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Shouldn鈥檛 you be at work?

Ahead of the 2006 World Cup kicking off in Germany, 黑洞社区 ran a piece in the 9 June 2006 issue that pried into the nature of the sector鈥檚 office celebrations for the month of football ahead.

Going undercover (we presume in St George鈥檚 face paint, and a red and white afro wig), George Hay, then news editor, uncovered such truths as Reid Architecture having a 鈥済iant inflatable mascot of an England fan鈥� in the office while placing a mammoth order at their local West Indian restaurant for England鈥檚 match against Trinidad and Tobago.

Meanwhile, Scott Brownrigg decided to hire in a 鈥渟pecial beer keg鈥� for use while broadcasting the England matches in their Covent Garden office. Perhaps most impressive was Fitzpatrick Contractors, who hired out venues especially for the games, including Fitzrovia Hotel and Langham Hotel.

George wrote: 鈥淭he firm has already secured the attendance of 60 guests per match, as well as a generously proportioned bar and buffet. But will there be a man-sized England mascot? 鈥楴o,鈥� says a spokesperson.鈥�

The celebrations were, perhaps somewhat inevitably, cut short when England crashed out to Portugal in the quarter-finals of the tournament on penalties.

It鈥檚 unknown what became of Reid鈥檚 inflatable mascot.

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