A new use for the balloon sizer, a novel alternative to sunglasses!

Well we've got rid of the first of our cats! Courtesy of our friend Dave who runs Something Blue Wedding Services and was happy to test the destructive powers of his Jaguar XJ8 .

However, it looks like we might have underestimated the strength of the cats! Despite the best efforts of car and driver the cat stood up to being run over, by just over a tonne of Jaguar, remarkably well, in fact it took several attempts to make any impression beyond a couple of broken paws!

Altogether it took four goes to finish the little blighter off so we need something bigger, heavier and meaner to do the job any idea's?

Of course, there must be loads of other, nastier ways to rid the world of these horrendous pieces of tat once and for all. Can you think of anything cruel and unusual to do to them. We can't stress just how nasty they are in the flesh, and just how much we hate them! So get your thinking caps on and tell us what you'd like to do to one of them. Don't forget the most imaginative or just plain entertaining idea's will get one sent to you to try it out on. All we ask for are photographs of the deed being done. Answers by e-mail to jade@postalgifts.com please.

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Don't Panic! We don't mean real cats; we love 'em and would never do anything to hurt the real thing. However... we have just over a hundred of the most revolting ornamental cats you have ever seen - unless you know different! (If you've ever come across anything worse please send us photos!)

We hate them! We inherited them when we bought our shop, just over two years ago, and no matter how hard we try we just can't get rid of them. The previous owner of Number 81 who shall remain nameless (in case we get sued!) seemed to think that buying 130 of these was a good idea! In his infinite wisdom he put them in the shop for sale for £3.95 each - guess how many he sold?

They are designed to sit on a shelf at a jaunty little angle, looking ready to pounce, however most of them don't balance, and their eyes have been stuck in with so much glue they all look like they've got a bad dose of conjunctivitis.

So your mission... should you choose to accept it - is to help us find ways of destroying them and clearing a bit of space in our shed once and for all.

If you've got any interesting or unusual ways to get rid of these cats drop Jade an e-mail at jade@postalgifts.com and if we like your idea we will send you a cat free of charge to try it out on. All we ask in return is that you send us photographs of the deed being done, and we'll publish the pics on our website.

For instance - do you have?

A Steamroller that could crush one?
A Nuclear reactor to drop one into?
A Plane to drop it out of?
Are you going on holiday somewhere that has a large gorge, or cliffs they can be thrown from?

Use your imagination and put us out of our misery, there is a choice of colour you can have a ginger, black or Siamese style if you have any preference please let Jade know when you e-mail her.

Thanks - the Number 81 Team

One of the best things about owning a gift shop (apart from 24/7 access to Belgian Chocolates) is that we get to play with the toys! All in the name of consumer research of course :) and our recent delivery of 'Shocking Guns' was no exception. Luckily no stock was destroyed in the process as one of our friends already had a set. So under the thinly veiled guise of market research we had a shoot out that started in the house then moved out into Odiham High Street.

The rules of engagement became a little blurred after a couple of bottles of Pinot Grigio and rapidly deteriorated from 'stand back to back, take ten paces, turn and fire' to 'run away, hide round the corner, jump out on your opponent and blast them into oblivion before they get a chance to take a shot'! If your opponent hits you first the gun in your hand becomes electrified, giving out quite a nasty shock, (especially when they're set to 'high').

Great fun! What's more after our little late night performance in the High Street we sold our entire stock within a week! We'll be restocking soon so be prepared for the rematch!