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This week, it was window dressers preparing mannequins for a Christmas display at Selfridges, on Oxford Street, central London.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. Valerie Ganne
I told them we needed elves for the Grotto - not Elvis
5. Pendragon
Apparently, our grotto designer was told he was being made redundant in January
4. Frankonline
Handbag shop opens in the Leaning Tower of Pisa
3. Tim Haveron Jones
That'll teach you to complain when the bloke on the checkout asks if you need a carrier bag
2. Clint75
As his researchers prepare little Frank to meet what could be his father, Jeremy Kyle decides that a DNA test might not be necessary.
1. Nick Fowler
OK, who let Tim Burton design this year's grotto?
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Comment number 1.
At 28th Oct 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:It's for Selfridge's? What's this got to do with selling fridges?
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Comment number 2.
At 28th Oct 2010, sarahtrieste wrote:Now which handbag do you want to be found in?
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Comment number 3.
At 28th Oct 2010, rogueslr wrote:Gary's eye's widened as the supporting rod was slipped home.
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Comment number 4.
At 28th Oct 2010, Pendragon wrote:It's Frank Sidebottom? Are we selling colostomy bags now then?
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At 28th Oct 2010, sarahtrieste wrote:It's his sidekick.
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Comment number 6.
At 28th Oct 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:I think the sex toy department has definitely got this one wrong.
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Comment number 7.
At 28th Oct 2010, Pendragon wrote:I know it doesn't look like Santa, but we've got to do what Elf and Safety tells us
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Comment number 8.
At 28th Oct 2010, sarahtrieste wrote:The CSI team were unable to find a body-bag the right size.
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Comment number 9.
At 28th Oct 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:It's part of our Fearless Christmas Heroes display - he's the one who dances with Ann Widdecombe
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Comment number 10.
At 28th Oct 2010, sarahtrieste wrote:The display was breathless.
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Comment number 11.
At 28th Oct 2010, Pendragon wrote:And so, due to an administrative error, all our Santa mannequins have been sent to some store in Southern India
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Comment number 12.
At 28th Oct 2010, Pendragon wrote:The mannequins are from Topman? If my boyfriend looked like that, I'd top myself.
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Comment number 13.
At 28th Oct 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:Trust Harrod's to copyright Santa
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Comment number 14.
At 28th Oct 2010, Pendragon wrote:Apparently, the design is based on someone called Emmanuel Quinn
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Comment number 15.
At 28th Oct 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:OK, who let Tim Burton design this year's grotto?
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Comment number 16.
At 28th Oct 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:Press here, and the head spins round - it's an orbital Santa
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Comment number 17.
At 28th Oct 2010, Pendragon wrote:Apparently, our grotto designer was told he was being made redundant in January
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Comment number 18.
At 28th Oct 2010, Raven Clare wrote:And we've used Jordan as a model for the elves this year
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Comment number 19.
At 28th Oct 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:Mannequins? How are these going to sell cigars then?
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Comment number 20.
At 28th Oct 2010, Raven Clare wrote:After the Medusa rampages through Selfridge's, staff attempt to resuscitate shoppers
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Comment number 21.
At 28th Oct 2010, Carl wrote:Mr Right arrived.
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Comment number 22.
At 28th Oct 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:Are you sure the kids are going to want a life-size Cliff Richard doll for Christmas?
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Comment number 23.
At 28th Oct 2010, Raven Clare wrote:Staff console out-of-work shoppers who see just what their reduced benefit payments will buy this Christmas
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Comment number 24.
At 28th Oct 2010, rogueslr wrote:And as another bonus, if you put him in the garden you'll frighten away all the neighbourhood cats.
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Comment number 25.
At 28th Oct 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:Sarge, you'd better come down here - we've found another two victims of the Oxford Street Asphyxiator
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Comment number 26.
At 28th Oct 2010, Luke wrote:We may only get one chance at this, so after putting the bag over Osborne's head you need to hold it tight like this.
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Comment number 27.
At 28th Oct 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:Yeah, all the shoppers' eyes will be like that when they see how high our prices are
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Comment number 28.
At 28th Oct 2010, Raven Clare wrote:Putting the 'mental' into 'departmental'
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Comment number 29.
At 28th Oct 2010, Frankonline wrote:Cynthia, these inflatables always have their their nozzles in the same place, watch me this time.
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Comment number 30.
At 28th Oct 2010, Brian Saxby wrote:'And tonight, on Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes, Mark Lamarr is...
...The Krankies!'
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Comment number 31.
At 28th Oct 2010, Raven Clare wrote:The slogan was supposed to be "It's a real Christmas at Selfridge's" not "It's surreal Christmas at Selfridge's"
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At 28th Oct 2010, ickle_e wrote:Despite the shop assistant demonstrating out the all new "foot stool" sales are not expected to be high
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Comment number 33.
