This morning the housemates awoke to the sound of a laughing policeman and discovered a very strange puppet. If that isn’t weird enough, a special guest (pictured) paid a visit to the House and delivered the latest task information to the housemates. This task spans two days and will push the housemates – and their upper lips –­ to the limits...

For this week’s shopping task Housemates must not laugh for two days. LOL indeed. This would be hard enough for our chucklesome (when they’re not moaning) housemates without the added challenge of Big Brother doing everything possible to raise a smile.

Every time a housemate laughs, they will incur one fail. Big Brother will not only count laughs but also smirks, titters, chuckles, guffaws, LMAOs and ROFLs and definitely Mega LOLs.

If at the end of the task housemates incur a number of fails that is equal to or less than the number in the envelope, they’ll pass this week’s shopping task and receive a luxury shopping budget. If they incur more fails than the number in the envelope, they will fail the shopping task and receive a basic shopping budget. They won’t be laughing then, will they, eh?

Stiff upper lips all round please.