Creepy experience in B&Q

its that aren't readily available elsewhere. At various times, I've often f= elt that I was being watched. Some shadowy figure caught my attention from = the corner of my eye. On each occasion I've turned round to find it was a l= ife size cardboard cut out of Alan Titchmarsh grinning at me in a slightly = sinister way. I never get used to this; it always creeps me out now matter = how often it happens. I was just wondering if anyone else had the same expe= rience or if it was just me being paranoid. What do you think?

Could you surreptitiously cut the eyes out then stand behind it?

A local-ish shop had a cardboard policeman guarding the table of second-hand books in aid of a charity.

Owain

Are you quite sure that is it wasn't the real Alan Titchmarsh just standing very, very still?

Bert

Yeah, we saw you!

Well, I think its pretty normal. We are attuned to watch out for danger after all, and I doubt if the brain has evolved to tell the difference between cardboard cutouts and the real thinng as yet. Those cardboard cut out police cars on bridges work after all.

Brian

Many years ago, when I was working, the staff fitted out a life-size dummy to look like a masked burgler. It was part of a display to encourage Home Ins cover.

At the end of each working day the dummy was placed in the Managers Office, out of sight.

During the weekend a passenger on the top flight of a passing bus saw the dummy through a small window in to the office and reported the "break-in" to Police.

Resulting in key holder call out to attend police investigation.

km

Only in dry weather presumably. A job for weatherproof mdf?

I've always thought that if you cut a bit out of Alan Tichmarsh it would turn out to be cardboard.

its that aren't readily available elsewhere. At various times, I've often f= elt that I was being watched. Some shadowy figure caught my attention from = the corner of my eye. On each occasion I've turned round to find it was a l= ife size cardboard cut out of Alan Titchmarsh grinning at me in a slightly = sinister way. I never get used to this; it always creeps me out now matter = how often it happens. I was just wondering if anyone else had the same expe= rience or if it was just me being paranoid. What do you think?

Just don't break eye contact.

MBQ

Or a large umbrella, but that might give the game away... well, unless they made real police cars have large umbrellas on the roof, too.

Nah, he's 100% Ryvita.

I forbid anyone to take cuttings of Tichmarsh.

I know that it's unlikely, but just imagine what it would be like if some of those cuttings should take!

YES I HAVE! I thought it was just me!

A local-ish shop had a cardboard policeman guarding the table of second-hand books in aid of a charity.

PCSO if you please. Show some respect!

mark

No, it was a polisman. We don't have PCSOCSOCPSOs in Scotland.

Owain

Wombles. They pick up the rubbish after an incident...

Andy

Plastic Policemen as they are known :-)