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World record attempt for most comments on an online news item in 24 hours has started. #comment24 #RNLI

At 6am Greenwich Mean Time (that’s in the the UK) an attempt at the world record for the most comments on an online news item in 24 hours began (ie this blog post). According to Guinness World Records® we need around 100k unique comments. That’s just over 1 comment a second! With your help we think we can whoop that.

This is also charity fund raiser for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) the UK. The level of funds raised is not associated with the number of comments and it doesn’t cost to leave a comment but if you want you can make donation by clicking on the big green “DONATE NOW!” button in the sidebar – the bigger the donation the better.

When you leave a comment you have the option to tweet it – please do so if you can as this will help to spread the word using the #comment24 hashtag.

To comply with the rules the comments must be at least 10 characters, a minimum of two words and not comprise solely of punctuation marks. Basically comments have to make sense. Happy commenting & let’s see if we can raise  some cash for the RNLI.

Postscript – conclusion here

Trefor Davies

By Trefor Davies

Liver of life, father of four, CTO of trefor.net, writer, poet, philosopherontap.com

5,595 replies on “World record attempt for most comments on an online news item in 24 hours has started. #comment24 #RNLI”

good luck from all at b4rn, we love grassroots initiatives to make our world a better place, and although we work on dry land we support the brave people on the high seas.

Let’s light up that fibre with words – let’s see it try see it buzz with comments! May the muses be with you today >> may your fingers fly across that keyboard with inspiration >> with words of wit and wisdom! And, while you’re at it >> direct all your sage thoughts to this page >> before six tomorrow morning!

Again I’d like to echo the good luck sentiment shared by the others below.

Got to shoot out soon but will try and come back with a more insightful post on the issues you mentioned in the blog post at some point.

Crumbs, Have we started? Do I comment on this post, or another one? Maybe I should have gotten up earlier in preparation for this auspicious day. Fingers to the ready … All the best to you Tref to get the record for RNLI x

I think you need to put in a fair bit of effort to be inspired. It’s a matter of serendipity. ‘The harder I work the luckier I get’ kinda thing. That’s personal inspiration. But as for an organisation that inspires I absolutely agree on RNLI. Good luck with the challenge.

I’m sorry to say I think we’re yet to see the worst. 2012 will be worse than 2011, the Euro, poverty, democratic upheaval and war. Let’s hope those in power see sense and hold back on the war front and focus on the economy and improving the lives of those they can help.

The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. Funded by charitable donations, the lifeboat crews and lifeguards of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution have saved over 139000 lives at sea since 1824.

Why not visit the website to find out more: http://www.rnli.org.uk

Going Back to Bed in accordance with my New Year’s Resolution inspired by the New Scientist:

If you need an excuse for spending more time in bed during the holidays, this could be it: too little sleep can make you fat. Bo found that the adults who became obese during her six-year study slept an average of about 6.3 hours a night, compared with about 7.2 hours for those who maintained a healthier body weight. The link between sleep and weight held even when her team took into account other important causes of obesity, such as low levels of physical activity. Rachael Taylor at the University of Otago, New Zealand, has found that children aged between 3 and 5 who sleep less than the average 11 hours a night are also more likely to be overweight or obese by the time they are 7 (BMJ, vol 342, p 2712).

Sleep deprivation reduces the secretion of leptin, a hormone that suppresses appetite, and increases levels of ghrelin, a hormone that stimulates appetite. “Or it could be as simple as less sleep means more time to eat,” says Taylor. Either way, an extra hour in bed sure beats going to the gym.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228441.200-eight-lazy-ways-to-lose-weight.html?page=3

Did you know that if you click on the { xxx comments… read them below or add one } << "add one" link it whips you down the the comments box without the need to scroll. Just though I would mention that top tip I had for you all. Now get cracking and lets get going.

Darren and JD – the rules state:

To comply with the rules the comments must be at least 10 characters, a minimum of two words.

So “Good Luck” and “Meow” I don’t think will count! I’ll whip you all into shape before the day is out. Now focus ….

I recall my Grandad’s charity being the RNLI, and as a wee boy putting pennies in the life size children like collection machines. Good luck, he’d have loved this.

An excellent idea. RNLI is a super choice and I hope you reach your target. My inspiration: my friend Tracey who survived Cancer at 25 and lives life to the full 15 years on.

