On Dec 24, 9:32*pm, "'Mike'" wrote:
Because Tesco is at the bottom of the class structure? Someone with 'social
standing' goes to Sainsburys don't you know ;-)

Alan Coren "I thought the only point of Sainsbury's was to keep the
riff-raff out of Waitrose" /AC

too many people outside,it is better stay at home,

"Bill Grey" wrote in
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2010-12-24 13:26:35 +0000, Baz said:

I never go to church to worship God.
I have never attended a church wedding.
My children have not been christened.
I have been trapped in a Tesco car park for 3 hours yesterday
getting essentials due to christmas shoppers.

When will this nightmare end?

How many of you get married in church with Gods blessing but never
actually
go to church afterwards?

Most of you.

How many of you have been Christened or have had your child
Christened? and
actually been back to church to say thanks in that special way that
the vicar does?

Not many of you.

These are my thoughts and welcome or not, the truth.
Baz

Dear me - I didn't realise Tesco had *that* much to answer for! ;-))

Why pick on TESCO when we have SAINSBURY, MORRISON, CO-OP, ASDA,
SOMERFIELD etc to choose from. Is any one better or worse than the
others I wonder?


BILL




I only picked on Tesco because thats where I was stuck for hours.

Baz

On 25/12/2010 09:19, Baz wrote:
"Bill wrote in
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wrote in message
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On 2010-12-24 13:26:35 +0000, said:

I never go to church to worship God.
I have never attended a church wedding.
My children have not been christened.
I have been trapped in a Tesco car park for 3 hours yesterday
getting essentials due to christmas shoppers.

When will this nightmare end?

How many of you get married in church with Gods blessing but never
actually
go to church afterwards?

Most of you.

How many of you have been Christened or have had your child
Christened? and
actually been back to church to say thanks in that special way that
the vicar does?

Not many of you.

These are my thoughts and welcome or not, the truth.
Baz

Dear me - I didn't realise Tesco had *that* much to answer for! ;-))

Why pick on TESCO when we have SAINSBURY, MORRISON, CO-OP, ASDA,
SOMERFIELD etc to choose from. Is any one better or worse than the
others I wonder?


BILL




I only picked on Tesco because thats where I was stuck for hours.

Baz

Looks like the women aren't contributing to this thread. If it was left
to blokes, Xmas would be dead within 5 years.

"stuart noble" wrote in message
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On 25/12/2010 09:19, Baz wrote:
"Bill wrote in
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wrote in message
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On 2010-12-24 13:26:35 +0000, said:

I never go to church to worship God.
I have never attended a church wedding.
My children have not been christened.
I have been trapped in a Tesco car park for 3 hours yesterday
getting essentials due to christmas shoppers.

When will this nightmare end?

How many of you get married in church with Gods blessing but never
actually
go to church afterwards?

Most of you.

How many of you have been Christened or have had your child
Christened? and
actually been back to church to say thanks in that special way that
the vicar does?

Not many of you.

These are my thoughts and welcome or not, the truth.
Baz

Dear me - I didn't realise Tesco had *that* much to answer for! ;-))

Why pick on TESCO when we have SAINSBURY, MORRISON, CO-OP, ASDA,
SOMERFIELD etc to choose from. Is any one better or worse than the
others I wonder?


BILL




I only picked on Tesco because thats where I was stuck for hours.

Baz

Looks like the women aren't contributing to this thread. If it was left to
blokes, Xmas would be dead within 5 years.



Why that long?

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Today, is the tomorrow, you were worrying about, yesterday.
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On 25/12/2010 10:07, 'Mike' wrote:
"stuart wrote in message
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On 25/12/2010 09:19, Baz wrote:
"Bill wrote in
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wrote in message
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On 2010-12-24 13:26:35 +0000, said:

I never go to church to worship God.
I have never attended a church wedding.
My children have not been christened.
I have been trapped in a Tesco car park for 3 hours yesterday
getting essentials due to christmas shoppers.

When will this nightmare end?

How many of you get married in church with Gods blessing but never
actually
go to church afterwards?

Most of you.

How many of you have been Christened or have had your child
Christened? and
actually been back to church to say thanks in that special way that
the vicar does?

Not many of you.