At 28th Oct 2010, Tom Webb wrote:"Plastic Bag Safety Week" gets off to a shaky start.
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Comment number 34.
At 28th Oct 2010, throbgusset wrote:Pete Doherty gets the sack ...again
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Comment number 35.
At 28th Oct 2010, throbgusset wrote:No ...we didn't expect it either but that's inflation for you
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Comment number 36.
At 28th Oct 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:And we all thought your boyfriend was only imaginary
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Comment number 37.
At 28th Oct 2010, Discombobulator wrote:".... and this would be the outcome if social-cleansing was applied in London", said Boris
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Comment number 38.
At 28th Oct 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:They're made in Japan, and I think they may have overcompensated a little with the eyes
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Comment number 39.
At 28th Oct 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:We got them cheap from Madame Tussaud's when they couldn't get Robbie Williams quite right
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Comment number 40.
At 28th Oct 2010, Raven Clare wrote:The new 3D Police e-fits were a big improvement, especially since the lettuce-green hair problem had been solved
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Comment number 41.
At 28th Oct 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:I'll tell you this, he won't be going down any chimneys dressed like that
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Comment number 42.
At 28th Oct 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:A member of Selfridge's staff suddenly spots a nude shopper
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Comment number 43.
At 28th Oct 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:These Tracey Emin fakes will sell like hot cakes over Christmas
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Comment number 44.
At 28th Oct 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:Plastic bags can be dangerous. Keep away from babies and children. And pretentious window dressers.
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Comment number 45.
At 28th Oct 2010, SkarloeyLine wrote:Budget cuts force Top Gear to combine New Stig with air bag.
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Comment number 46.
At 28th Oct 2010, Cairngorm McWomble wrote:Search me, at school we just put condoms on bananas
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Comment number 47.
At 28th Oct 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:No wonder his eyes are wide open - you're not supposed to fit batteries in this model
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Comment number 48.
At 28th Oct 2010, Gray Gable wrote:Well, I guess if that one is David Cameron, this one must be Ed Miliband?
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Comment number 49.
At 28th Oct 2010, Frankonline wrote:Handbag shop opens in the Leaning Tower of Pisa
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Comment number 50.
At 28th Oct 2010, Tremorman wrote:And this one comes with a built in raincoat.
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Comment number 51.
At 28th Oct 2010, Tim in Marlow wrote:Everyone agreed that the government's latest Safe Sex campaign had gone a little too far
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Comment number 52.
At 28th Oct 2010, Kudosless wrote:Very wise, Mr Sheridan
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Comment number 53.
At 28th Oct 2010, Tremorman wrote:Yes Veronica this is how we deal with shoplifters
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Comment number 54.
At 28th Oct 2010, GirlWeekday wrote:As Cheryl Cole jets off to LA but days before Saturday’s live performance, X Factor aides start making contingency plans
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Comment number 55.
At 28th Oct 2010, Tim in Marlow wrote:Sadly, they had arrived a week late for the International Clown Convention
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Comment number 56.
At 28th Oct 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:Nonsense - I've seen all the Star Wars films, and he looks nothing like Mannequin Skywalker
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Comment number 57.
At 28th Oct 2010, Frankonline wrote:Frank Sidebottom on location making his video for his cover version of Rod Stewarts "Handbags and the Plastibags".
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Comment number 58.
At 28th Oct 2010, Tremorman wrote:Well you would look shabby if you hadn't seen daylight for longer than the Chilean miners.
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Comment number 59.
At 28th Oct 2010, Tim in Marlow wrote:That'll teach you to complain when the bloke on the checkout asks if you need a carrier bag
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Comment number 60.
At 28th Oct 2010, Tremorman wrote:This ones been on the drink!
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Comment number 61.
At 28th Oct 2010, Tremorman wrote:That one has an over inflated ego.
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Comment number 62.
At 28th Oct 2010, Tremorman wrote:This ones a bit of a let down.
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Comment number 63.
At 28th Oct 2010, throbgusset wrote:Now listen ...I don't mind you giving them names just stop calling him Osama Bin Liner!
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Comment number 64.
At 28th Oct 2010, throbgusset wrote:Trousers? ...Check
Shirt? ...Check
Waistcoat? ...Check
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Comment number 65.
At 28th Oct 2010, throbgusset wrote:we're keeping that one fresh for next year's Apprentice
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Comment number 66.
At 28th Oct 2010, throbgusset wrote:Big headed, terrible dress sense ...ideal Apprentice candidate I think
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Comment number 67.
