The bakery chain Greggs has apologised for offending Christians with a nativity scene advert that replaces Jesus with a sausage roll.Remarkably, this story is actually true.
Greggs released the image to promote its £24 advent calendar, which goes on sale next Monday. Its decision...sparked criticism from Twitter users and religious groups.
He who sits in the heavens shall laugh.
ReplyDelete- Psalm 2:4
Or according to the Polari Bible: "She that sitteth in the heavens shall titter: the Duchess shall have them in derision." Jx
DeleteLove that and funny enough that is the first time I have ever said that about any thing to do with Greggs !
ReplyDeleteGreggs generally is not even wryly amusing; I do agree. Jx
DeleteJesus can't eat that it's not kosher (though they did cut the end off, so that's something.)
ReplyDeleteThey could have chosen a more appealing sausage though. Don't they cook anything in there?
"Cooking" is somewhat subjective where Greggs is concerned. As is the word "meat". or the word "appealing". Jx
DeleteIf you're going to substitute a SAUSAGE for the son of God it had better be a much nicer sausage than that.
ReplyDeleteJust as if you've accidentally made an omelette with dragon's eggs it had better be a bloody good omelette
I'm not sure a High Street pastry retailer adheres to such esoteric mysticism. Jx
DeleteI see nothing wrong with this picture.
ReplyDeleteMe neither - nor do I understand why they would feel the need to apologise for satire. Especially to the loathsome bigots of such reprehensible organisations as the "Evangelical Alliance", and especially to the fake "professionally offended" of Tw*tteer. Jx
DeleteIf I'd been baking, I'd have made that knish the shape of a cross.
ReplyDeleteHallelujah! Jx
DeleteThat sausage is still crap! I'm sure there are people on here who've left Jesus for sausage, they know who they are, but I hope it was better sausage than that!
ReplyDelete"Left Jesus for sausage". Great bumper sticker? Jx
DeleteI just can't get over the fact Americans are baffled by sausage rolls.
ReplyDeleteAlthough anyone would be baffled by that sausage roll.
Seriously, that's the one they use in the adverts!? That's the supermodel of Gregg's sausage rolls? That's the one that can stand in for the Messiah? V
There's much more than sausage rolls that needs explaining to Americans - see here. Jx
Deleteso I clicked on your linky - I have eaten some of the foods on that list, and others I have heard of. some of us are intelligent, but most are pretty fucking ignorant and stupid! witness the rise of donald the dump...
DeleteOnce you've had a toad in the hole you never look back, I say! Jx
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