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- There are a total of 60 general entries. We are selecting 30 for display.
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Are You Being Served?
Stealing a cart without permission.
Chanson D'Amour. Mr. Spooner is backed by Mr. Humphries, Miss Brahms and Mrs. Slocombe, with 'doo-dahs' by Captain Peacock and Mr. Rumbold!
Mr. Mash. And he isn't alone, either...
Mr. Harmon. Mr. Harmon's Tom Jones-like tale of Jim wins the competition, although the commercial doesn't quite go off the way it was intended.
Mrs. Slocombe. When Young Mr. Grace asks Mrs. Slocombe for tea, everyone thinks she's the lucky woman...only to find out he intended to propose to another woman.
46th. 'Fifty? FIFTY?! I am only forty-six!'
Little Boy Blue. Mr. Lucas' costume has a slight problem, making him reluctant to take off his raincoat.
taking elocution and deportment lessons. The lessons work like a charm...until the first customer accuses Miss Brahms of mimicking her accent.
Mr. Humphries. Forced into the contest after Miss Brahms refuses to enter, Mr. Humphries wins the competition by saying that his ambition was to get out of his bathing suit as soon as possible...and because Captain Peacock gives Old Mr. Grace the key to his cabin.
clasp. The clasp is made of a rather small crocodile head. Mr. Harmon gives her ten pounds for it.
Mr. Goldberg. Mr. Goldberg hired out his services to his co-workers looking for better pay. He has a slight problem getting two of them--Mr. Humphries and Mrs. Slocombe--to pay up after he's successful.
Night and Day. When Captain Peacock says, 'I shall be performing 'Night and Day' on the piano,' he has no idea the context in which his words will be taken later on!
Sir Richard Ryan. With the help of a wig and an accent (though what he says is mostly unintelligible), Mr. Grainger does a convincing job of being Sir Richard.
socks. And any profit made from the socks is lost when Mr. Humphries and Mr. Lucas break two glasses before the German dance begins.
Mr. Grainger. When the staff thinks they're about to be fired, they opt to resign first. They go in alphabetical order, men going first. But moments after Mr. Grainger resigns, they find out that they're actually being sent to children's toys.
ties and stockings. The fact that ties and garter-grip stockings are being offered as a promotional gift for buying the perfume infuriates everyone on the floor, causing them to take drastic action.
Captain Peacock. Although everyone thought they had found the missing diamond, it turned out that most of them were fake and had fallen off of a dress. Only Captain Peacock had the genuine article!
Because they had broken the picket line. Although it might seem like they enjoyed putting on shows, and they did attempt to do the Ballet of the Toys for Young Mr. Grace's birthday, they infuriated just about everyone by breaking the picket line. As a conciliatory gesture, they put on the show.
Because she's too young. Although Miss Brahms tries her best to get the promotion, she is turned down because she's too young.
| When the ladies' department is forced to share space with the gentlemen in "Shoulder to Shoulder," how much space does Mr. Grainger give them for their displays? | Another 'Are You Being Served' Quiz
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one foot. And getting him to give them that much was a difficult undertaking.
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