# 30 hour famine?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-hour-famine/160746>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 12, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-hour-famine/160746 "2003-03-12T04:26:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tony\_Barber\_s\_Underwear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/58f4c7/32.png) [@Tony\_Barber\_s\_Underwear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Barber_s_Underwear)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-hour-famine/160746/1 "2003-03-12T04:26:39Z")

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In [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=168849) thread, which was ultimately shut, there was discussion about the 30 hour famine.

I really just opened this thread to comment that in Australia (and probably NZ), _our_ fund raising famines last for [40 hours](http://www.worldvision.com.au/40hourfamine/) . So what’s the deal - are yank and Canadian fund-raisers just weaker than their Southern Hemisphere Brethren, or has the litigious nature of American society led to a cut in faminable hours?

I might actually organise my own 50 hour famine just to show you all.

- Bubba.

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**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-hour-famine/160746/2 "2003-03-12T13:19:21Z")

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Yeah, because gosh, that would sure show those slacker teenagers who are trying to do something good.

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**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-hour-famine/160746/3 "2003-03-12T14:15:47Z")

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~Hey, its just something that our school offers. We sign up, have some fun, and raise money. We decide ourselves if we want to get cummunity service hours.

I don’t know why its different there. Ours is hosted by World vision. Is yours? That might explain something.

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**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-hour-famine/160746/4 "2003-03-12T16:21:20Z")

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Depends entirely on the orginization that does it.

The college I went to did a skip a meal program. So it was closer to a 6 hour famine.