Posted on 06/28/2012 5:45:44 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Jill Makinson-Sanders, 61, wore the novelty costume to support the campaign to win protected status for the Lincolnshire banger when the Olympic flame came to Louth, Lincs., on Wednesday.
Instead of wearing her traditional mayoral chain and robes to greet the torch at 7am, the councillor dressed up an 8ft-tall pink sausage costume.
Mum-of-two Sandra Ellington, 38, said: "She probably thought she was being quite fun and quirky - but it backfired a little bit.
"People couldn't take their eyes off her because it looks so rude - her outfit certainly gained a few titters among the crowd.
"It's something you'd expect to see on a stag-do - not being worn by a respectable mayor.
"She didn't carry the torch but when you saw her running down the street by the torch relay team nearby it really looked like she was wearing something obscene."
Resident Bill Nicholson added: "The council chamber must put a stop to this embarrassment, and restore some dignity to the people of Louth who do not want the local Olympic event high-jacked for commercial reasons.
"To insult the whole spirit of the Olympic movement and the modest people who have carried the torch is not in Louth's interest."
But Cllr Makinson-Sanders defended her choice of costume.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Actually the sausage outfit is a bit of an improvement.
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Wait a minute, I’m a little confused ...
She has TWO sausage costumes ?
Who’s she trying to dress up as in the first pic - Liberace?
I think those are supposed to be cheeks...
Her age is 38?! She looks like 58+. Lay off the bangers Darling!
I thought that was a Bill Maher costume.
OK, I missed it that the “Banger Mayor is 61”. The person that made the comment is 38! Mea copa, Mea copa!
“Who’s she trying to dress up as in the first pic - Liberace?”
I believe those are the trappings of her office as Mayor.
I am shocked that in the second pic she’s rudely standing in front of the Queen like that.
" Twust me, a Banger doesn't measure up to a Schnitzengruben"
to win protected status for the Lincolnshire bangerI want it on record that I didn't try to get any cheap laughs out of this.
If that costume was brown instead of pink she could pass as Mr. Hankey. As it is, it may have been borrowed from a condom giveaway promotion.
I never sausage a thing!
Years too late; the IOC irrevocably did that when they allowed professionals to compete...after decades of allowing totalitarian governments to use full time professional amateurs.
That is the wurst costume I’ve ever seen!
Uh oh... you’ve done it now...
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