Best wishes from Popeye, Bugs Bunny, Betty Boop, Roland Rat (superstar), Corky The Cat, Road Runner, Mighty Mouse, Drut (mind the trapdoor), Wallace & grommet, Hong Kong Phooey, Inspector Gadget, Mickey Mouse, Fred & Wilma Flintstone, Foghorn Leghorn, Quick Draw McGraw, Charlie Brown & Linus, Dumbo, Snow White……..oh and me.

To comply with the rules the comments must be at least 10 characters, a minimum of two words and not comprise solely of punctuation marks. You can make more than one comment but not so many it looks as if you are a machine. Basically comments have to make sense. Happy commenting & let’s see if we can raise £100k for the RNLI.

As anyone who enjoys watersports (either on or below the water) knows, the RNLI is the fourth emergency service. Without their bravery and skill far more lives would be lost at sea, yet they are nearly all volunteers – I’m in this to help support them!

This is a unique and wonderful idea, which i hope will raise more than the 100,000 expected for the RNLI. If one life is saved then .. wow! … what an acheivement.

Good Luck Tref with the record attempt.

Im hoping 2012 will be a good year since London is hosting the Olympics. This should inspire us as a get together as a nation and support ourt teams and make this a success. Im also hoping that our new data centre will inspire our existing and forthcoming customers to increase their usage of using Timico services.

Good Luck Tref! I hope the target is smashed 🙂 Fantastic cause as well! I’ll think of my inspiration for 2012 throughout the day and add further comment later!

Jess

Dear Tref,

Happy new year. I really hope you meet your ambitious target, it is wonderful to see a record breaking attempt succeed.

My inspiration for the new year is George Osborne. He and the treasury department have a rather unenviable job of trying to balance the government books. Every day the country as a whole borrows £400 million, which can’t go on forever. I hope he succeeds too. I appreciate that this is not very inspirational, but it is important.

Brilliant idea to boost understanding & generate money for the charity. Delighted BT iNet have played a part in the underlying technology. Tell your friends everyone !

Good luck with the record attempt and raising money for RNLI – so far so good!

My mantra for life and therefore 2012 is “it’s all about the journey”… here’s to making the most of each day we have and smiling while we do it.

Best of luck with the record attempt Tref. It’s great that social media can be harnessed in such a way to raise money for a very worthwhile charity.

What a turbulent year 2011 was, and I feel 2012 may be just as eventful, but my inspiration for this year is my community, and by that I mean my friends and family, my village, my work colleagues as well as my social networks. The power of community to come together, achieve great things and inspire others is immeasurable in my book, and certainly for me 2012 is about making the most of this.

Inspired by Stephen Hawking, a man with more restrictions than most but is a leading authority in his field, if only more people made the most of their situations and fought to see what they can achieve.

Plan to close 50% of HM Coastguard Rescue stations & replace with 1 UK Call Center will add to delays in launching RNLI Crews, this in turn will make their job harder.

The scrapping of MCA Tugs and letting commercial ones assist any vessel in difficulties will lead to another disaster like Penlee, as Union Star failed to agree assistance from Commercial Tug and ended up on the rocks!

Great cause, the RNLI (wife ran the RNLI Reindeer Run 10K just before Christmas, this kids and I completed the Santa Saunter) – let’s hope you reach the 10oK mark. And here’s hoping for a interesting 2012, populated with moronic Daily Mail scaremongering stories like the volcano one earlier in the week, to keep us amused and derisory…

The sell off of UK SAR Helicopter assets to a private company will give conflict of ethics with one Rescue Service trying to make profit & the other trying to save lives on donations! RNLI Crews will be used as cheap canon fodder in Maritime Safety.

All the best in your attempt from myself and other people at BTiNet.

I personally look forward with hope and inspiration due to the people at Alder Hey Childrens Hospital who saved my little boys life.

Good Luck Trefor, think this is great idea for a good cause. Living in Scotland on the east coast i have seen the people of the RNLI do their stuff often, in the worst of conditions with little disregard for their own safety and wellbeing.
Hope you break the record!

Extreme Weather Events on the increase, more shipping will get in trouble. RNLI boats will face more challenging conditions & may not have back up of MCA Tugs or Rescue Helicopters as these set to be scrapped!

I have been supporting the RNLI for over 30years and never feared for crew safety as much as today with the plan to close 50% of UK Coastguard stations that coordinate all sea rescues. Loss of the vital Local knowledge will send crews search in wrong areas or even launching the wrong boats!

