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This week it was an attempt by the congregation at St George's Church in Stockport to beat the world record for the biggest jacket ever made. It's made up of nearly 8,000 knitted panels.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. LaurenceLane
Even in death, Shrek the sheep just kept on giving.
5. Vicky S
No , Beatrice and Eugenie are going to share it.
4. Gray Gable
Blimey, Joseph's put on weight.
3. SimonRooke
The Guiness Book of Records says "Yes" but the Noise Abatement Society says "No".
2. Nick Fowler St. George's manages to gain the World Record for the Number of People Asking "Why?"
1. MightyGiddyUpGal
Heidi Withers' wedding dress arrives in the post compliments of her future mother-in-law.
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Comment number 1.
At 30th Jun 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Kirstie says it's still a bit tight round the middle
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At 30th Jun 2011, Gray Gable wrote:er.. and the trousers?
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Comment number 3.
At 30th Jun 2011, Gray Gable wrote:Blimey, Joseph’s put on weight..
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Comment number 4.
At 30th Jun 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:Nah, don't worry, mate - you'll grow into it
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Comment number 5.
At 30th Jun 2011, sarahtrieste wrote:Now to find trousers that won't clash with it.......
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Comment number 6.
At 30th Jun 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Pump up the stock room
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Comment number 7.
At 30th Jun 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:That's enough everyone - jacket in
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Comment number 8.
At 30th Jun 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:It's for my first appearance in court - Clown Court
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Comment number 9.
At 30th Jun 2011, Gray Gable wrote:Um.. news just in, apparently its soo last year, plain grey requested..
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Comment number 10.
At 30th Jun 2011, Candace9839 wrote:And actually no one did see the 600 pound gorilla
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Comment number 11.
At 30th Jun 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:Every time I pass the check-out at Tesco, the bar-code reader goes wild
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Comment number 12.
At 30th Jun 2011, sarahtrieste wrote:Whose woolley-headed idea was this?
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Comment number 13.
At 30th Jun 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Teacher's Jacket
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Comment number 14.
At 30th Jun 2011, Candace9839 wrote:We can assure you your Mum won't look big in this
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Comment number 15.
At 30th Jun 2011, Candace9839 wrote:We were tired of quilt making, you see
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Comment number 16.
At 30th Jun 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Rave the whales
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Comment number 17.
At 30th Jun 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:When the Vicar asked us to make a jacket for all the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖless, I think he meant individually
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Comment number 18.
At 30th Jun 2011, rogueslr wrote:And it comes with a year's supply of migraine tablets free of charge.
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Comment number 19.
At 30th Jun 2011, virtualfang wrote:Theres one panel for each of the redundant LLoyds TSb employees
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Comment number 20.
At 30th Jun 2011, MuteJoe wrote:It definitely won't look big in this.
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Comment number 21.
At 30th Jun 2011, virtualfang wrote:What else can you do in Stockport on a friday night?
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Comment number 22.
At 30th Jun 2011, rogueslr wrote:1,207 down and 58 across has a dropped stitch, we're going have to start all over again.
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Comment number 23.
At 30th Jun 2011, virtualfang wrote:At least no one will see the stains if Ithrow up on it.
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Comment number 24.
At 30th Jun 2011, rogueslr wrote:The Guiness Book of Records says 'Yes' but the Noise Abatement Society says 'No'.
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Comment number 25.
At 30th Jun 2011, virtualfang wrote:We thought 9839 was Candace's bust size in millimetres
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Comment number 26.
At 30th Jun 2011, rogueslr wrote:Well, Mrs Jones, when did you discover you were colour blind?
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Comment number 27.
At 30th Jun 2011, virtualfang wrote:what to do with your redundant cheque cards
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Comment number 28.
At 30th Jun 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:The Picasso Appreciation Society create their version of the Bayeux Tapestry
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Comment number 29.
At 30th Jun 2011, virtualfang wrote:St Georges Church congregation were determined to be the first novelty item on Blue Peter when it broadcasts from Salford
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Comment number 30.
At 30th Jun 2011, rogueslr wrote:That's the last time we use NASA for conversions from Imperial to Metric!
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Comment number 31.
At 30th Jun 2011, virtualfang wrote:Sh*t Ive just dropped my coloured contact lens.
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Comment number 32.
At 30th Jun 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:It's called "³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Test Card"
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Comment number 33.
At 30th Jun 2011, johnc wrote:If Milliondollarhomepage did clothing.
