|
|
OCAU News |
OCAU salutes Admiral for MS awareness (Ok and maybe photos of his wife in a bikini)
(12 Comments)
(link)
Wednesday, 14-May-2008 14:34:22 (GMT +10) - by Rezin
|
WHEN Kristofer Dick and his newly wedded wife Cecilia Egan put down their names to support awareness and raise money for Multiple Sclerosis, they didn't anticipate the response they were going to receive.
What started as a promise to the forum members of Overclockers Australia for one honorable man to provide many with pictures of his wife running in a bikini has mutated into a fund raising Frankenstein. Kristofer (who uses the online handle of 'Admiral') was/is quoted in the thread as saying:
"If OCAU members can collectively donate $1000 to the 'team' that my wife and I have, she'll do the run in a bikini, as long as it's not raining or ridiculously cold."
With Kristofer being a regular contributor to the OCAU photography forum and keen amateur photographer, members of the computer enthusiasts website are going to expect nothing short of supermodel quality snaps.
With funds slowly dribbling in, one forum regular decided to up the online stakes and throw down the gauntlet claiming:
"I'll donate $50 if you post a picture of you getting out of the pool, wearing a bikini.
I'll bump it up to $75 if you hold a sign saying 'Goose1981 (the online handle of the member) gives the best cuddles'."
This would be the catalyst to what would explode into a fund raising frenzy as Admiral invoked the Toxx Clause. The clause stipulates that since he said he would do [x] if you achieve [y], so long as [y] is achieved, he has to do [x] or he will be banned. Goose1981 in consideration donated a generous sum of $100 to the Multiple Sclerosis fund binding Admiral to bikini wearing, sign hoisting, watery grave.
Understandably, by this stage the thread had successfully raised its fair share of attention. So much attention in fact that another member who goes by the handle CHiMPY, decided that a personal donation of $500 should be enough to keep Admiral out of a bikini, pleading:
"I have donated in an effort to keep Adsy's clothes ON..
Nobody needs to see that. Trust me people."
With the original target of $1000 obliterated in nothing short of 24 hours, and the opportunity to continue raising money for a wonderful cause the collective group of online delinquents knew that this could be milked for all it was worth. One of the female members who goes by the online handle Ma Baker, expressed sympathy for Admirals wife having to do a 16km run in her bouncing beach best. Ma Baker felt it would only be fair that Admiral should stand by his lady and take the plunge together.
The stakes were raised again, with Admiral bellowing to the masses that should the target of $2000 be met:
"I'll do the run in Speedos, and both of us will paint some OCAU coloured racing stripes and logos on ourselves."
Since that time the donations have been rolling in, with the total at this stage at approximately $2555 within 48hours. With each dollar, new and ingenious methods of ultimate embarrassment have been suggested including:
- Auctioning off parts of skin for temporary advertising during the 16 km run. (Confirmed!)
- Pink speedos. (Confirmed!)
- Body paint and racing stripes. (Confirmed!)
- A Mankini.
Admiral was recently quoted:
"That's beyond anywhere near what I thought I could raise, I honestly didn't think that we'd get close to $1000 initially, this is just incredible. Everyone here deserves amazing praise, to get an online community donating so much towards such a good cause really says a lot about the calibre of the members here.
Time to secure those pink speedos..."
With the evil minds of embarrassment ticking over in the online community, only time will tell what dastardly acts of humiliation await, but at least Admiral and his wife can sleep easy knowing that it's all for a good cause!
You can help out the cause by donating by credit card or debit card here and check out all the shenanigans as they unfold here. Donations over $2 are tax deductible. Multiple Sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system, affecting over 18,000 young Australians, and many more world wide, please give generously.
Details of the run which will be held in Sydney and Melbourne on Sunday June 1 can be found here.
Written by: Break the Cycle
[Digg link]
Return to OCAU's News Page
|
|
Advertisement:
All original content copyright James Rolfe.
All rights reserved. No reproduction allowed without written permission.
|
Advertisement:
|
|
|
