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[url= http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15660326.Greggs_launches_Advent_calendar___replaces_baby_Jesus_with_sausage_roll/ ]Greggs says 'sorry' after Advent calendar launch replaces baby Jesus with sausage roll (Northern Echo)[/url]

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Posted : 15/11/2017 5:57 pm
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It’s always been a religion to me, my friend.

Can’t see the problem 😀


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 5:59 pm
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I was sondering when there would be a thread. It would have been less controversial to have the three wise men bearing steak bakes, sausage rolls and brown sauce.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:10 pm
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This has really made me laugh today.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:11 pm
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Made me hungry, 3 sausirolls for £2?


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:12 pm
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Nothing like a bit of controversy to get a bit of free advertising.

No doubt there'll be plenty of people crying it's not the spirit of Christmas, before getting bladdered, xbox for the bairns and watching Harry Potter.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:30 pm
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Meanwhile, Holland's Pies advertising is a 'hilarious' bit of fat shaming.

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Posted : 15/11/2017 6:52 pm
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Haha it's funny cos it's Oldham


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:59 pm
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Only a matter of hours before the Archbishop on Canterbury declares a Jihad.....


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 7:00 pm
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Cougar - it wasn’t her

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Posted : 15/11/2017 7:02 pm
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I am Christian and it doesn’t offend me. I am now hungry though. 😀


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 7:10 pm
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And so, the three pies men came from the yeast to worship the king of poos.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 7:14 pm
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Most Christians won’t be offended, it’ll be the pressure groups who don’t really represent anyone kicking off.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 7:14 pm
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I think using a pork product to replace a Jewish baby is a little insensitive. Unless they're suggesting that their sausage rolls contain babies, which seems an unlikely advertising ploy, though factually quite possible given the quality of their sausage.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 7:33 pm
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There's only one Baby Cheesus

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Posted : 15/11/2017 7:41 pm
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I think it's excellent advertising - fake controversy and no real offence.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 7:42 pm
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I think by protesting they could have made a grave miscalculation. If they’re asking the average UK. Citizen to choose between Christianity or a cheese and onion pasty....

Just sayin’.....


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 7:43 pm
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Read somewhere earlier: "its fine because Sausage is Jesus backwards" 🙂


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:03 pm
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Awesome! 😀


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:36 pm
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I think by protesting they could have made a grave miscalculation

If they had used a Steak Bake that would have been a gravy miscalculation


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:59 pm
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Posted : 15/11/2017 11:03 pm
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Genius stuff from Greggs!

I love the supposed 'offence' it has caused, when worshipping a sausage roll is in fact no more ridiculous than worshipping some old bearded man.


 
Posted : 16/11/2017 11:47 am
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I wonder if being used in place of the body of Christ would make sausage rolls suitable for use at mass instead of those wafer things. I imagine it'd get participation up.


 
Posted : 16/11/2017 12:19 pm
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I love the supposed 'offence' it has caused, when worshipping a sausage roll is in fact no more ridiculous than worshipping some old bearded man.

I bet you wouldn't say that to is face!
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Posted : 16/11/2017 12:25 pm
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As above I am Christian and I was most certainly not offended


 
Posted : 16/11/2017 12:30 pm
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This could be a great Christmas game. try to slip a sausage roll into a nativity take a picture and post it on this thread.

I remember the time my dad dropped a dictionary on my mums knitted nativity scene crushing baby Jesus and his crib. however my brother had already swapped Jesus out for a sheep. I am still not sure which of these two actions was the one that made my mum cry.


 
Posted : 16/11/2017 12:40 pm
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bruneep- WHERE? WHO? WHY? I demand to know!


 
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This could be a great Christmas game. try to slip a sausage [s]roll[/s] into a nativity take a picture and post it on this thread.

Not a great game unless you're Gary glitter.


 
Posted : 16/11/2017 12:48 pm
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I am Christian and I am not offended

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Posted : 16/11/2017 12:49 pm
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Leonardo Da Vinci portrait of Christ sells for record $450.3 million in New York auction

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https://twitter.com/BeardedDumbass/status/931094186908143616


 
Posted : 16/11/2017 1:26 pm
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Have we done the pork based nativity scene?

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Posted : 17/11/2017 9:24 am
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[i]Have we done the pork based nativity scene?[/i]

if only there were some way of finding out while scrolling down a page towards the 'Reply' box 😉


 
Posted : 17/11/2017 9:26 am
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Loads of images are not accessible from where I am, so I apologise for not seeing it.


 
Posted : 17/11/2017 11:52 am
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Faced with the choice of aligning myself with a right wing pressure group's faux outrage or a mild chuckle, I opted for the mild chuckle.


 
Posted : 17/11/2017 12:11 pm
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Have any of these mental pressure groups seen the Spanish tradition of putting a statue of someone curling one out in the corner of their nativities?

I bet Jesus hates that.


 
Posted : 17/11/2017 12:48 pm
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Read somewhere earlier: "its fine because Sausage is Jesus backwards"

It's even better than that!

"Lord Jesus" = "Susejd Rol"

It was meant to be.


 
Posted : 17/11/2017 1:27 pm
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[url= https://www.notonthehighstreet.com/thesnafflingpigco/product/pork-crackling-mega-advent-calendar ]Pork scratchings advent calendar[/url]

Bit pricey though!


 
Posted : 30/11/2017 10:42 am