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Comment number 34.
At 30th Jun 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:Sorry, ladies, but we were meant to be beating the record for the World's Largest Jacket Potato
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Comment number 35.
At 30th Jun 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:8,000 panels? That sure is a lot of nits.
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Comment number 36.
At 30th Jun 2011, K Morrison wrote:The teachers really didn't grasp how much fabric would be needed to create a life-sized Elmer the Elephant.
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Comment number 37.
At 30th Jun 2011, johnc wrote:Do we really have to sew a spare button in?
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Comment number 38.
At 30th Jun 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:And we used painted manhole covers as buttons
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Comment number 39.
At 30th Jun 2011, Whatever Next wrote:It's not a patch on the jacket I got last year
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Comment number 40.
At 30th Jun 2011, rogueslr wrote:Not only the world record for the biggest jacket but it was followed by the world record for a game of Twister.
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Comment number 41.
At 30th Jun 2011, K Morrison wrote:36. Apologies; it should be "church-goers" not "teachers"
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Comment number 42.
At 30th Jun 2011, johnc wrote:Its A Knockout meets Haute Couture.
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Comment number 43.
At 30th Jun 2011, sarahtrieste wrote:It's the new school blazer.
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Comment number 44.
At 30th Jun 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:I asked you to make me a tasteful jacket for Amstrad board meetings, and you make me this? You're fired!
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Comment number 45.
At 30th Jun 2011, johnc wrote:Whomsoever fits this dress shall read from the Big Book (see earlier Caption Comp)
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Comment number 46.
At 30th Jun 2011, Raven Clare wrote:It's a special order for a Mr. Berlusconi - we guessed the measurements after we asked him to describe himself
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Comment number 47.
At 30th Jun 2011, MuteJoe wrote:The congregation were very pleased with their Freecycle'd carpet.
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Comment number 48.
At 30th Jun 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:A new Panorama exposé highlights the plight of sweatshop workers in Cheshire
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Comment number 49.
At 30th Jun 2011, MuteJoe wrote:No, Margaret. We want to *address* the nation.
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Comment number 50.
At 30th Jun 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:Unfortunately, C&A never did survive the conversion to metric
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Comment number 51.
At 30th Jun 2011, Raven Clare wrote:Computer nerds from Stockport try to relive the days when it took around four minutes for a Spectrum game to load
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Comment number 52.
At 30th Jun 2011, MuteJoe wrote:A computer error led to massive funding increases for the British Olympic Knitting Team.
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Comment number 53.
At 30th Jun 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:And, if this doesn't raise enough for the "Save the Roof" fund, we'll just cover the nave with it
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Comment number 54.
At 30th Jun 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:Unfortunately, most of the people who contributed to the "Help the Sewers" campaign thought they were donating for drain improvements
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Comment number 55.
At 30th Jun 2011, Raven Clare wrote:2,000 naked sheep - and all for this?
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Comment number 56.
At 30th Jun 2011, Vicky S wrote:"It's actually a copy of the Turin Shroud, but we've pixillated Jesus' face to comply with European Privacy laws."
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Comment number 57.
At 30th Jun 2011, MuteJoe wrote:You should've seen the size of the sheep!
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Comment number 58.
At 30th Jun 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:But, if there's a teachers' strike, who's going to wear something like this?
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Comment number 59.
At 30th Jun 2011, Vicky S wrote:Unfortunately the new Blue Peter studio was not really geared up for World Record attempts .
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Comment number 60.
At 30th Jun 2011, Ade wrote:"That's funny - the packet says 'suitable for mixed whites and coloureds at 60 degrees'."
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Comment number 61.
At 30th Jun 2011, Sean241160 wrote:When Bernice had heard that they were going to sleep head-to-toe with the gentlemen of the British Legion on the W.I. camping trip she'd fely a little frisson of excitement. Now though, it didn't look like quite the adventure she'd imagined...
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Comment number 62.
At 30th Jun 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:Hasbro's 'Compendium of All Board Games' was perhaps a little overenthusiastic
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Comment number 63.
At 30th Jun 2011, Vicky S wrote:No , Beatrice and Eugenie are going to share it.
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Comment number 64.
At 30th Jun 2011, Fi wrote:Excitement builds at the press conference, as Demis Roussos is announced as the new Joseph...
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Comment number 65.
At 30th Jun 2011, LaurenceLane wrote:Even in death, Shrek the sheep just kept on giving.
