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Book Week Disaster - Does That Mean Someone In The World Is Running Around In A Mary Poppins Costume? · Lisa & Russell

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  Speaker 1: So, as we say, it's been real quick. It has.
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  Speaker 1: Kids getting their costumes and their photos.
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  Speaker 2: I'm past that now, thankfully.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, it almost wasn't for someone. A bizarre mix-up
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  Speaker 1: left a family completely shocked after an online order went
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  Speaker 1: terribly wrong. A Melbourne woman ordered a classic Mary Poppins
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  Speaker 1: outfit for her 10-year-old daughter for book week, but she
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  Speaker 1: got a North Korean leader Kim Jong-un costume instead. That's
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  Speaker 1: what came in the mail. The family expected a charming
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  Speaker 1: Victorian-style dress paired with the character's signature hat and umbrella,
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  Speaker 1: but received a black military-style tunic and matching trousers and
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  Speaker 1: mask designed to resemble the dictator's iconic suit. The young
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  Speaker 1: girl's family expressed deep disappointment and frustration over the incident,
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  Speaker 1: leaving the child disappointed and costumeless.
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  Speaker 2: But, well, I still would have gone forward with it
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  Speaker 2: because did you know that Kim Jong-un is actually an
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  Speaker 2: accomplished author? He has books.
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  Speaker 1: Well, yeah, but you're supposed to go as a character,
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  Speaker 1: not the author. The family contacted a customer service to
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  Speaker 1: report the mix-up, demand a refund and secure the correct outfit.
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  Speaker 1: Her angry parent wrote, you sent me the wrong costume.
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  Speaker 1: My daughter needed the Mary Poppins costume for book week
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  Speaker 1: and you sent me a Kim Jong-un. Hundreds of people
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  Speaker 1: have commented on the post. One saying, I mean, let's
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  Speaker 1: spare a thought for the person who ordered the Supreme
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  Speaker 1: Leader mask and is now wearing a Mary Poppins costume instead.
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  Speaker 1: In the end, the costume place got it sorted and
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  Speaker 1: she got her Mary Poppins in time for the book
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  Speaker 1: week parade at school. As for the Kim Jong guy,
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  Speaker 1: he might be the first Kim Jong taking a spoonful
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  Speaker 1: of sugar to make the medicine go down.
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  Speaker 2: Look, I'm going to pull you up on a technicality.
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  Speaker 2: Kim Jong-un is an author, but he's also a character
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  Speaker 2: because he is the author of The Great Comrade. Kim
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  Speaker 2: Jong-un is the eternal leader of our party.
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  Speaker 1: He wrote that.
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  Speaker 2: He wrote that. About himself. About himself. Came out in 2015.
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  Speaker 2: It's like Dennis Waterman in Minder.
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  Speaker 1: I wrote the theme, Juna. Sang the theme, Juna. Started it.
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  Speaker 1: But not as much fun. No. I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: Can you imagine her face? There's a million Mary Poppins
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  Speaker 2: out there, but there's only one dear eternal leader.
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  Speaker 1: Is there, though? Because... Because when you see them roll
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  Speaker 1: them out in the parade, there's an awful lot of
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  Speaker 1: them that look like him. And I think they just,
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  Speaker 1: you know, have them spare ready in case they don't
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  Speaker 1: want to risk the actual one.
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  Speaker 2: Hence why you can buy them online. Exactly.
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  Speaker 1: Anyway, all's well that ends well.
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  Speaker 2: Everyone was happy except the Kim Jong-un who's dressed as
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  Speaker 2: Mary Poppins. Never mind.
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  Speaker 1: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.