Here’s my contribution to the cause 🙂

Inspiration wise, I’d say that anyone who can follow their own map to do something innovative is a good example to look towards. I’ve been impressed with the Bus Tops (http://bus-tops.com/) project that Alfie Dennen, Paula Le Dieu and team are launching in London. It’s a creative way to provide art and non-commercial messages on the top of bus shelters, hopefully inspiring people in their daily lives.

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Dedication. Dedication. Dedication.
That’s what you need.
If you wanna be the best,
and you wanna beat the rest.
Oo-ooh! Dedications what you need.
(Trumpet Solo)
Dedications what you need.
If you wanna be a record breaker. Record Breaker ooooooh!

This is a brilliant idea! My biggest inspiration of the past year has been my good friend Ted Hall (@tedwardhall) founder of LGHTSRC and tireless supporter/co-ordinator of the Occupy protests. As wacky as he can seem, his diligence, dedication and conviction is always incredibly admirable and I wish him the most amazing 2012!

Felt a bit guilty just commenting with ‘Good Luck’ so felt the need to add another!! Cant think of a more unique, fun way to raise funds and awareness of a very worthy cause. We are caravaners and wherever we go all over the country if we are near the coast, we make an effort to go and find the Lifeboat stations to make a donation.

Having grown up in the Orkney Isles on the north coast of Scotland and with a father who was a volunteer on the local lifeboat i cannot stress highly enough what a good cause this is. Many was a night my father would be called out at 2am in 120mph winds to save total strangers at great personal risk.

Great cause and here’s to the 100,000. Keep it up!

More power to your blog – my father was in the Merchant Navy for 26 years so any opportunity to help the RNLI gets my vote. Also, as an ex-tech geek, soak testing some servers is a bit of nostalga thrown in.

Good luck

K

Hi Louise, what a small world. We used to have a Doral on B pontoon. Still go down to Cobbs as quite a few of our friends still have their boats down there so might bump into you one fine summers day!! 🙂

The men and women who man the life boats around this little island are an inspiration, one of my early memories is being woken up in the middle of the night by my father when the 2 cannons went off, we raced down to cheer the brave people who went out in all weathers to rescue fellow humans in distress, bravo, lets raise as much as possible.

Go go go! Good luck and thank you for the service you provide. My inspiration is my 5 year old daughter who is currently battling a rare cancer. Hopefully this year will see her better and cancer free. Her journey will be a long one – requiring hip replacements throughout her life because of her cancer – but she’s strong enough to do it! You can read her story at http://www.JonisJourney.co.uk

An amazingly tasty macaroni cheese recipe:

50g butter
2 tablespoons of cornflour (or 4 tablespoons of plain flour)
1 pint of semi-skimmed milk
250g block of cheese
500g pasta

Stir the butter and the cornflour together over a high heat, until it’s a smooth mixture. Allow it to bubble while it’s mixing together, but do not allow it to scorch or burn. Once it’s a smooth mixture, add the milk and turn down the heat.

Continue to stir the mixture, making sure the spoon scrapes the bottom of the pan, while gradually increasing the heat. It should take you around 10-15 minutes to increase the heat to the maximum you can without boiling it. If the mixture is in danger of boiling or curdling then turn the heat down a little.

When the mixture starts to thicken add the cheese, which should be grated for maximum melting efficiency. Once the cheese is all melted in, add pepper to taste, add the cheese sauce to 500g of cooked pasta, stir and serve.

I think Dianna Abbott will make a difference in 2012, the difference being she’ll no longer be in politics, like she never should have been. Good luck chaps!

Can RNLI survive as a charity if closures of HM COASTGUARD stations increases their workload through inaccurate tasking and poor coordination? It will be too late to find out when they run out of funds or crews put in unacceptable danger: http://t.co/EOsGKeiP #MCA_cuts #stopHMCGclosures

Great idea and cause, all the very best with it.
You know, all you had to do was write something unbelievably controversial in the piece and you’d have got tons of comments! Works for some sites *cough Daily Mail cough*

Its day 5 of no nasty cigerettes and the crisp cupboard is calling me again!! If yesterday is anything to go by, I munched through 2 packets of Hula Hoops, one packet of cheesy wotsits, one packet of cheese and onion rigde crisps, a mint aero, a 4 finger kitkat and 2 packets of sour fruit pastle thingys .. all adding to 1145 calories whilst sat at my desk!! and that was before I got home from work and had my dinner with a glass of vino!! oh well, my lungs are very grateful but not sure what my digestive system is thinking right now!!

