Thousand Angry Wasp Bucket Challenge not as Popular

Wasp Bucket Challenge goes viral for all the wrong reasons

Due to the overwhelming success of the popular ALS online “ice bucket challenge”, other non-profit organizations have begun proposing their own similar campaigns to generate awareness and support from the public.

One particular charity, Save the Wasps of Ichipunininana, has started a campaign called the “thousand angry wasps bucket challenge” in which the participant simply puts a thousand or more poisonous flying insects into a large bucket and then dumps it over his/her head.

The true challenge, according to the few who have actually participated–besides getting the wasps to stay in the bucket initially–is to not die afterwards.

“Yeah, I made it.  Barely,” said one participant through a breathing tube.  “My face may look like bubble wrap, but it’s all for a good cause, right?”

Other charities who have also come up short in their efforts to match the success of the ALS campaign cite various reasons–from lack of celebrity support to lack of social media savvy to a complete lack of interest.

A Hawaiian charity started the short-lived “molten lava” bucket campaign, then there was the “bucket full of double D batteries” challenge to raise awareness for recycling, and then finally the “bucket full of questions” campaign initiated by a group of poor existentialist philosophers.

As for the fight against what is sometimes referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease, it doesn’t seem to be abating anytime soon.

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