Showing posts with label christmas card. Show all posts
Showing posts with label christmas card. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Tesco's ginger card "gaff"

So, Tesco has had to withdraw a card with the message "Santa loves all
children...even GINGERS ones".

A couple were pictured in The Sun being "offended" by it. Is there a
special kind of "rent-an-offendee" rate The Sun pays out? Everyone seems to
be potentially offended. I'm offended by Rupert Murdoch's continued
existence, but hey ho.````````

I can think of many bigger and better things to be offended by.

But I still don't get it. Why is being ginger "funny"? I don't think this
is the case outside England, is it? Many of my Ulster in-laws are gingers
but I can honestly say that when I've been over there, a chortle-fest about
hair colour has never been on my mind.

Could someone explain this to me?