Comments, comments all the way. How many can we get in a day. One hundred thousand is the aim, no other number is the same. Come on lets give it all we got, before our efforts go to pot.

The engagement of the populace in the process of online expression is a laudable and indeed vital aim in the retention of our freedom in a climate of global fear and obsession with false security that governments are using as an excuse to enslave us.

I’d like to nominate Framework in Nottingham for their great working in helping the homeless and those at risk. The is an inspirational guy there called Chris Senior.

Good luck with the record attempt. I’ve spread the word for you on my various social networks.

I’d like to nominate Framework a Nottingham based charity working in the Midlands and Lincolnshire to help the homeless and those at risk. There’s an inspirational fellow there called Chris senior.

Good luck with the attempt. I’ve shared this on my social networks for you.

Hero’s each and everyone of you, putting your own lives at risk to save others. Good luck with the record, here’s hoping it’s a great start to a great year. Stay safe

24hours you say? Well it will only take a couple of big twitter-hitters to RT this for you and you will be well on your way, hope the spanking new servers will be cope. All the best of luck with the attempt though – am glad to play a small part in it and a big thank you from me for all the fantastic work the RNLI does throughout the year. Sally B – London.

Inspiration for 2012? The two ex-servicemen who have retrained as BSAC Open Water Instructors despite horrific injuries. We could do with more like them 🙂 Also anyone who volunteers as lifeboat crew – we could definitely do with more like them!!

@ Geordie “Should the RNLI have to depend on charity?”

Hi Geordie, a good question.
I’d say Absolutely Not, but without it I dread to think how many lives would be lost. In weather like were seeing today these brave men and women ignore risk to themselves in pursuit of saving others. Thanks to efforts like this one today we can at least highlight this ongoing funding issue as well as have some fun at a world record attempt.

How about a word association game? Or song lyrics? Something to get more posts faster. Remember though that responses need to be unique, a minimum of two words and ten characters to count…

I would leave something witty & clever, but, in a sea of 100K comments it would drown.
So, all I’m leaving is this:
These are not the droids you’re looking for. Move along.

If business and people started to pay the tax they are required to in their countries we would not have the current economic woes and that would fre more money for charity at home and abroad – Simples!

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Good Luck. Will be interesting to see how the rate of posting increases as the day goes on. On the inspiration front, I admire what British cycling have done for the sport and its perception in the UK in recent years. 2012 is a big year with a lot of opportunity for UK cycling.

Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need – a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing.

Jerome K. Jerome

This comment is for my Granny who is currently ill in hospital. When she used to take us to Skegness when I was young, I remember visiting a cafe that had one of those RNLI money boxes where the boat comes down the ramp when you put the coin in the box. Funny how these things jog your memory.

The RNLI is definitely a great cause in need of support. I was a “Stormy Stan Fan” when I was younger. Then I was inspired and amazed by the big boats, now I am still inspired by the bravery and selfless giving of the RNLI Volunteers.

My gramps served for 60 years in the RNLI and was awarded and MBE for his efforts, and I love social media, so I think this is a brilliant idea, even if only 10% of people donated then it would still raise a lot of money for an invaluable service that is run mainly by volunteers!

Lunchtime check in. Seen plenty or ReTweets, needs the likes of @Schofe and @stephenfry to pick up and RT. Suggest a coordinated twitter message to them from as many people as possible as the odd message may not show up in their timeline. Also hoping our fiends in the US will pick this up as they come online shortly.

Good Luck!

Living in a seaside town, with an RNLI station, I often see the desktop pager going off and my thoughts are with the crew who are out there risking their lives to save others.

I’ve gone down and taken photographs of the launching boats before and I’d not want to even get close to the sea wall in some of the conditions that these guys go to sea in.

It makes me a little sad sometimes that it’s often people’s own foolhardiness that means the RNLI goes to their assistance. Those who go to see completely unprepared or in conditions for which they don’t have the experience to be out in…….

