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Superlambanana’s kidnapping has agency and client fearing the worst | Print |  Email to a friend
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
With a bright yellow hardhat and high-visibility safety vest you’d think that this little Superlambanana would be suitably prepared for a few nights on the ‘mean streets’ of Liverpool. In the end, however, the poor wee blighter had flocked off after only a day or two…

The five foot high sculpture, part of the Go Superlambananas festival that launched just this Monday, was the head of a small family of the creatures created by local design agency CL3 on behalf of client Maghull Developments.

With a bright yellow hardhat and high-visibility safety vest you’d think that this little Superlambanana would be suitably prepared for a few nights on the ‘mean streets’ of Liverpool. In the end, however, the poor wee blighter had flocked off after only a day or two…
...and this little lambanana went...
Both believed that the pastures outside Maghull’s Hope Street HQ would be a safe grazing ground for the duration of the festival – especially seeing as their little lamb legs were bolted down – but unfortunately they were wrong.

For on Sunday night, a day before the festival even got off the ground, the main Superlambanana had got off the ground himself and been whisked away by some callous thief/completely arseholed student.

Maghull and CL3 are both distraught at the lambanana-napping, with the agency currently emailing its many contacts to try and facilitate a safe return.

Maghull have been in contact with the press, with the firm’s Jonathan Sealey commenting: “I couldn’t believe it. Our Superlambananas only arrived on Friday.

“It’s really annoying as it looked superb and was already starting to attract real interest from passers-by and tourists. People were posing for photos with it all day on Friday.”

He continued: “We suspect it’s a student prank and are half expecting to receive a ransom note.

“If anyone has seen a 5ft Superlambanana in black and wearing a high-visibility Maghull Developments safety jacket, we’d be grateful if they got in touch.”

If you have any information on the whereabouts of the lost lamb please contact Maghull on 0151-702 5656.

And remember Superlambanana kidnappings like this don’t happen very often, so please, don’t have nightmares.

www.cl3.co.uk

 

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 1 By The Bigman, on 18-06-2008 10:52
'Mean streets' of Liverpool? Say that down our way and I'll deck you...
 2 By mancunian, on 18-06-2008 11:37
Can't someone snatch all these damn things and dump them outside Phil Redmon's house. What kind of people dream up such silly stunts? 

 3 By Sheep Lover, on 18-06-2008 12:01
Mancunian, did you not like my fellow friends the cows when they visited Manchester? I'm enjoying my stay in Liverpool!
 4 By mancunian, on 18-06-2008 13:05
Good point. The cows were an equally stupid stunt. Dreamt up by some mad cows in PR and given space by silly hacks.  
Real journalists such as the late Billl Grundy or Brian Redhead would have had some tough comments.  
I'm deliberately avoiding Merseyside during the cultural fiasco as I don't want my visits to be clocked up by Phil Redmond as part of his success. The Ringo Starr concert was a gross abomination. 

 5 By Swimming, on 18-06-2008 14:52
I'm sure I saw the missing Superlambanana been paddled down the Mersey by drunken pranksters and narrowly missing the ferry!
 6 By in the know, on 18-06-2008 15:03
The lamb is with me, a student was sick on him so he's had a shower and will be back on the street later on after tea and big brother.
 7 By Freddy, on 19-06-2008 10:55
I think I just saw him at Lake Windermere!
 8 By Swimming, on 19-06-2008 11:44
Lake Windermere! The SLB's poor little legs must be working overtime. 
 
I saw on the news that Maghull has received a ransom note demanding 58 bunches of bananas for the SLB's return. Perhaps we could start 'Banana Aid' urging donations of the yellow fruit to help free the SLB!?
 9 By Man U Fan, on 20-06-2008 10:27
I was walking around Old Trafford yesterday and I saw the Superlambanana there!

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