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Comment number 66.
At 30th Jun 2011, Paul Morris wrote:Say what you like, it's not a patch on my mum's
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Comment number 67.
At 30th Jun 2011, Vicky S wrote:"Look Mum and Dad! Now you know why I didn't want to make the change from Textiles to Media Studies."
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Comment number 68.
At 30th Jun 2011, Ade wrote:Microsoft's first foray into clothing fails to impress after shirts are reported to crash just hours after launch.
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Comment number 69.
At 30th Jun 2011, Raven Clare wrote:You said you wanted something tasteful, so we've worked some ham and cheese into it.
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Comment number 70.
At 30th Jun 2011, Raven Clare wrote:The Vicar told us it was either this, or stripping off for next year's calendar
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Comment number 71.
At 30th Jun 2011, caroline-m wrote:Eventually they realised what happends when you mix up meters and millimeters.
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Comment number 72.
At 30th Jun 2011, Raven Clare wrote:And, as we can't find anyone to sell it to, we'll call it the Buyer Tapestry
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Comment number 73.
At 30th Jun 2011, Tremorman wrote:now how did that Rubic cube go back together.
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Comment number 74.
At 30th Jun 2011, Lynne wrote:So, who wants to try it on?
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Comment number 75.
At 30th Jun 2011, Fi wrote:The Lilputians celebrated their long-awaited overthrow of Ronald MacDonald.
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Comment number 76.
At 30th Jun 2011, Vicky S wrote:The GCHQ Stitch and Bitch Club vehemently denied rumours that double agents were using the group to encode and distribute classified information.
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Comment number 77.
At 30th Jun 2011, archstinker wrote:You can always tell its a Snide after the very 1st Wash
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Comment number 78.
At 30th Jun 2011, Fi wrote:Ron was unconvinced by the ladies' assurances that he would "grow into it"...
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Comment number 79.
At 30th Jun 2011, Tremorman wrote:My oh my hasn't Wendoleen been busy.
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Comment number 80.
At 30th Jun 2011, Kieran Boyle wrote:"...but apart from getting wed in a castle, have you seen her dress?"
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Comment number 81.
At 30th Jun 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Next up on Pee Wee's Big Adventure - The Terrifying Tail(ors) of Large Marge
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Comment number 82.
At 30th Jun 2011, nerdsunited wrote:Look - if I concentrate hard enough, I can see a 3D image of St George - oh dear - I've lost it - let me start again
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At 30th Jun 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Here's the church, here's the steeple, open the door, and...er...
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At 30th Jun 2011, Fi wrote:If The Wombles did weddings...
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Comment number 85.
At 30th Jun 2011, JimmyG wrote:The Olympic flag knitting committee were nearly halfway there
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Comment number 86.
At 30th Jun 2011, Tremorman wrote:Not a patch on the previous one.
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At 30th Jun 2011, JimmyG wrote:Rachel regretted last night's vindaloo...
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Comment number 88.
At 30th Jun 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Gulliver's Ravels
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Comment number 89.
At 30th Jun 2011, Chris Stocks wrote:Literary/theatrical mash-ups, no. 79: Gulliver And The Amazing Techicolour Dreamcoat
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Comment number 90.
At 30th Jun 2011, JimmyG wrote:Russell Brand relives his past girlfriends in art
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Comment number 91.
At 30th Jun 2011, Tremorman wrote:The things you can make from old stamps
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Comment number 92.
At 30th Jun 2011, JimmyG wrote:The Angel of the North was pleased that she could have a wamer winter from now on.
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Comment number 93.
At 30th Jun 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:And the matching fascinator is patterned after Princess Beatrice's royal wedding hat
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At 30th Jun 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Tut - and to think our grandchildren are sitting at home, playing computer games or watching TV, and just wasting their time ...
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At 30th Jun 2011, JimmyG wrote:The fight against Global Warming had a new weapon
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Comment number 96.
At 30th Jun 2011, penny-farthing wrote:..and they said we weren't a big congregation.
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Comment number 97.
At 30th Jun 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Well, it was either this, or putting bromide in our tea
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At 30th Jun 2011, Ade wrote:Michael Eavis' decision to branch out into sheep farming yields impressive results.
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At 30th Jun 2011, LaurenceLane wrote:Never, ever, ask someone with OCD to patch your jeans.
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At 30th Jun 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:What confetti looks like uncut
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