These are my thoughts and welcome or not, the truth.
Baz

Dear me - I didn't realise Tesco had *that* much to answer for! ;-))

Why pick on TESCO when we have SAINSBURY, MORRISON, CO-OP, ASDA,
SOMERFIELD etc to choose from. Is any one better or worse than the
others I wonder?


BILL




I only picked on Tesco because thats where I was stuck for hours.

Baz

Looks like the women aren't contributing to this thread. If it was left to
blokes, Xmas would be dead within 5 years.



Why that long?

The emancipation of blokes at Xmas won't happen overnight.

Morrisons have really nice staff. Or maybe it's simply that supermarket staff in Yorkshire are really nice?

In answer to your question - no, you are not.

I'm an atheist, so the religious message of Christmas is irrelevant to
me.

I am not mercenary, so the crass commercialism of Christmas and its
encouragement of acquisitiveness in children is repugnant to me.

What really annoys me about the whole charade is that it starts around
August and gets worse. People do things in the name of Christmas which
would (or should) result in them being sectioned at any other time.
Wearing a Santa hat should be made a capital offence! You cannot switch
on a TV or radio, or open a newspaper or magazine, without having the
whole business thrust down your throat. Yet by Boxing Day or the day
after it is forgotten; it is as if it had never existed. Until next
August, of course!

I agree that we should have a celebration of the turn of the year when
the days start getting longer (21 Dec) and eat and drink well to keep up
our spirits and keep us warm, but I wish people would keep a sense of
proportion.

Roy (who lists Ebenezer Scrooge as one of his heroes!)
--
Roy Bailey
West Berkshire.

Roy Bailey wrote in news:$ysl6uF1
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In answer to your question - no, you are not.

I'm an atheist, so the religious message of Christmas is irrelevant to
me.

I am not mercenary, so the crass commercialism of Christmas and its
encouragement of acquisitiveness in children is repugnant to me.

What really annoys me about the whole charade is that it starts around
August and gets worse. People do things in the name of Christmas which
would (or should) result in them being sectioned at any other time.
Wearing a Santa hat should be made a capital offence! You cannot switch
on a TV or radio, or open a newspaper or magazine, without having the
whole business thrust down your throat. Yet by Boxing Day or the day
after it is forgotten; it is as if it had never existed. Until next
August, of course!

I agree that we should have a celebration of the turn of the year when
the days start getting longer (21 Dec) and eat and drink well to keep up
our spirits and keep us warm, but I wish people would keep a sense of
proportion.

Roy (who lists Ebenezer Scrooge as one of his heroes!)

I agree with most of your arguements, and they are sound.
I am not an atheist but I feel personally a fraud to celebrate any
religious festivals for the reason that I don't support my church as I
should if I were to participate in its events.

A good example of what I am ranting about is "Hatch Match Dispatch" and in
between most of us never visit the church.

I can't find the correct word for it but hypocrisy will do for me in the
meantime.

Baz

On 25/12/2010 12:13, Roy Bailey wrote:
In answer to your question - no, you are not.

I'm an atheist, so the religious message of Christmas is irrelevant to me.

I am not mercenary, so the crass commercialism of Christmas and its
encouragement of acquisitiveness in children is repugnant to me.

In that sense it really is the spawn of the devil. Filling a child's
head with Father Xmas, and then chastising them for being badly behaved
on the day, is nothing short of child abuse IMO.


What really annoys me about the whole charade is that it starts around
August and gets worse. People do things in the name of Christmas which
would (or should) result in them being sectioned at any other time.
Wearing a Santa hat should be made a capital offence! You cannot switch
on a TV or radio, or open a newspaper or magazine, without having the
whole business thrust down your throat. Yet by Boxing Day or the day
after it is forgotten; it is as if it had never existed. Until next
August, of course!

I find Japanese films a good antidote at this time of year.

I agree that we should have a celebration of the turn of the year when
the days start getting longer (21 Dec) and eat and drink well to keep up
our spirits and keep us warm, but I wish people would keep a sense of
proportion.

A bit of joy you mean? Steady on mate, this is England.

Roy (who lists Ebenezer Scrooge as one of his heroes!)

