MORE BRIT SPEAK HELP...Please

[Scott <insanus_scottus@yahoo.co.uk>]

bboy_mn wrote:
> Is there actually a Red Nose Day in Britain, and what is it all 
about?

me:
I'm not a Brit, but all the same I'm going to take a stab at it. 
Please correct me if I'm wrong!

Red Nose day is the annual all-day telethon in the UK which raises 
money for the charity, Comic Relief.  Kind of like that cystic 
fibrosis telethon we have in the US on labour day(??).

I can't think of the date...although it may be march 12th because, 
IIRC, that's when the schoolbooks were released.  

Anyone want to add?
Scott