Yes, those are cable ties.
This is 11-year-old Liam Scholes. He turned up to school on Thursday dressed as Christian Grey from Fifty Shades of Grey.
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He even brought his own eyemask and cable ties.
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Many schools encouraged children to dress up as their favourite literary characters yesterday to mark World Book Day.
But according to his mum, Nicola, 36, from Sale in Greater Manchester, Liam was not allowed to take part in book-themed events at his school and wasn't featured in a group photo, the Manchester Evening News reported.
"I got a phone call home from the school saying the outfit was inappropriate," she said, "and that he had been excluded from taking part or being in any of the photographs."
She told the MEN that a teacher was dressed as the main character from the violent TV show Dexter, adding: "I don't see why sex is seen as more offensive than murder."
