Henning Wehn Against Fundraising - Room 101

[@martinbegley]

This clip ends before he finished making his argument, in which he went on to make the (i think) valid point that in germany and scandinavia they don't do charity in the same way we do. They pay more tax. Major institutions that benefit society should be funded by us all.

[@justincronkright5025]

Just doing the bloody work (not jobs) should be enough... shouldn't have anything to do with money what-so-ever!

[@martinbegley]

@Viva La Kekistan it's an inherently political joke

[@ze89412]

Lol that argument falls flat when there’s over 6 times the charities in Germany than in the U.K.

[@dayleclarke4433]

It's amazing to me that there are people who want more tax for themselves. They really exist.

[@harveyturnersedpage7907]

@@ze89412 I think you misunderstand the the Google answer to the question, “ how many charities are there in Germany?” Round about 20 to 40 thousand. The 600,000 associations which you have included are non public-fundraising ; they are associated organisations often linked and funded by associated organisations or businesses but are still deemed charities. In the UK there are approximately 170,000 charities that take part in public fundraising from ‘Save the Children’ to schools. It’s a trick successive right of centre governments in the UK have been doing for years. Defund public services, turn them into charities and claim the credit for encouraging people to give to charity whilst giving less themselves and keeping the saving for tax cuts for the wealthy.

[@JACKnJESUS]

You going for a walk should not set me back...that's a keeper.

[@areuswhite9670]

"Highly selective remembrance Sunday." Bahahahahaha

[@boytechnichian]

Areus White am I being stupid for not quite getting the reference?

[@bri_____]

Luke Barnes In Britain we have remembrance Sunday to remember our war dead. Our biggest conflicts in terms of lives lost was obv against the Germans. So it's quite funny for this German comic to say 'highly selective remembrance sunday.' it's not a reference as such, he's more feigning outrage.

[@boytechnichian]

David McIntyre ah OK, I am British myself, but that one went a bit over my head. Love Henning though, class act XD

[@GazBlacklock-rk2wg]

David McIntyre mate... I still don't get your explanation.. although I'm sure it is good.. sorry.. can you explain it differently.. I'm from Yorkshire 😂😂😂

[@luke-alex]

Well we don't really remember all the German citizens we killed, isn't that what he's referring to?

[@eec3641]

Glad he clarified there's nothing wrong with buckets

[@maelughran6981]

The Germans share a similar sense of humour but are a lot more clever than we are. It takes an awful lot of courage to do what Henning does, can you imagine a British comedian entertaining a German audience speaking their language and successfully using their own nuances against them, without causing offence? He's a class act.

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

Spot-on Mael! Anyway, I love the Germans. They didn’t shoot my father when they took him prisoner in France in 1940, proving conclusively that they had a sense of humour!

[@nicklewis1882]

I can imagine that. Check out Eddie Izzard!

[@tourzrap]

Nice comment steal...

[@crazylizard1889]

I think the only reason Henning doesn't have a British equivalent is because the German comedy scene isn't exactly huge (by his own admission), and because we natively speak the world's most widely spoken language, so we're all too lazy to learn other languages. I don't think the British would be any more likely to cause offence, nor the Germans to be offended. All nations can deal with being mocked for stereotypes, especially when they're true. Some more than others I admit. Even some Americans can live with it.

[@gitman3486]

He's a single clever comedian, not an entire nation. And he doesn't "cause offence" because of the British public's good humour.

[@justsomethoughts519]

I love Henning, his jokes always have a different nature to most comedians and are just odd, but in a fun way. Was awesome when on HIGNFY just after Brexit.

[@arunsd9]

It's the fact that he has a strong German accent but his humour is incredibly British!

[@CityThatCannotBeCaptured]

Perfect logic. LOVE you Henning Wehn.

[@sfshinz]

Nobody takes "the rough with the smoove" quite like Henning.

[@albertgainsworth]

The thing I absolutely detest about charity begging is that, if you give to a charity, they must sell your name, etc. to other charities. My daughter gives nothing to charity and gets no letters or calls. I give now and then and get phone calls and a mailbox full of charity requests. I get phone calls from charities to which I have never contributed, only to have the caller thanking me for my previous donations.

[@NibberKSmooth]

Would love to have a conversation with him. Sincere, witty, intelligent and fun.

[@Isleofskye]

I tell you what I don't like about certain types of Fundraising. All their lives some people could not give a damn that endless others have sufferred and died from something or other and then suddenly because THEY are directly or indirectly affected we are asked to donate to their new found cause when they could not give a monkeys before about whatever it is...

[@saarahali2468]

Oh my gosh YES, I always see this. I mean yes I am sorry that whatever made you upset but you didn't care before so what makes you think others will want to donate to you?

[@spankstar]

regardless of the cause/intention, at least money is being raised. That's how I like to think about it.