At 28th Oct 2010, throbgusset wrote:Whitehall Personnel Officers demonstrate how they plan to 'mothball' overstaffed departments
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Comment number 68.
At 28th Oct 2010, archstinker wrote:Durex were very unhappy that after spending millions on marketing research the only idea they had back from their advertising agency was
a mannequin with a jonny on its head
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Comment number 69.
At 28th Oct 2010, Largeprop wrote:Morrissey went to great lengths to rotect his hair while not performing.
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Comment number 70.
At 28th Oct 2010, Largeprop wrote:Morrissey went to great lengths to protect his hair while not performing.
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Comment number 71.
At 28th Oct 2010, Alex wrote:Julio had to keep the dressing on for another couple of weeks, but as soon as it was gone his new plastic surgery was going to make a killing with the ladies...
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Comment number 72.
At 28th Oct 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:'s a lad dressing
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Comment number 73.
At 28th Oct 2010, SkarloeyLine wrote:Set designers work on Peter Jackson's controversial update of The Hobbit at Bag End.
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At 28th Oct 2010, Needlenoddlenoo wrote:Don't be a dummy! Tell us where the loot is or you'll end up like your friend...
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Comment number 75.
At 28th Oct 2010, acj15 wrote:Despite increasing evidence, the fashion industry continues to deny that its models promote unattainable body types.
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Comment number 76.
At 28th Oct 2010, Kipson wrote:I'm not sure but I think he said, "Take me to your leader."
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Comment number 77.
At 28th Oct 2010, sternpaddler wrote:Bag, Tag and Bobtail
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Comment number 78.
At 28th Oct 2010, sternpaddler wrote:No need to bag this one either - no sign of testicular cancer on any of the small ones so far.
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Comment number 79.
At 28th Oct 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:If this mannequin were a car, it would be an Austin-Healey Sprite
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Comment number 80.
At 28th Oct 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:These "Where's Wally" puzzles are getting too easy
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Comment number 81.
At 28th Oct 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:I told them we needed elves for the Grotto - not Elvis
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At 28th Oct 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:After complaining of problems with his eyes, Alex Reid unfortunately went to the same surgeon as Jordan
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At 28th Oct 2010, BeckySnow wrote:New face of Talk To Frank – looking at his eyes it’s do as I say not do as I do.
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At 28th Oct 2010, pollyanna wrote:Pull yourself together little Frank, we're going to take the giant condom off daddy's head in a minute.
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At 28th Oct 2010, pollyanna wrote:When Mrs Sidebottom asked Frank to bring enough plastic to cover everything, she should have remembered she was dealing with a dummy.
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Comment number 86.
At 28th Oct 2010, Admesay wrote:In the world of political correctness,Santa could no longer be a fat old man.
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Comment number 87.
At 28th Oct 2010, Admesay wrote:With the latest round of one day strikes by store detectives, looming, staff at Selfridges had come up with a cunning plan.
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At 28th Oct 2010, rogueslr wrote:This isn't just any mannequin, it's an S & M mannequin, one you'd never tire of hitting.
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At 28th Oct 2010, Admesay wrote:After serious cuts to their spending budget, staff at Selfridges were left feeling deflated.
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Comment number 90.
At 28th Oct 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:Come on, it's time to take the rest of Take That out of storage
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Comment number 91.
At 28th Oct 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:And that one over there will go nicely with the handbag display
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Comment number 92.
At 28th Oct 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:And Boris Johnson insisted we put on a "Kosovo Christmas" display
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At 28th Oct 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Mr Humphries was having nothing to do with it, as Miss Brahms attempted to revive an ailing Captain Peacock
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At 28th Oct 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:A store detective looks the other way as staff beat up an unlucky shoplifter
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At 28th Oct 2010, Gray Gable wrote:Blimey, I only said I thought being kissed was a Health and Safety hazard. Hope Bert’s alright..
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At 28th Oct 2010, aliotis wrote:"I think we'll have to qualify the "Toy Boys" advert - we seem to be getting the wrong sort of enquiries"
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At 28th Oct 2010, rogueslr wrote:It's alright luv, we've sorted out his hyperventilating, now the price I quoted was for an original Louis Vuitton. Mavis, get the smelling salts she's just seen the ticket.
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Comment number 98.
At 28th Oct 2010, SkarloeyLine wrote:It was all going fine until David Cameron decided today was the day to pin on a poppy.
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At 28th Oct 2010, TheSamePeopleAlwaysGetPicked wrote:The Morrissey blow up Christmas love doll, went down like a lead balloon.
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At 28th Oct 2010, SkarloeyLine wrote:EBay sellers pack up Cherie's latest purchases.
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