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Merry Greggsmas
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:44 pm
by Gob
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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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z4yS8IqzxG
Merry Greggsmas
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:30 am
by RayThom
Christmas is all symbolic. I don't see a problem here as long as it was an all BEEF sausage.
Re: Merry Greggsmas
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:57 pm
by ex-khobar Andy
Caption contest.
"I thought you were bringing the ketchup, Melchior."
Re: Merry Greggsmas
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 5:42 pm
by Bicycle Bill
Caption contest.
"He is indeed the King of the Jews. See, He's even been circumcised."
-"BB"-
Re: Merry Greggsmas
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 10:34 pm
by Big RR
"We come all this way and he turns out to be a brat, a svery spoiled brat."
Re: Merry Greggsmas
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:25 pm
by Gob
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
Re: Merry Greggsmas
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 1:10 am
by Joe Guy
"We three kings are bearing mustard, catsup and relish"
Re: Merry Greggsmas
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 4:46 am
by MajGenl.Meade
"I think he'll be more popular than John the Bap"
Re: Merry Greggsmas
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:21 am
by Long Run
Can't see the Forrest for the Gregg?

Re: Merry Greggsmas
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 7:49 pm
by ex-khobar Andy
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.
Re: Merry Greggsmas
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 8:04 pm
by Gob
Someone on facebook pointed out that Lord Jesus backwards reads "Susejd rol"
Re: Merry Greggsmas
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 9:50 pm
by dales
And "live" spelled backward is "evil".
Any significance?

Merry Greggsmas
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 9:52 pm
by RayThom
Dog help us all.
Re: Merry Greggsmas
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 9:54 pm
by Crackpot
I was afraid this thread was going to be about a mangina.
Re: Merry Greggsmas
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 10:12 pm
by Gob
Re: Merry Greggsmas
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 3:02 am
by Gob
Merry Greggsmas
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 4:10 am
by RayThom
But wait... there's more.
