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onager

(9,356 posts) Sun Jul 26, 2015, 08:57 PM Jul 2015

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The dangers of the interfaith luncheon

DISCLAIMER: Posted in the Atheists/Agnostics Group, a safe haven where we eat everything. Especially plump Xian babies.

Planning a nice ecumenical lucnheon? CAREFUL! Serve pork, and the Muslims and Jews won't come. Don't serve pork and you've pissed off the Orthodox Macedonians, for whom pork-noshing is central to their beliefs.

Serve beef and the Hindus won't come. Etc. etc.

Maybe everybody should just brown-bag it, with their individual god-approved lunches.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/calls-for-beef-to-be-banished-along-with-pork-from-liverpool-councils-interfaith-lunch-20150726-gikoni.html

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The dangers of the interfaith luncheon (Original Post) onager Jul 2015 OP

so, have pork for the pork eaters - LiberalElite Jul 2015 #1

vegetarian mountain grammy Jul 2015 #2

Sorry, I had to put this up, knee-jerk like, bvf Jul 2015 #3

I have a can with a pic of a smiling baby. DetlefK Jul 2015 #5

So, basically, because of all the supernatural Woo drivel, mr blur Jul 2015 #4

What, they don't have Boca Burgers and Smart Dogs over there? beam me up scottie Jul 2015 #6

I remember Catholics weren't supposed to eat meat on Fridays olddots Jul 2015 #7

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

1. so, have pork for the pork eaters -

Reply to onager (Original post)

Sun Jul 26, 2015, 09:18 PM

Jul 2015

beef for the beef eaters and vegetarian food for the vegetarians (of which I am one).

mountain grammy

(27,277 posts)

2. vegetarian

Reply to onager (Original post)

Sun Jul 26, 2015, 09:23 PM

Jul 2015

bvf

(6,604 posts)

3. Sorry, I had to put this up, knee-jerk like,

Reply to onager (Original post)

Sun Jul 26, 2015, 10:04 PM

Jul 2015

without even visiting the link, which I promise to do right now...

http://m.

ETA:

OK, then: oyster crackers all around.

(Psst! I have baby juice in my thermos, if anyone wants a nip.)

DetlefK

(16,455 posts)

5. I have a can with a pic of a smiling baby.

Reply to bvf (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 27, 2015, 06:08 AM

Jul 2015

I wonder what's inside...

mr blur

(7,753 posts)

4. So, basically, because of all the supernatural Woo drivel,

Reply to onager (Original post)

Mon Jul 27, 2015, 06:04 AM

Jul 2015

a bunch of people can't even have lunch together.

Ah, religion, how it does bring people together!

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)

6. What, they don't have Boca Burgers and Smart Dogs over there?

Reply to onager (Original post)

Mon Jul 27, 2015, 05:07 PM

Jul 2015

How about PB&J?

Is there anything in the holy books about peanuts?

olddots

(10,237 posts)

7. I remember Catholics weren't supposed to eat meat on Fridays

Reply to onager (Original post)

Mon Jul 27, 2015, 05:54 PM

Jul 2015

or was that at Friday's .....

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