My father always gave generously to RNLI, so my donation is going in the envelope I received @ Christmas. Being survivors of the Canvey floods in 1953, probably had something to do with it as well 😉
I was also encouraged to take up swimming @ an early age by my mother, and qualified as a RLSS Scholar Instructor when I was 15 years old.
Living close to Southend (Essex , UK) – one only has to walk along the promenade to witness their presence. As we are experiencing gale-force winds today, I’m sure they are currently very busy!

I’ve just asked @JasonBradbury (Gadget Show)
“This RNLI charity ‘techie’ World Record attempt bit.ly/comment24 needs your help! Please RT. #comment24 #RNLI #Lifeboats”

We need some ‘big hitters’ to get involved!

All the best!
Hope you are utilising the power of social networking sites to get more people onboard.
Twitter alone could double your hits in a couple of hours.

**thumbs up**

This is a great cause – I have lots of happy memories of visiting lifeboat stations around the UK while on holiday with my parents – think I’ve been to most of the Welsh ones! Good luck with your attempt!

My mum has been a total inspiration this last year. Facing and recovering from major surgery, her cup has never been less than half full – a really trooper and an inspiration to her entire family.

Good luck with the challenge – RNLI’s a great cause with people risking their lives in all weathers to rescue many people who, in so many cases, have been ill-equipped and foolhardy to venture out in poor conditions.

A lot of these comments are outrageously polite, (Gary Fuller excluded) let’s try for a little colour here, folks! Prediction for 2012: bigger broadband pipes for the next killer app ‘Adverts on UK CCTV’ and partly cloudy, with a chance of showers in the afternoon.

Caroline – Yeah our techies have the radio on 🙂

Dunc – *shocked face* there is nothing wrong with spice gals but for now just put white pigeon on lol 🙂

The RNLI is amazing. It relies entirely on voluntary donations and I was always annoyed a few years back when the AA called themselves the ‘fourth emergency service’ in an ad campaign – not compared to the RNLI they’re not.

Yarrrgh, these be sharky waters. God bless the RNLI and their dedicated team of Shark Hunters. With your help we can rid the world of these killer beasts once and for all.

just saw a comment from Delboy, can I add my motivational quote to his?
Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Not entirely sure why Newark (Nottinghamshire) needs an RNLI branch….
… however, please note RNLIs ‘SOS Day’ of fundraising on 27th January.
Also there are a great many other RNLI branches around the country always looking for volunteers to help with fundraising – so consider if you could spend any time helping out (they’re not just on the coast – or even close to large bodies of water!) . And if the thought of coffee mornings and flagdays doesn’t appeal – you could still get involved and start organising the kind of events that you’d like to take part in.

Spice Girls vs Girls Aloud…
Indisputable Sass: Spice Girls Win
Good Looks: Girls Aloud Win
Music: We all loose 😉

Would Batman or Superman be more use to the RNLI…
Superman – he can fly and can not drown. Also, no need for distress flares, when you can fire laser beams from your eyes!

Bela – Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get to the other side.
This works as either a joke based on being ‘unexpectedly ordinary’ akin to
What’s brown and sticky? A Stick or What’s blue and fluffy? Blue Fluff
but could also work as a play on words that even if the chicken does not make it to the other side of the road (ie gets run over) the chicken will get to the ‘other side’ (as long as you believe in an afterlife for chickens.)

I’ve advertised the event on another forum used by tens of thousands of users at a time, so fingers crossed that may spread the word a little and help out!

Good luck with the world record attempt. My children have just gone outside to play to discover all their big bouncy mega balls are missing. It was soooo windy last night they could be in the next town by now!

When I was a little girl, my parents took us out on a trip in our then new sailing boat in Chichester Harbour. We didn’t know that there was actually a fault with the clutch and we were unable to properly make way through the tidal water. We had to call the RNLI who came out and rescued us, taking us back to our marina safe and sound. Ever since then, I’ve donated and contributed to every RNLI fundraiser I’ve come across. I hope it’s helped other people who got stuck 🙂

Launched Innov8Social in 2011 in a leap of faith . Inspired by bold compassionate social innovators like @greeneconomy @bcorporation @gtak @jennykassan @kylewestaway and all of the social entrepreneurs who are changing the world with their work. Hoping for success in 2012 in continued exploration of the field.

Good luck guys. I hope you don’t mind me dedicating this post to the memory of my late uncle Bob Bennett, of Wareham and formerly Gibralter, who designed the RNLI’s Tyne Class vessel.

