About: http://data.cimple.eu/claim-review/73329e01dc38953ae6cd0cdd61dbc2e47f2b62fd0aee299b2447db1f

Facets (new session)
Description
Metadata
Settings
- owl:sameAs
- Inference Rule:

About: http://data.cimple.eu/claim-review/73329e01dc38953ae6cd0cdd61dbc2e47f2b62fd0aee299b2447db1f Goto Sponge NotDistinct Permalink

An Entity of Type : schema:ClaimReview, within Data Space : data.cimple.eu associated with source document(s)

Attributes	Values
rdf:type	schema:ClaimReview
http://data.cimple...lizedReviewRating	not credible
schema:url	http://www.snopes.com/fact-check/harrods-santa/
schema:text	A purported news story from December 2010 told of a drunken and disgruntled department store Santa who took revenge on his employers after being fired, by reprogramming the light display on the store's exterior to spell out a crude message: A disgruntled employee, fired by Harrods from his job as the toy department's Father Christmas, took revenge last night in spectacular style. Gaining access to a maintenance control room, Lloyd Hudson, 35, from Ilford, Essex, was able to locate the chart and corresponding switches for Harrods' 10,000 external lights. Barracading himself in, Hudson disabled the correct lights until he could spell out his feelings to Harrods bosses and Christmas shoppers alike. He was removed by security guards after an hour-long stand-off, then handed over to police. "He had drunk the best part of two bottles of whisky," said a spokesperson for the iconic London store, "and it's that kind of behaviour that got him the sack in the first place." Hudson has since been released on police bail. Knightsbridge visitors were stunned. "Honestly, I am disgusted," said Irene Rider, 59, from Gary, Indiana. "I was with my grandchildren. We had just gotten off the bus. I said 'look everybody' and pointed up to the lights — but you know what the lights said? They said f**k off. And that is not an appropriate message for a child. At least not at Christmas time." This item was just a spoofish bit of holiday humor, however. The "news account" was fictitious, and the accompanying picture was an altered version of an Associated Press photograph of Harrods taken as the Christmas lights adorning the London store were switched on in December 2009:
schema:mentions	Christmas lights Essex Irene of Athens Department store Whisky Santa Claus Associated Press Toy Indiana London dbpedia:Lloyd_Hudson Ilford Knightsbridge Harrods
schema:reviewRating	False
schema:author	snopescom
schema:datePublished	2010-12-21 (xsd:date)
schema:inLanguage	English
schema:itemReviewed	http://data.cimple.eu/claim/7f2fa7dbba66325efa6d9feab0427c99eadd36fabf8168fdc66cb4f1

Faceted Search & Find service v1.16.115 as of Oct 09 2023

Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE Content Formats:

RDF

ODATA

Microdata

About

OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3238 as of Jul 16 2024, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-musl), Single-Server Edition (126 GB total memory, 5 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2025 OpenLink Software