Made By Monkeys

Just imagine how tacky a holiday message in lights with a few, uhm, choice letters missing would be. (Can you fill in the blanks in my headline?)

Well. apparently, councillors in the town of Bacup weren't too concerned when a few letters went missing in the town's cheery illuminated display.

From the Lancashire Telegraph article "Bacup's faulty Christmas Lights defended by Council:"

"Crowds that gathered in Bacup town centre on Friday for the annual Christmas event were left with a highlight to forget as some letters in the Christmas message failed completely. Councillors said the budget for lights had not increased from last year although they were hopeful it would improve next year. ....Coun Challinor hopes more money will be made available for light bulbs that work in the future....He said: "Next year, maybe the budget will be bigger and we'll be able to provide better lights, but the vandalism has been a real problem for a long time."