11 Nov 2011
Ever wondered what happens when more than 1,000 technology professionals are encouraged to let their collective hair down? Well wonder no more

Last-minute replacement for Justin Bieber, Alexander Armstrong took a break from flogging car insurance and hosting panel games to entertain guests at the UK IT Industry Awards

Furious tweeting by the assembled masses produced such pearls of wisdom as the thought-provoking contribution above

Things got pretty racy after the presentations as guests were encouraged to indulge their inner-Stigs

This happy chappie was obviously told to get bucked at some point

"Oh heck, that's another pair of trousers ruined"

Some of the guests really did get carried away

Proceedings took a dramatic turn when the band's singer sent out an urgent appeal to have a microphone dislodged from her mouth

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