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Wenlock The London 2012 Olympic mascot is having a rough time.

News has just come in to my sources at Molly Media that the bizarre Olympic mascots, Wenlock and Mandeville have failed to win over the British public. Shares of the Toy-maker Hornby have plummeted by at least a third. It was forced to issue a profits warning on the back of poor sales of its Olympic merchandise this week. Based upon blobs of steel and featuring a single eye these less than cuddly mascots were designed to symbolise the 2012 Games. The great British public failed to warm to the strange figures and a whole of host of unsold branded souvenirs and collectibles are now gathering dust on toyshop shelves. We suggest they sell them to the BBC for use in the next series of Dr Who or Torchwood! Wow they may be destined for the POUND SHOP and I can get some more to de-stuff. No surprise, they were described as sinister, disturbing, creepy and frightening. Commentators had complained that the duo scared children and projected an image of a ‘Big Brother’ surveillance state. These malevolent looking mascots were hideous and who wants a one eyed toilet brush anyway? Wenlock and Mandeville were created by London-based creative agency Iris, which said the mascots had been designed to appeal to children. We think a fitting epitaph would be, Wenlock and Mandeville scaring children since 2012!

If you missed my epic, Defacing, Dis-figuring, De-stuffing and Disembowelling of the vile Wenlock during the London 2012 Olympic Games Click Here. And yes a Wenlock was hurt, very badly in the making of this post, hurrah!