Hand over your wallet, your keys and your jewellery… Do it nice and slow, then back up and nobody has to get hurt!
Ok, so business has been slow in the mugging game for a while, but we’re deadly serious about needing your money now, so we’re going to try plan B… If you all give generously, Cheryl will wander over the edge of a really tall building at Canary Wharf for your viewing pleasure and / or horror. Just to make sure she doesn’t get any funny ideas and try and climb back up, I’ll go along to tread on her fingers if need be. (Hopefully she’ll wait up and give directions, just in case I get lost half way down)
We’re asking / begging (and if it comes to it, mugging) you for sponsorship for an Abseil down Canary Wharf on 11 May 2008.
Have you ever looked at the ground from 230ft up (that’s 70m for those of us from outside the imperial system)? Now think about what it would take to make you step off of a ledge so that all you have between you and that much gravity is a rope? Thought about it? So you’re going to donate lots then, right ? 
On a more serious note, I’m sure that many of you know someone who has been affected by cancer, and I’m sure you’ve seen the courage and effort required to fight the beast. Cancer Research UK needs all the help they can get in trying to make this a thing of the past.
Donating is easy… just visit http://www.justgiving.com/pascoes – they’ll helpfully take your money from most internationally accepted credit and debit cards, so you can’t even use the excuse of not being able to get us the cash or being from forrin parts:) If you’re not comfortable donating online, or are skint at the moment, we’ll take your promise of future cash and make the donation in your name now.
If you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you – so stick it to the man, uh, please? If you’re not a UK tax payer (or are currently dead for tax reasons) please don’t run off, we’d still like your money!
So please sponsor us now! Now! NOW! NOWNOWNOW! (Have you done it yet? Have you? Have you? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Huh? Are we!? 
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