{"id":17002,"date":"2014-08-21T16:01:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T16:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=17002"},"modified":"2014-08-21T16:02:21","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T16:02:21","slug":"ive-accepted-the-ice-bucket-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=17002","title":{"rendered":"I&rsquo;ve Accepted The Ice Bucket Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve not been hiding in a cave then you\u2019ve heard of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ice_Bucket_Challenge\" target=\"_blank\">Ice Bucket Challenge<\/a> which is being used to raise funds for and awareness of ALS, known here as Motor Neurone Disease. The Editorial Director for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petri.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Petri IT Knowledgebase<\/a>, <a href=\"twitter.com\/jeffjames3\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff James<\/a>, took the bullet and has passed the challenge on to me. <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hdsWKKK9Ork\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Jeff, I accept your challenge. I\u2019ll be doing it at work tomorrow at lunch time.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I\u2019ve pissed you, the reader, off in some way. Maybe you\u2019re one of the many vFanboys that I take fun in ridiculing? Or maybe you work in Microsoft and I\u2019ve annoyed you one-too-many times. If you\u2019d like to see me soaked and freezing my cajones off (it\u2019s quite cold in Ireland lately) then please do me a favour, give generously to <a href=\"http:\/\/imnda.ie\/get-involved\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association<\/a> or a local version of that organisation that supports ALS or MND victims &amp; families. Get your revenge, and dig deep!<\/p>\n<p>Oh and be warned \u2026 I will be naming 3 people that I\u2019ve already selected \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve not been hiding in a cave then you\u2019ve heard of the Ice Bucket Challenge which is being used to raise funds for and awareness of ALS, known here as Motor Neurone Disease. 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