[@Isleofskye]

Your timing is good spankstar as I am about to raise funds for a penis filler is a liquid - usually hyaluronic acid - which is injected into the soft tissue under the skin of the shaft. It is a non-surgical procedure and can be done in a matter of hours at a specialist clinic. It costs around £3,000 a time. It is designed to increase a man's flaccid girth, usually by one or two centimetres in circumference - depending on the amount injected - and lasts for around 18 months so if you like to contribute to my "Iwantabigun" fund I will be delighted....:)

[@Isleofskye]

Your timing is good as I am about to raise funds for a penis filler is a liquid - usually hyaluronic acid - which is injected into the soft tissue under the skin of the shaft. It is a non-surgical procedure and can be done in a matter of hours at a specialist clinic. It costs around £3,000 a time. It is designed to increase a man's flaccid girth, usually by one or two centimetres in circumference - depending on the amount injected - and lasts for around 18 months so if you like to contribute to my "Iwantabigun" fund I will be delighted....:)

[@jaywalk4446]

I started a new job a few years ago and on my very first morning a bloke came round collecting for money because he had shaved his beard off. He actually asked me for money. I said "but i've never met you before! As far as i know you've never even had a beard!! To me you're just a man without a beard asking for money!" I pointed out that i didnt have a beard either so maybe he should pay me too! I offered to sponsor him to grow one, but he didnt want to.

[@lesleymetthews4590]

Best intellectual comedian ever,absolutely right about Remembrance Sunday, should include German soldiers and Russian

[@heliotropezzz333]

I think it does include the allies and Russia was an ally but Putin wasn't invited this year and could not have come anyway because there's an international arrest warrant for him.

[@RealityCheck6T9]

Did he say "me hard earned" in a German accent?

[@JayWelton92]

Lol It makes me laugh when he uses English phrases, when he was on WILTY and he said "in for a penny, in for pound" in that accent haha he's hilarious.

[@sam_marley]

and 'that's another string to my bow'

[@Isleofskye]

........and in the same tale " your local bobby" and " what's the worst that can happen ?

[@Isleofskye]

He also said " You don't ask your local bobby " as well in that story :)

[@800Viffer]

Henning is a brilliant comedian.

[@NoExitLoveNow]

I totally agree. I'm all for giving to charity, but the way to do it, and the way I do it, is by writing out a check and mailing it to the charity (or functionally similar transaction).

[@nigelburkitt6365]

In a proper functioning society, fund raising and charity would be obsolete.

[@khymaaren]

I think the problem is that it is, indeed, functioning exactly the way some people want it to.

[@steveholmes5207]

Henning is funny enough said lol

[@highestsettings]

He's right though, if you're gonna do something to raise money it should entertain me, not you.

[@cornwallgeezer]

gotta love Henning!

[@jeffreyheeks]

Just brilliant.

[@NottMacRuairi]

I like that old German phrase he uses: "me hardt ernt"

[@keenae]

Brilliant

[@kelzuya]

That rememberence Sunday joke haha

[@hotdog7988]

Charities should be accountable for the way they spend. A rating out of 100 should be calculated each year which depicts the percentage of funds that actually reach the intended beneficiaries. And this rating should be a part of a central database that everybody can access and sort into any order they want to.

[@keithmills778]

What country are you in? A lot of countries have charity-rating websites.

[@mjrowden]

Uniquely hilarious

[@ehren.newton8563]

this guy is classic

[@martintaper7997]

"Movember - is it the Taliban!" :)

[@davedevon8177]

He's good

[@athleticscoach2012]

Missed off the best bit when he discusses celebs doing charidy events

[@keir92]

Charity is bad because it signals the flaw in capitalism. Tax the rich and you won’t need charity

[@ze89412]

@@keir92 lol you obviously don’t understand that poverty isn’t always down to just “taxing the rich”

[@caiuscosades362]

"Charity will fill the gaps we can't trust government to" "What's this "charity" seems pretty pointless to me. Lets just do away with it." This pleases the accelerationist in me.

[@littlejimmyboro]

Henning looks like Brundlefly

[@MerlynMusicman]

I'm so glad we got Henning for a little while. Hopefully once Brexit dust settles we'll still have him :D

[@scipioafricanus5871]

Well, I'm sure Henning is a "sees the glass is half-full": There can be upsides to live in an attic - might even get a book out of it...

[@Katya_Lastochka]

People are laughing at his jokes but he's just speaking the truth. He's telling the British off to their faces and they love it.

[@Isleofskye]

Nothing we like more than Deprecatory Humour....

[@alexwilde1975]

Pardon Me Lol, fund raising isn't exclusive to british folk.

[@janethockey9070]

Pardon me, Princess Diana

[@ze89412]

How is he telling the British off? You can apply what he says to every country even Germany lol

[@survivalisme88]

Lol love henning.

[@BigyetiTechnologies]

Micheal Ball there who has twice the amount of blood as an average person.

[@whatyousaidbud]

It seems even KZbin didn't dare broadcast the rest!

[@simgenx5167]

Agree about the fundraising. Moreover I think any non-profit that pays any member of staf above 100k a year is a for-profit. Those people obviously make profit by running that organisation. If you want to be a non-profit, you should not personally profit (at least not directly financially, I do not mind them gaining experience which can get them a nice job later in life).