"'Mike'" wrote in message
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"Bill Grey" wrote in message
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2010-12-24 13:26:35 +0000, Baz said:

I never go to church to worship God.
I have never attended a church wedding.
My children have not been christened.
I have been trapped in a Tesco car park for 3 hours yesterday getting
essentials due to christmas shoppers.

When will this nightmare end?

How many of you get married in church with Gods blessing but never
actually
go to church afterwards?

Most of you.

How many of you have been Christened or have had your child Christened?
and
actually been back to church to say thanks in that special way that the
vicar does?

Not many of you.

These are my thoughts and welcome or not, the truth.
Baz

Dear me - I didn't realise Tesco had *that* much to answer for! ;-))

Why pick on TESCO when we have SAINSBURY, MORRISON, CO-OP, ASDA,
SOMERFIELD etc to choose from. Is any one better or worse than the
others I wonder?


BILL



Because Tesco is at the bottom of the class structure?

You have obviously never shopped at ASDA!
Graham

"graham" wrote in message
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"'Mike'" wrote in message
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"Bill Grey" wrote in message
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2010-12-24 13:26:35 +0000, Baz said:

I never go to church to worship God.
I have never attended a church wedding.
My children have not been christened.
I have been trapped in a Tesco car park for 3 hours yesterday getting
essentials due to christmas shoppers.

When will this nightmare end?

How many of you get married in church with Gods blessing but never
actually
go to church afterwards?

Most of you.

How many of you have been Christened or have had your child
Christened? and
actually been back to church to say thanks in that special way that
the
vicar does?

Not many of you.

These are my thoughts and welcome or not, the truth.
Baz

Dear me - I didn't realise Tesco had *that* much to answer for! ;-))

Why pick on TESCO when we have SAINSBURY, MORRISON, CO-OP, ASDA,
SOMERFIELD etc to choose from. Is any one better or worse than the
others I wonder?


BILL



Because Tesco is at the bottom of the class structure?

You have obviously never shopped at ASDA!
Graham


You're right ;-}

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....................................
Today, is the tomorrow, you were worrying about, yesterday.
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"Roy Bailey" wrote in message
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In answer to your question - no, you are not.

I'm an atheist, so the religious message of Christmas is irrelevant to me.

What really annoys me about the whole charade is that it starts around
August and gets worse. People do things in the name of Christmas which
would (or should) result in them being sectioned at any other time.
Wearing a Santa hat should be made a capital offence! You cannot switch on
a TV or radio, or open a newspaper or magazine, without having the whole
business thrust down your throat. Yet by Boxing Day or the day after it is
forgotten; it is as if it had never existed. Until next August, of course!


The commercialisation of Christmas takes the true meaning and charm out of
the Christmas Story. It is equally annoying to both Christians and ODs
alike.

Ther commercialising of every other festive occasion is equally disgusting.

Bill

"kay" wrote in message
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Bill Grey;908334 Wrote:

Why pick on TESCO when we have SAINSBURY, MORRISON, CO-OP, ASDA,
SOMERFIELD
etc to choose from. Is any one better or worse than the others I
wonder?


Morrisons have really nice staff. Or maybe it's simply that supermarket
staff in Yorkshire are really nice?

All the staff at every morrisons I've been to have always been friendly and
helpful.







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kay

"graham" wrote in message
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"'Mike'" wrote in message
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"Bill Grey" wrote in message
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2010-12-24 13:26:35 +0000, Baz said:

I never go to church to worship God.
I have never attended a church wedding.
My children have not been christened.
I have been trapped in a Tesco car park for 3 hours yesterday getting
essentials due to christmas shoppers.

When will this nightmare end?

How many of you get married in church with Gods blessing but never
actually
go to church afterwards?

Most of you.

How many of you have been Christened or have had your child
Christened? and
actually been back to church to say thanks in that special way that
the
vicar does?

Not many of you.

These are my thoughts and welcome or not, the truth.
Baz

Dear me - I didn't realise Tesco had *that* much to answer for! ;-))

Why pick on TESCO when we have SAINSBURY, MORRISON, CO-OP, ASDA,
SOMERFIELD etc to choose from. Is any one better or worse than the
others I wonder?


BILL



Because Tesco is at the bottom of the class structure?

You have obviously never shopped at ASDA!

I do most of my shopping at asda and they are vastly supperior to tesco!

Alan


Graham