Highschool blasts mmmBop over loudspeaker until kids donate money...

[Endangered Specie]

:rofl: :thumbsup:
This has got to be one of the most brilliant fundreaising ideas ive seen. (sorry if this is a dupe)

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/13/earlyshow/main838253.shtml?CMP=OTC-RSSFeed&source=RSS&attr=Entertainment_838253
(link includes video, brace yourself for Hanson music)
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'Stop The Bop' To Raise Katrina $$


(CBS) Schools across the country are pitching in to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

While there are lemonade stands and bake sales from Connecticut to California, some schools are finding more creative vehicles.

Delone Catholic High School in McSherrystown, Pa., has a fun fundraising program called "Stop the Bop."

Suggested by a few members of the student council, the school is playing Hanson's 1996 hit "MMMBop" through the loudspeakers before classes begin, between periods and during lunch. The idea? Annoy students into donating; have them pay to stop the music.

The goal is $3,000, which could be reached if each of the 659 students donates $5. "MMMBop" has been playing since Wednesday, and the school has raised about $2,300 so far.

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[Meatwad]

1. Right...

torture people until you get what you want (in this case, money).

That's just wrong, IMO.

That wouldn't make me donate money. That'd make me skip school.

[NorCalDem]

3. It's not torture, it's the Hansens

if it were Clint Black, it would be torture! :D

And welcome to DU, by the way :)

[FreedomAngel82]

13. You mean Hanson

Former tennie bopper here. I still like their music but not obsessed.

[NorCalDem]

4. Oh yeah, and....

meatwad got the money, gee!
Meatwad gets the honeys, see!

[Mutley]

9. Is that from the commercial on Adult Swim with the old man?

I love that!

[NorCalDem]

25. It's actually from the

"Aqua Team Hunger Force" theme song. It's plays during the shows opening, and is hilarious. Honestly, I like the theme song better than I like the show :D

[Mutley]

32. I hardly ever get to watch the really late AS.

I can't stay up that late. I'm always passing out on my couch by 11:30.

[Endangered Specie]

7. since its a private catholic school, Im assuming youd get punished

for skipping school, not that that would matter.

[SammyBlue]

20. AAAGGHHH!!! HANSON!!!

That's enough for me to commit homicide! Isn't that torture enough!!

MMMMMMMMbop, oo-oo MMMMMMMbop! :puke:

[Meatwad]

21. Well...if you put it that way...

:puke:

[SammyBlue]

22. ATHF!!! Meatwad

Welcome to DU! I promise we won't ask Frylock to find an acid that dissolves meat.

:yourock: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi:

[Meatwad]

23. Acid???

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

Thanks for the welcome, btw. :)

[eissa]

29. Hmmmmm

torture until you get what you want....wonder where these kids learned such a thing? The real legacy of *'s administration.

[Kikosexy2]

2. They should...

play Toby Keiths "The Angry American" for good measure--now that's annoying!

[markbark]

11. ... or the nuclear earworm

Lee Greenwood's jingoistic anthem "God Bless the USA"

worse than "It's a Small World"


--MAB

[Kikosexy2]

18. Heaven's to...

Betsy that would be just splendid!

[KyndCulture]

5. ahhhh man, thanks for the earworm... MAKE IT STOP.

[JuniperLea]

6. my extremely liberal daughter is going to hate that

she still carries her childhood crush for those guys.

not a good thing to teach kids to use force to get what they want, imho. just another bully tactic... some kid could get so pissed... well, i don't even want to say it.

[FreedomAngel82]

14. Yep

So sad. They're teaching it the wrong way. *Sigh* Does your daughter know that the middle one is now married and has two kids and the youngest is in a very serious thing with someone? Dunno about the oldest. They had a cd out this past year that isn't bad. It's more rock then pop.

[JuniperLea]

19. Oh yeah

She keeps tabs on them for sure. They grow up so quickly!

Still is also still nursing her crushes on Mike Pizza, Mark Grudzielanek and that hockey player... whazzhizname... Tootoo?

[newscott]

8. Sad to say

As dumb as that song is, i kinda like it. :blush:

[politick]

16. It's a good jam

reminiscent of the Jackson Five, and I would definitely bop to it in my car with friends, half ironically -- and half not so ironically -- back in the day.

All in all, I don't see too much harm in that. It's just kind of funny. Not the best tactic, but, hey, it's for a good cause (I presume) and it's in good fun. Life should be more like 80s movies, where schools would get away with something like that.

(And there'd be talking ducks, ghostbusters and robots from the future, too, I suppose...)

[OneGrassRoot]

10. gee, I actually love that song.......really.....how sad am I? n/t

[FreedomAngel82]

15. You're not a lone

Even though it does get annoying it's not bad to listen to for a while. To play it that long though would get old. They do have better songs and their voices aren't squeaky anymore. I still remember when I first saw a music video of their's on MTV it was an older version of the song (music video wise) and I couldn't tell if the middle and younger ones were girls or guys. The oldest one was older so you could tell better with him. Their last cd was actually pretty good and they had an acoustic cd out.

[Jade Fox]

37. So do I!

Except the mix is crappy, and you can barely hear the singer.

[FreedomAngel82]

12. That song is so old

That's the only song of their's I've never really cared for. It doesn't make any sense at all. I guess it's a new forum of torture?

[Zomby Woof]

17. That violates the 8th Amendment

:puke: Those poor kids!

[nonconformist]

24. Well, I for one think it's HILARIOUS!

Then again, I have a sense of humor.

[Endangered Specie]

26. Indeed...

its not like they are killing someone. (AAMOF, they are helping people)

Could you ask for much more?

[RedRocco]

28. If one of my kids

was in that school I would have to have an attorney look into extortion charges. People shouldn't be tortured until they donate IMHO. its no different than when we blasted music at Noriega or the branch davidians

[nonconformist]

30. Oh for crying out loud! nt

[Endangered Specie]

31. Sigh

its a PRIVATE school, so I dont think thered be any bases.

Save litigation efforts for more worthy causes.

[amandabeech]

27. Death by Hanson!

I hope that they have ambulances ready to transport those felled by this to a Hanson detox/reprogramming center. I used to think that many old Jackson 5/MJ stuff was bad until I heard this.

[mtnester]

33. SNL skit with Helen Hunt in an elevator with Hansen and Will Ferrell

borrowed it I am thinking

[Endangered Specie]

34. hehe that was truly funny

:evilgrin:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

35. They probably would have raised it already if they used the Barney song.

Great kids!

[Endangered Specie]

36. no, I could tolerate that song.