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Church of England offers free beer in church

According to the London Telegraph, men attending St. Stephen's church in Barbourne, Worchester on Father's Day were handed bottles of beers by children to slake their thirst during the service.

Other churches offered bacon rolls, chocolate bars, and even a hog roast as manna to those struggling through the carbohydrate desert between breakfast and lunch. A study recently found that less than 20% of men in England attend church monthly, perhaps because they became so peckish.

The archdeacon of St. Stephen's defended the beer giveaway, comparing it to the flowers that are given to mothers on Mother's Day. I wonder how many mums wouldn't have minded a cold one instead?

One bishop responded to the charge that the church was encouraging alcohol abuse by pointing out the gospel story in which Jesus turned water into wine. "He was all in favor of partying," said the bishop.



~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sun Jul 5th, 2009 at 08:36:06 AM EST
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which reminds me, yesterday Fran posted a story about the Dutch Bavaria brand winning a lawsuit brought against it in germany for weakening the brand premium of genuine beers from Bavaria.

All I can say to that is that anyone who drinks Bavaria beer on the asumption that it's a German quality product deserves everything they get. It's blatantly obvious that it's not german, it isn't hidden on the back of the label. Also the label is obviously faux gothic in a way real german labels aren't.

And if you actually go so far as to taste it ... (which I have out of curiosity).

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Jul 5th, 2009 at 09:02:09 AM EST
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