I have a job prospect I am following up on today. If I am hired, I will be able to donate, and I will do so. Until I have a job, I will have to keep encouraging others to donate.

To make up for those not posting when they visit, then I shall have to do my best to keep relevant posts going to cancel out some of those rude people

RNLI & other volunteer rescue crews go out in any conditions! So think on next time It’s blowing Storm Force winds & check what’s happening, follow @outOnAShout or @RNLI or any of the stations on Twitter. Also check the campaign to save Coastal Rescue Centers here http://t.co/EOsGKeiP #MCA_cuts #stopHMCGclosures

I live in Poole and (Head Office for RNLI) and work for a company that services engines in their boats, I know how important the job that the RNLI do everyday, as they say, every little helps.

That’s a lot of unique entries and an awful lot of charity! Good luck with it all, also…

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i can’t believe that the government don’t fund organisations like this or at least donate some money towards them including air ambulances and mountain rescue

To comply with the rules the comments must be at least 10 characters, a minimum of two words and not comprise solely of punctuation marks. Basically comments have to make sense. Happy commenting & let’s see if we can raise £100k for the RNLI.

Although I’m located the furthest away from our coast as you could possibly get, it’s us numpties that get into trouble when we’re on our jollies:) So good luck RNLI!

This is a great idea, I see the valuable work that the RNLI do in the South West when I visit Cornwall, keep up the good work! Good luck! #RNLI #comment24

The very fact that RNLI has been sustainably across through 3 centuries independent from any government agency speaks volumes. Lang may your boathouse lums reek!

The RNLI saved my mums life and ensured she was able to walk again with there fantastic helicopter and dedicated volunteers funded by fundraising like this!

Commenting from the uk’s first #cyberbarn in front of a very bemused customer and we wish you the best of luck with this world record attempt Tref! Oh and she says you are a bloody genius getting me in a dress for the tweet up 😉

there are at least 6 ferry routes to the Isle of Wight!! Why is the one that stops running due to bad weather the one you are waiting for? and then why, when it starts running again did i miss it because i was too busy talking to notice the boat was boarding!!!

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I support the RNLI too with this comment!

The rules should have been highlighted or been put into some pretty graphics so that those eager to post a quick less than 10 word comment may notice it. Food for thought if we don’t get there….

Surfer Girl, isnt that almost kite surfing? which i bet would be good fun on a day like today.

Any Kite surfers here??? or even better, Any Kite surfers here that have been rescued by the RNLI???

Okeedokee, used the aOATH thingy (Sp) and read the whole thing, so here’s another ‘unique’ comment… said something about ‘worthwhile’ causes, so here’s a fave of mine, they don’t tweet yet, but, since you asked, http://SGIQuarterly.Org is a fave organization of mine, been trying to practice what they teach since 1989, and well, it’s all been good so far… they are a U.N. NGO, dunno if RNL does same, but NGO’s rock!… and BTW, anyone here also into the Earth Charter thing?… SGI had an even about them aeons ago (well, 1998, to be exact, October, if the Gingko Biloba I took was fresh this morning… or did I NOT take it!)… and nowadays, sustainability appears to be a #mainstream-ed keyword… so let’s keep commentin, I guess? c-ya!

Does Lorem Ipsum qualify as making sense? 😉

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After a ship sank in the ocean, three men ended up stranded in a lifeboat. They floated around for days without food or water. One afternoon a bottle floated up to the boat. The men grabbed the bottle and when
they pulled the cork out of the bottle, a genie appeared.

‘I’ll grant each of you a single wish,’ said the genie.

‘I wish I was home,’ said the first man. Then, poof! he disappeared.

‘I wish I was home, too,’ said the second man. Poof! He disappeared too.

The third man looked around. ‘Gee, I’m kind of lonely,’ he said. ‘I wish my friends were here with me.’

Guys please read the rules so that your comments count! 2 words or more and UNIQUE so no more solely ‘good luck’s!! Best of luck for the cause, my family have needed RNLI over the years and continue to support them.

Great idea, But were theres some conditions about where this can be advertised. I would have thaught getting this out wide on facebook will greatly improve responces. Also posting this out on some of the large public messageboards and forums would help.
Also why isnt BBC news or anything reposting this again that would help out ALOT!

I hope this comment helps you guys to hit the mark you need to reach. Will be telling all my friends and Twitter followers this evening to try and get you a few extra comments.

