"Save the Boobies! (Part Deux)"

03/12/2002

I am writing today regarding a subject very near and dear to my heart. Actually it's probably near and dear to your heart too, if not physically then certainly on an emotional level. I am, of course, speaking of those wonderful anatomical creations known as boobs. (Or as I am fond of expressing it, B@@Bs!)

Cleavage, Food-Catchers, Soft Pillows of Love-Flesh -- no matter what you choose to call them, they are as varied as the females who possess them. (And as any 13 year old boy who has ever tried the yawning-reach-around maneuver in a darkened movie theater knows, it is most assurdedly the female who owns and controls them!) Yet despite our collective fondness and love, the breast is in danger, my friends.

The American Cancer Society estimates that over 180,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, and over 40,000 will die. There are over one million women in America with undetected breast cancer. Your chance of knowing one of these women is almost 100%. Does this shock you?

How did we, as American males, allow this perverted killer to sneak into the bedrooms of our women and violate them so? Personally, I'm ashamed. Ashamed and shocked. And angry, definitely angry. I'm angry that while I have been happily suckling at the teet of complacency, a deadly disease has been growing inside of women that I know and care about. I'm so angry that I have joined the Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk, where I will walk 20 miles a day for 3 days in a row -- that's 60 miles in 72 hours! With more than 3,000 other people, I will walk from Baltimore, Maryland to Washington, D.C. on May 3 - 5, 2002.

So, I am asking no, begging, you to consider helping educate every single person in this country about the early detection and survival of breast cancer. Each walk participant must raise $1900.00; and this donation goal must be met before April 30, 2002. (I've already raised approximately half!) This is probably the biggest challenge of my life so far, but it pales in comparison with the challenge faced by women and men with breast cancer. Because make no mistake, men can get breast cancer too. Every year, about 1,500 men will be diagnosed with the disease.

You can donate by credit card online by going to http://www.bethepeople.com/donations/online.html and choosing "Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day, Washington DC-2002" from the dropdown menu. This will take you to a site where you can run a search on walker number (9228).

If you prefer writing a check, you can go to http://www.bethepeople.com/donation-form/ and enter my Participant Number (9228) and my Participating Event (Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day, Washington DC - 2002) in the appropriate boxes. Then click on the Get Donation Form button. You will need to have Adobe Acrobat (which you can download for free from the same page). Just print out the donation form and email me (gareth@macdobhran.org) for my snailmail address. Make your check out to Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day and put Walker #9228 somewhere on the front of the check.

The Wenches of Local #42 have several women walking in this event. As often as we proclaim admiration of a well bodiced lass, I think it ill behooves me, as a Rogue, not to support Team Wench. I'm showing my support by not only contributing money but walking with them. How about you? Don't YOU want to be a breast supporter too?!

Huzzah! Save the Boobies!!

You are correct, sir! As Rogues, it behooves us to contribute in any way we can to Save the Boobies. Unfortunately, I'm in Saudi Arabia at the moment, but I'm bound and determined to do what I can. I'll be donating to your walk as well as to the Local 42 chapter's walk, just to continue showing my support. We gain so much pleasure from the Boobies, it would be uncouth of us to abandon them in their time of need. And let's face it, it's better for us in the long run. :) -Jon ~ Godling @ 3:17 a.m. EST on 03/26/2002