Not-so-comic Relief

OK, so it's Red Nose Day again. I know it makes me sound like an old killjoy, but it's probably the least funny day on the calendar. Everywhere there are people straining to be amusing and force-laughing at folks in their pyjamas. Don't get me wrong, I totally get the need for national children's charity appeals (for two years in the 90s Comic Relief even paid my wages) but must we insist that we are entertained before we will part with our cash? And another thing, they must get rid of the whole red nose theme. The only people associated with red noses (apart from alcoholics) are clowns. Laurel and Hardy were funny. Clowns are just a little sinister.