As I was reading through some of the blogs I follow, this morning, I came across a post of particular interest on Annette Thomson’s blog Inside of a Dog ~ It’s too dark to read. Great title by the way! Not only was the post interesting because I learnt that Nettie suffers with a painful invisible illness called Fibromyalgia, but I also learnt of a campaign she is working on called #TweeHee.
Below is a direct copy and paste from Nettie’s post in relation to what #TweeHee is. I asked if I could copy and paste as I felt Nettie would do it more justice than I could. You can find the post Here.
Huge thanks to Nettie for giving me permission to do this. Depression is difficult to live with, not only for what it brings into your life, but for the stigma and reactions of others it brings with it. A great cause for another invisible illness.
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The project which has taken up most of my time recently is #TweeHee, a campaign where I am trying to raise money for Sane, a fabulous mental health charity which does so much to raise awareness and provide support for those suffering with mental illness. As you know from my last blog post, I suffer from depression and am angry at the stigma attached to it.
What’s #TweeHee, I hear you ask. Good question.
We are collecting jokes on twitter which we aim to compile into a book to be called Crying With Laughter with all proceeds going to Sane. We have had amazing support, including a shout out from the High Priest of Twitter himself, Stephen Fry. Comedy legends such as Milton Jones and Jimmy Cricket have donated jokes, as have such luminaries as Richard ‘Pointless’ Osman, Davina McCall and Alastair Campbell. A whole host of comedy writers and stand ups have written jokes especially for #TweeHee and I am incredibly grateful for their support.
But we need more.
If you feel you can help us, tweet your joke with the #TweeHee hashtag. Full details of the project can be found here. And if you, or anyone you know, is high profile, we’d especially like to hear from you. It’s the big names which will get us a traditional publishing contract and sales once published.
We’ll be collecting jokes from all and sundry until September 30th but will keep on squirrelling away to ensnare celebrities until we get 140 of the blighters.
Thank you for bearing with me.
Margot Kinberg says
So glad you’re helping publicise this, Rebecca!!! Folks, I encourage you to be a part of this; we can all do with a laugh and this is such a good cause!
Annette says
Thank you so much, Rebecca. Your support is greatly appreciated xxx
Alex J. Cavanaugh says
Crap, I can never think of anything funny on the spot! Great cause though.
Annalisa Crawford says
That’s a great idea. I’m not sure my ‘What do you call a haunted tent?’ joke is quite what they need. No one laughs apart from me, they just groan, or shakes their heads – especially my kids!