Bakery chain Greggs has apologised after its new advent calendar had a picture which replaced baby Jesus with one of their sausage rolls.
The company is this year giving its fans a chance to enjoy varieties of its sweet and savoury treats and has released its very own special range of advert calendars.
Each door on the calendar reveals a token which can be redeemed inside one of Greggs' 1,700 or so outlets in the UK.
But they came under fire after one of their publicity photographs showed a sausage roll in a manger instead of baby Jesus.
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Merry Greggsmas
Merry Greggsmas
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Merry Greggsmas
Christmas is all symbolic. I don't see a problem here as long as it was an all BEEF sausage.
“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”
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ex-khobar Andy
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Re: Merry Greggsmas
Caption contest.
"I thought you were bringing the ketchup, Melchior."
"I thought you were bringing the ketchup, Melchior."
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Caption contest.
"He is indeed the King of the Jews. See, He's even been circumcised."
-"BB"-
"He is indeed the King of the Jews. See, He's even been circumcised."
-"BB"-
Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
Re: Merry Greggsmas
"We come all this way and he turns out to be a brat, a svery spoiled brat."
Re: Merry Greggsmas
On the first day of Christmas my new Greggs sent to me,
A Jesus, with a Cornish pasty,
On the second day of Christmas my new Greggs sent to me,
Two jammy doughnuts and A Jesus, with a Cornish pasty,
On the third day of Christmas my new Greggs sent to me,
Three Savioury slices, Two jammy doughnuts and A Jesus, with a Cornish pasty,
On the fourth day of Christmas my new Greggs sent to me,
Four sausage rolls, Three Savioury slices, Two jammy doughnuts and A Jesus, with a Cornish pasty,
On the fifth day of Christmas my new Greggs sent to me,
Five Sweet mince pies, Four sausage rolls, Three Savioury slices, Two jammy doughnuts and A Jesus, with a Cornish pasty,
etc, etc
A Jesus, with a Cornish pasty,
On the second day of Christmas my new Greggs sent to me,
Two jammy doughnuts and A Jesus, with a Cornish pasty,
On the third day of Christmas my new Greggs sent to me,
Three Savioury slices, Two jammy doughnuts and A Jesus, with a Cornish pasty,
On the fourth day of Christmas my new Greggs sent to me,
Four sausage rolls, Three Savioury slices, Two jammy doughnuts and A Jesus, with a Cornish pasty,
On the fifth day of Christmas my new Greggs sent to me,
Five Sweet mince pies, Four sausage rolls, Three Savioury slices, Two jammy doughnuts and A Jesus, with a Cornish pasty,
etc, etc
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Merry Greggsmas
"We three kings are bearing mustard, catsup and relish"
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Re: Merry Greggsmas
"I think he'll be more popular than John the Bap"
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
Re: Merry Greggsmas
Can't see the Forrest for the Gregg?
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Re: Merry Greggsmas
Caspar: Hi Balt, hi Melc, how’s it going? Long time no see.
Melchior: Good to see you Casp. Did you have any trouble finding this place?
Balthazar: Traffic was atrocious. Always is at tax time.
Caspar: Well, that’s the price we pay for being able to tax these peasants.
Melchior: Yeah, roads were wall to wall people. I came through Nazareth, turn left at Jerusalem. Good thing these was that star thing to show the way. Thanks for laying that on - thoughtful of you, old chap.
Caspar: Wasn’t me, but it did give me an idea. One day you will tell your cart where you want to go and press a little button, and it will give you a map showing the road all the way to your destination.
Melchior: Cool. How will you attach it to your cart so it doesn’t slide around every time you go over a bump?
Caspar: Well of course that’s the big technological issue but I will have my boys working on it. How’s life at home, Melc?
Melchior: Well it’s the wives of course. One at a time I can handle them but when they get together and gang up on you . . . .
Balthazar: Tell me about it. How many have you got now?
Melchior: At breakfast when I set off there were 732.
Balthazar: When I was your age I was already into four figures. Anyway, speaking of breakfast, I’m starving! What have we got?
Caspar: Well it looks as if the inn has laid on this pastry. Someone’s already taken a big chunk of it. Bloody cheek! Some sort of sausage roll. Have we got anything to help it down?
Melchior: I brought some frankincense.
Caspar: Frankincense is for franks. I told you, it’s a bloody sausage.
Balthazar: I’ve got some myrrh.
Caspar: What the fuck is myrrh when it’s at home? Can you eat it?
Balthazar: It’s a a natural gum or resin extracted from a number of small, thorny tree species of the genus commiphora.
Caspar: Doesn’t send very appetizing. Luckily I brought some gold. Can one of you pop down to the market and get some ketchup?
Melchior: Well I would but all the shops are shut. Apparently there is some local holiday called Christmas.
Melchior: Good to see you Casp. Did you have any trouble finding this place?
Balthazar: Traffic was atrocious. Always is at tax time.
Caspar: Well, that’s the price we pay for being able to tax these peasants.
Melchior: Yeah, roads were wall to wall people. I came through Nazareth, turn left at Jerusalem. Good thing these was that star thing to show the way. Thanks for laying that on - thoughtful of you, old chap.
Caspar: Wasn’t me, but it did give me an idea. One day you will tell your cart where you want to go and press a little button, and it will give you a map showing the road all the way to your destination.
Melchior: Cool. How will you attach it to your cart so it doesn’t slide around every time you go over a bump?
Caspar: Well of course that’s the big technological issue but I will have my boys working on it. How’s life at home, Melc?
Melchior: Well it’s the wives of course. One at a time I can handle them but when they get together and gang up on you . . . .
Balthazar: Tell me about it. How many have you got now?
Melchior: At breakfast when I set off there were 732.
Balthazar: When I was your age I was already into four figures. Anyway, speaking of breakfast, I’m starving! What have we got?
Caspar: Well it looks as if the inn has laid on this pastry. Someone’s already taken a big chunk of it. Bloody cheek! Some sort of sausage roll. Have we got anything to help it down?
Melchior: I brought some frankincense.
Caspar: Frankincense is for franks. I told you, it’s a bloody sausage.
Balthazar: I’ve got some myrrh.
Caspar: What the fuck is myrrh when it’s at home? Can you eat it?
Balthazar: It’s a a natural gum or resin extracted from a number of small, thorny tree species of the genus commiphora.
Caspar: Doesn’t send very appetizing. Luckily I brought some gold. Can one of you pop down to the market and get some ketchup?
Melchior: Well I would but all the shops are shut. Apparently there is some local holiday called Christmas.
Re: Merry Greggsmas
Someone on facebook pointed out that Lord Jesus backwards reads "Susejd rol"
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Merry Greggsmas
And "live" spelled backward is "evil".
Any significance?
Any significance?
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
Merry Greggsmas
Dog help us all.
“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”
Re: Merry Greggsmas
I was afraid this thread was going to be about a mangina.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
Re: Merry Greggsmas
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Merry Greggsmas
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Merry Greggsmas
But wait... there's more.
“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”