Have to say, this could have been promoted in other areas of the media than just tech columns/blogs though. Unless I’m missing something, I don’t see why the BBC didn’t pick up on this great fundraising idea and put their great weight behind it?

I have 3 fish and a frog in my fish tank at work. They need names.

Fish are as followed. any ideas for names for them all?

Orange fish
Blue Fish
Silver & Black Stripey Fish
and a grey Frog.

your suggestions are worth £1 to the RNLI

let have some ideas!!

What a good idea. I ran 26.2 miles to support the RNLI, I could have just sat at home and started a blog instead! All that pain!
Good luck man, I hope you do it. It’s a very worthy cause. 🙂

Good luck RNLI, my grandad haad worked on the lifeboat in Dunbar with his six brothers. So very proud of thhe work you all do and most of all a massive thank you 🙂

I’ve been a staunch support of RNLI ever since I started sailing, and especially so after I did my first solo sailing! Will be retweeting this – good luck with the world record!

The RNLI are brilliant! Living in a town where there’s an RNLI lifeboat, as I do, I just think it’s a shame they don’t send the flare up any more, to signify a shout. When they did that, we all knew what was about to happen and our thoughts were with the crew as they went on their heroic way! Good luck with the record attempt, btw 🙂

My some was rescued from the cliffs at Aberystwyth thanks to the coastguards. The RNLI should never be taken for granted as you never know if one day you may need them.

Dear Stuart,

If you’re of a technical persuasion, perhaps you might consider using the same naming convention used for your servers at work. Greek gods is a common one, and could be wonderfully entertaining when applied to small fish.

With that in mind…
Orange fish – mars
Blue Fish – neptune
Silver & Black Stripey Fish – mercury
and a grey Frog – Flora – which of course stands for frog, lord of remarkable aquariam

That’s a whole lot of comments you still need to collect. Bit worrying since we’re at nearly 5pm and you only have a couple of thousand from what I can see – you need to turn off Akismet so you get all the Russian spam 🙂

Ladies,

Let your hubby’s know about the blog when you get home. It will give them something to do while you watch, eastenders, corrie, emmerdale, one birn every minute, peter andre, etc etc.

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Very best of luck with your record attempt and I hope you raise a good amount for a very deserving cause.

Hopefully everyone that comments will also post about this attempt on Twitter, Facebook etc for you too.

Best of luck once again,

Graham

Ahhh! I overselpt. I meant to get up really, really early so I could leave my comment – but was very busy last night, hacking away. I fell asleep with my face in the keyboard. This Mac Keyboard is much nicer to sleep on than your regular PC keyboards. Unlike conventional keyboards, a Mac Keyboard doesn’t leave as deep an imprint in the side of your head…

Still, I’m back at it – hacking away. Just wrote a jQuery colour wheel plugin 🙂

Rob

Home, home, home from the sea Angels of mercy, answer our plea And carry us home, home, home from the[ sea Carry us safely home from the sea.

On a cold winters night With a storm at its height The lifeboat answered the call. They pitched and they tossed Till we thought they were lost As we watched from the harbor wall. Though the night was pitch black, There was no turning back, For someone was waiting out there, But each volunteer Had to live with his fear As they joined in a silent prayer. [Repeat chorus]

As they battled their way Past the mouth of the bay, It was blowing like never before. As they gallantly fought, Every one of them thought Of loved ones back on the shore. Then a flicker of light And they knew they were right. There she was on the crest of a wave. She’s an old fishing boat And she’s barely afloat. Please God, there are souls we can save. CHORUS

And back in the town In a street that runs down To the sea and the harbor wall, They’d gathered in pairs At the foot of the stairs To wait or the radio call. And just before dawn When all hope had gone Came a hush and a faraway sound. ‘Twas the coxswain he roared All survivors on board Thank God and we’re homeward bound. [Chorus]

Fantastic cause indeed, I love to support the RNLI and have done for most of my life. Growing up near the sea does that to you. I used to sing in charity carol concerts for them – leaving a comment here is much easier 🙂 Good luck with the challenge.

Good luck from all at HUKD as an OAP myself im in full support, might need to take a blue pill to stay up all night to see the results on this one,

Good work

Guv ov HOT UK DEALS

Ps Elton Chong is my hero and im a big old zero, OAP to the GUV thats me

When we need you, you are there……… and now when you need us, where is everyone? HEEEEEELP! Target is miles off, please get everyone you know to come to the rescue of such a worthwhile cause.