[@simgenx5167]

@Cris 2 Far Charities are large enough to be desirable to run. Who wouldn;t want to be CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation or of any other major charity. For 100k enough people would do it. Screw "the best" people. You don;t need them. Let them get 250k somewhere else. But not from charity money. If you want profit, go somewhere else. If you want to have CEO of a major charity and major power on your resume, accept the pay cut for a few years.

[@simgenx5167]

@Cris 2 Far Right now a charity wants someone better than the competitior. If you have a law, and noone can pay more than 100k, charities don't need to compete. A single law will change everything. The law isn't there yet. So your argument of "or else that's the way it would be" is a non-argument.

[@simgenx5167]

@Cris 2 Far Try 100k instead of 20k. And try being a nice person for once. You can't. I feel sorry for you.

[@simgenx5167]

@Cris 2 Far Get a job.

[@jacob8949]

@Cris 2 Far At the risk of pointing out the obvious: the "best people" for a charity would be those looking to make a positive difference, as opposed to enriching themselves.

[@PatrickRyan147]

Funniest German ever..

[@tonyclifton265]

Herr Wehn hat recht, wie immer! Henning für PM!

[@vikeshrandev4016]

Genius

[@novakingood3788]

The one I really hate is people in the my office trying to raise funds for their own kids' football team and emotionally blackmailing you into contributing. I politely decline and frankly don't give a flying f*ck what they think of me because it probably isn't as bad as what I think of them.

[@sweiland75]

I guess he won't participate in the Ice Bucket Challenge

[@RasPutintheGreat]

German sense of humour!

[@JayWelton92]

Ras Putin ....doesn't exist. His sense of humour is a result of living amongst Brits for so long.

[@RefinedRouge]

Hennings awesome I'm an efficient way

[@megatwingo]

Hi, people! What does Henning mean with "remembering Sunday" and "higly selective remembering Sunday"?

[@mattcast44]

He's talking about Remembrance Sunday, which is (I think) the Sunday closest to the 11th Nov when the UK remembers it's World War I dead. As a German, Henning Wehn has a slightly different perspective on such an event!

[@megatwingo]

mattcast44 Thank you for the information! :) What is it all about that November movement and the beards? Bearded fundraisers? For which purpose?

[@mattcast44]

I think it's Movember, where chaps let their moustaches grow, possibly to raise money to combat prostate cancer.

[@megatwingo]

mattcast44 Thanks again for those additional informations! :) Greetings Mega

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

Highly selective because the British only remember their war dead and not those they killed, often immorally or illegally (e.g. Ireland, Iraq, Afghanistan, sending Canadian troops in at Verdun etc.)

[@ChrisWar666]

I'll do that for charity! Maracanã's closer to me, it only takes about 20 minutes on the train :D

[@huntermosely7420]

HW is the man

[@Zakiriel]

ah the generosity of the Dutch?

[@TaxingIsThieving]

There's nothing quite as undiverse and exclusive as the charity sector's 'Diversity and Inclusion'.

[@triplejjj3699]

hahahaha

[@montieluckett7036]

If I've seen you more than once, you're pan-handling and won't get a penny. If you're a charity that doesn't parse out 85% of your contributions, you won't see a penny of my money. If you bank money for "Future Disasters" you won't get any of my money. If you're an organization that stands at a major intersection, endangering the lives of volunteers due to and the impediment of traffic, I'm just going to drive on past. Your heart and the Holy Spirit tells you whom to give to. You just have to listen and then not give a care what happens to the contribution once it has left your hands. The onus is upon them after that.

[@DavidOakesMusic]

HE has a point... Movemeber is stupid. So the thing you're gonna do to raise awareness is....just be lazy for 30 days

[@ze89412]

Your perception of Movember is stupid but I wonder how many more people know about the cancer because of Movember and have been in directly saved by it.

[@sorincaldararu6665]

yea boooiiiiiiii

[@osmanigoor]

This is funnybot

[@ThePierre58]

He is German.. so his opinions on Remembrance Sunday are some what coloured

[@elicohen6348]

Ja. Zis voss a gut suggestion by ze Westphalia kultur attache.

[@budte]

He's pushing it a bit with the comment about Remembrance day.

[@spierbandia]

Movember is an awareness movement for Prostate Cancer and the money raised is for Cancer Charities and Research, it was started by an Australian.

[@sebastianranch6934]

If the idea of Movember comes from awareness of prostate cancer wouldn't it be more logical to stop shaving or trimming your pubes and butt hair? Surely letting your facial hair grow should be from awareness of mouth cancer.

[@Widdekuu91]

+Sebastian I think you're highly overerestimating the amount of guys that dó that in the first place. And I don't mean the facial hair-thing.

[@ze89412]

@@sebastianranch6934 well if you actually researched the origins to Movember then you’d know why it’s grow your beard out

[@nbandpinportugal]

Wish he'd gone into why Remembrance Sunday is " highly " selective.

[@heliotropezzz333]

Because it only remembers the dead of one side in WW1 and WW2. I think that's what he's implying. It does not remember German dead.

[@andsowot]

You literally have to have a medical condition to be a funny German!

[@geoffreywatson9798]

He might be funny in Germany where the bar is set very low but not over in UK