Pret A Manger Set A Dangerous Precedent
According to this article on the BBC, Pret A Manger have set a dangerous precedent by caving in to religious pressure, as I believe it will open up companies for all sorts of silly challenges.
When I used to serve in a pub in the 1960s, everybody knew that a Virgin Mary was a non-alcoholic version of the alcoholic Bloody Mary.
A few months ago I saw a sign advertising a Bolly Mary in a restaurant, which was a curry with vodka.
It’s not as though Pret A Manger were using the name on an unwholesome product, laced with lashings of alcohol.
I suspect that quite a few Virgin Mary cocktails have been drunk tonight.
The Anonymous Widower 
The RC have some odd notions about Mary the mother of Jesus. Much of it without any reliable theological background
Comment by Liz P | February 2, 2013 |
I always find it a bit strange, with some rather gruesome statuary.
Comment by AnonW | February 2, 2013 |
There are various books which are supposedly true accounts relating to Mary and various other things around her childhood and the childhood of Jesus, which are claimed to be 1st C AD, but were not included in Bible. Having read some of them, some of them are actually clearly much later, probably Medieval. And mostly they are hilarious!
Comment by Liz P | February 2, 2013 |
I’ve just read an article on The Times web site about these crisps. Some of the comments, added by readers, are pretty strong.
Comment by AnonW | February 2, 2013 |
Doesnt surprise me. Many RC are very inflexible in their beliefs, having been brainwashed as children. I have many RC friends who are not like that at all, but I know the brainwashed kind too!
Comment by Liz P | February 2, 2013 |
Most of the comments were pointing out the faults in the Church.
Comment by AnonW | February 3, 2013 |
The church is not without its problems either, it is full of humans like everything else in life
Comment by Liz P | February 3, 2013 |