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Tina was sure she would win the "First person to spot the alien" competition

It was obvious the John McCririck's daughter was destined to follow in the family tradition.

The Green Make-you-very-Cross Code

Splink? Now I understand.

Katrina just couldn't understand why the taxis weren't stopping to pick her up

Oi 'arry, was it one by land and two by sea?

A wait is a terrible thing to mime

Hailing a cab was proving more difficult than expected

She's certainly making it safer for other pedestrians - all the drivers are aiming at her

Clown and out in Beverly Hills

School crossing ladies in Brazil can choose to be issued a lollipop "Stop children" pole, or a course in street mime

Clown Julia was kicked out of the circus for being funny

Walk and roll

Impatient pedestrians, recognising the 'Walk....1.....2....' instructions, looked away sheepishly thinking the pause to '...3...' was just too long...

Pierrot-can Crossing

In Court, Raul claimed he hadn't noticed the pedestrians as he was distracted by some clown by the side of the road

See mum! See dad! And you said a degree in Media Studies was a waste of time!

is the guy in the suit thinking "I used to go out with her, thank God we split up before this moment!!"...?

What a charade(s).

It's not a salute, I can assure you.

I really wanted to be an accountant, but my dad insisted I got a proper job.

Beware of overtaking near the clown of the road

After seeing Coco being used as a Hood ornament on a passing truck, she thanked her lucky stars she had been chosen to make the 'pedestrians' more aware!

And this is the clown who taught most Brazilians to drive

Brazil - where the Coco nuts come from

All Tina needed was one more person to assume the green man position and 'hop' across the road to get to three 'examples', then she could go home...

Nobody answered poor Lavinia's cries for help

Brazil nut

I see Debenhams will do anything to raise awareness of their 'Buy One Get One Free' promotion on make-up this week.

"Don't look at the mime, don't look at the mime, don't look at the mime ... damn, I looked at the cameraman."

It soon became clear why Lady GaGa didn't follow her father's fashion advice.

Mime makes small man levitate.

Good thing I've got all this make-up on, because this top does NOT go with this skirt!

Gloria would have crossed the street too, but she couldn't get past the invisible sheet of glass

Good job no-one will recognise me in this make-up, as this top does NOT go with this skirt.

Beryl tries to hail a cab after all the doors on her car fail to fall off

Taxi! Taxi! Yeah, and the same to you, mate!

Now we know why the chicken crossed the road.

What! Of course we can get 42 in your taxi.

An accomplished mime, Paola was able to respond to criticism without breaking character.

News breaks of 5 week pavement ban for Sir Alex for not respecting the man in green

Debbie finds the little test button that turns both the drivers' and the pedestrians' lights green

Sally was only pointing out the council's error in siting a crossing in a pedestrian-only precinct

Tributes to Polar Bears aren't common in Sao Paolo. Who was this Knut anyway?

Number 44:

Or even Sao Paulo !!

Oh shut up!

You put your right arm in, your right arm out.....

The Brazilian Department of Health and Safety's tagline was "Road deaths aren't funny - and neither are clowns"

If we don't look up she might not notice us slipping away

Silence of the gams

Worried after his week-long celebration, they had at last found Peter Stringer

Grim Aldi? Brocante Sao Paulo isn't too cheerful either.

However, there was no chance anybody could raise awareness among motorists and pedestrians to respect mime artists

It was turning out to be another depressing day for the clown phobics.

The guy on the left demonstrates the usual gesture one makes on seeing street mime artists

Complete indifference to rumour that they are removing Capital City title from Rio

It was a very ordinary, almost pedestrian, crossing

Clown demonstates what pedestrians do with her right arm, and how motorists reply with her left hand

"First word - 2 syllables" Street Charades fails to take off.

The careers advisor warned Julia about limiting her job prospects by taking a Combined Bogie Sculpture and Clowning Degree, but she wouldn't listen.

New Lollypop Lady uniform trial proves unsuccessful.

Clown humiliates pedestrians forced to walk because of the high cost of petrol

And STILL her silent warnings about the local pigeons went unheard.

For some reason middle-of-the-street art fails to engage the public's attention.

Passers by got the message immediately, and checked their flies accordingly.

After a little experimentation Julia perfected a gesture to summon taxis in which smoking is permittted.

This is Midsomer. What's HE doing here ?

A rare photo of Elizabeth Taylor incognito.

Cristina vowed to go easy when starching her blouse in future.

Julia regretted mouthing off about excessive waiting times in the plaster room at fracture clinic.

Any motorist who ignored the traffic signs got squirted in the eye with Dolores' flower

The mime attempted to warn others of the impending alien invasion, but to no avail.

50 years on, a Mary Quant look can still turn heads.

Talk. Don't Talk.

'See, I told you aliens were among us. Little green men!'

Milifred attempts to expand the boundaries of mime arts after complaining of always being "put in a box".

Standing atop his alien-sized launch vehicle, Verdi anxiously watched the end of the silent countdown.

Maria was getting less attention now that she'd remembered to put her black leggings on

Everyone suspected who'd made the bad smell, but Consuela suggested otherwise.

'Just like my boyfriend - much too small, diasppears every minute my back is turned, and turns green when he eats my food...

Unfortunately, Carmen didn't know the mime for "Can somebody please help me get this coat hanger out?"

That was the last time Maria would buy the cheap, quick-setting underarm deodorant

Demonstration of new system to start Formula 1 races reveals budget cuts.

'Hmm,' thought Maria on her first day in the police force,'this is easy. Find the downtown male flasher, they said...'

Sorry, there is absolutely no room in the mini. You'll have to catch the bus.

"Whoops!" thought Maria, "Maybe I should have used a little more deodorant."

One word, two syllables.


Martian!

Carmen couldn't get a job as a circus clown, as she didn't have a big top

Clown Corn unveil their new logo, the Jolly Green Midget

"Help police....the man in the blue suit is stealing my imaginary umbrella"

Maria hoped she'd make a good clown, as she'd been sacked in her last job as BT's Miming Clock

Katrina decided it was safer if she waited outside the auction rooms

There were criticisms of one fashion mag's photoshopping a clown's head onto Victoria Beckham in her latest outfit

If you don't make eye contact she won't see you.

Tic-tac woman announces the odds at Sao Paulo's Clown Derby

Low cost airlines also employ mimes to point at the hidden costs, it has the same effect.

Brazil's fund-raising telethon is renamed Green Man Day after clowns object to jokes about their red noses

The only thing getting raised,she found,was her arm and that got very tiresome after a long day.

Life is so stop start for her

Motorists in Brazil are reminded of the little known Highway Code Rule: "If a fellow motorist raises two fingers to you, the correct response is to raise a single finger back".