Bleep Off Harrods

AnnyHallsal

Someone forwarded me this. Oh how I laughed.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldgyh0scYK1qbwflao1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1292944027&Signature=NaarHZLS71CxFpPuoKHLZcc9Ey8%3D

‘F*&% off Harrods’ done by a disgruntled employee, fired by Harrods from his job as the toy department’s Father Christmas, took revenge last night in spectacular style.

Gaining access to a maintenance control room, Lloyd Hudson, 35, from Ilford, Essex, was able to locate the chart and corresponding switches for Harrods’ 10,000 external lights.

Barracading himself in, Hudson disabled the correct lights until he could spell out his feelings to Harrods bosses and Christmas shoppers alike. He was removed by security guards after an hour-long stand-off, then handed over to police.

“He had drunk the best part of two bottles of whisky,” said a spokesperson for the iconic London store, “and it’s that kind of behaviour that got him the sack in the first place.” Hudson has since been released on police bail.
Knightsbridge visitors were stunned.

“Honestly, I am disgusted, ” said Irene Rider, 59, from Gary, Indiana. “I was with my grandchildren. We had just gotten off the bus. I said ‘look everybody’ and pointed up to the lights – but you know what the lights said? They said f**k off. And that is not an appropriate message for a child. At least not at Christmas time.”

Seasonally appropriate too.

El Weirdo

It's as fake as it was last week.

Here's the original pic.

Wazdakka

*Scratches chin*

I have my doubts about this one..

AnnyHallsal

El Weirdo wrote: »

It's as fake as it was last week.

I must be out of the loop

chin_grin

Wazdakka wrote: »

*Scratches chin*

I have my doubts about this one..

OW. Stop it. :mad:

Wait wait wait wait. A little to the left.............awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

FatherLen

sorry buddy but beaten to it by a few days

danniemcq

yeah of course its fake, like harrods would ever hire someone from essex

AnnyHallsal

FatherLen wrote: »

sorry buddy but beaten to it by a few days

Ah, I did search .. excuses excuses.

the purple tin

I don't think someone who's just drunk two bottles of whisky could think up something like that and then have the ability to actually pull it off.
If he could stand up under his own power and not p*ss himself it would be a miracle!

AnnyHallsal

I guess the woman from Indiana's riposte is a bit too well phrased

AgileMyth

AnnyHallsal wrote: »

They said f**k off. And that is not an appropriate message for a child. At least not at Christmas time.”

Because, for the rest of the year, its quite alright to tell your kids to fuck off.

bonerm

AnnyHallsal wrote: »

Ah, I did search .. excuses excuses.

I presume you started with the spoof website whose URL features in the top right of the photo itself?

AnnyHallsal

bonerm wrote: »

I presume you started with the spoof website whose URL features in the top right of the photo itself?

I searched Boards to see if there was an extant thread. Didn't know that was a spoof site. As I said, evidently out of loop.