I know that sounds ridiculous but it gets even sillier when you realise that I was dressed as a Badger at the time! So let me explain.
In another life I was employed by Norfolk Constabulary. They introduced Safety Sam the Badger for fetes etc to help get safety messages over to children. The only problem is Safety Sam was a silent Badger so I don't think he got many messages over to anyone. I don't think they asked for staff to audition for the part. I believe I was just told that I would be doing it. There was even a Safety Sam song written by one of the police constables. We got some schoolchildren to sing that one year at the Royal Norfolk Show - every half hour throughout two days. By the 20th rendition it was all getting rather boring so naughty Safety Sam bought a water pistol and, when the kids started to sing, he squirted - result pandemonium. How naughty was I in those days?
It wasn't a full suit, however, just a Badger head and paws!! On the particular day I am referring to I was at Woodside School, Hethersett, with Teddy Tooth and Welephant. Teddy Tooth was from the local dental surgery and Welephant was from Norfolk Fire Service. I have no idea what the argument was about but I saw them suddenly squaring up to each other and stepped in. It was suggested they needed to go to the staff room to "cool down."
That didn't work too well as Teddy and Welephant then just took their heads off and started shouting at each other. I think at that point Safety Sam decided to leave them to it. Just another Hethersett memory.