What if I was to write a script, which wrote like me… and auto posted? Would that count – or would that defeat the record? In any case.. trying to build a script that thinks like me presents some interesting challenges…

Hmmmm…

I might do it one day… #RobBot

Great idea, fantastic cause! The work done by these great volunteers should always be recognised!!! I hope you raise lots of money, well done raising the profile of the RNLI and helping them continue their selfless, dangerous life saving work! 🙂

Phobia Support, hhhmmm.. Now there is a good question…
This has now become the “1001 things you cna do with rust” discussion!
1. How about collect the rust, mix it with aluminium to make thermite?

Having said that though – I need some serious hardware, akin to what @tref is running his world record attempt on in order to hit a comment every second….

And I guess that would give the game away – for if I was to post a comment every second…. well thats only slightly faster than I can physically type….

So, I conclude that my bot would be found out, and would not pass any turin test.

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I’m having fish for my tea. I wonder how many fisherman have been saved by RNLI? Answers on a postcard… What is everyone else having for tea. Anything sea related?

Also I am sure you should have some kind of validation that stops people from just saying Good Luck. How are you going to count up the number of invalid comments … I’m feeling stressed 🙁

For @Kate Norman I don’t quite no…. Got to go to the shops. I attempted to bake a loaf of bread earlier… put it in the oven and forgot about it.

I now have a brick. One way to build a conservatory…

Mike Fuller – that was Rob Openshaw in Cambridge. He may have gone to Staffs Uni many years ago. He will not be posting for a while because his wife called him to go home for his tea!

Found you through the Guardian. The article said that comments about someone who’s inspired you, or an organisation who’s inspired you would be nice, so here goes!

One person I really admire and who’s been an inspiration to me is a lady called Janet. She’s in her 60s now, but throughout her life she has gone out of her way to help others. She lives in a house without central heating, hot water or even a fridge, but she’d give you the clothes off her back if she thought you needed them more.

She’s always there for others – the ill in the village, the elderly, anyone who needs a listening ear or some practical assistance. That’s despite the fact that some people tease her because she doesn’t conform to fashion and she looks a bit “alternative”.

She’s raised five kids on her own after her husband left and managed a smallholding as well as a job to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table. And she still got herself further education and learned sign language.

To me she is a symbol of kindness, hard work and sheer determination. If only there were more people like her in the world!

Good luck with your efforts.

Come on Tref, there is a long was to go and the night is fast approaching in the UK ! Time to hit some contacts in faraway countries to continue the good work though the night.

Please make sure we all make the comments long enogh to count…just ‘Good Luck’ wouldn’t be enough for the count!…Best Wishes all in the RNLI Brave Fellas!..x

WE ARE SAILING…in a manner of speaking, into the RECORD BOOKS WE HOPE…copy and paste if you’ve no time to waste….Good Luck Guy’s n Girls of the RNLI

[…] Shoudl they reach their goal vital funds for the RNLI in the UK will be donated.  Help them out by QUICKLY heading on over to help set a world record! […]

Another comment, this time delivered over IPv6 🙂 Still no IPv6 at work but hopefully won’t be long!

Are you able to publish how many comments were made by IPv6 (better be more than this one)? 🙂

No Problem Bro’….anything to help for a ‘Good Cause’…xx…..Record A’hoy…Tally Ho and away we go…If you sail across the sea, all my love is there to guide you!…it’s a cracker!

The RNLI…

…whose arm hath bound the restless wave.
Who bidd’st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep…

Thank you for your fantastic work…you’re the real record breakers in my book 🙂

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.
William Shakespeare

But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Khalil Gibran

Try this; Cut and paste the below but add the next digit, we could go on for ever 🙂

The number pi 3.141592653589793 – I have added one can you?

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.
Vincent Van Gogh

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach – waiting for a gift from the sea.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh

This feels a lot like Brewster’s Millions – that classic film from 1985, in which Brewster has to waste $30million in 30 days in order to inherit £300 million…

The difficulty in trying to spend £30 million… you’d think it would be easy…

The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.
Jules Verne

Here’s one extra to the target – awe and respect for the courage and dedication of the RNLI. I find it hard to believe that the greatest seagoing nation in the World has to rely on charity to save its sailors at sea. Long live the RNLI!