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tree_and_leaf) wrote2007-11-03 10:36 am
tree_and_leaf) wrote2007-11-03 10:36 am
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Dear Grauniad,
it's not that I can't see why you find the story quirky and amusing and generally reminiscent of Father Ted, because I can:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,2204547,00.html
But honestly: while I don't expect you to treat the matter reverently, couldn't you come up with a slightly less lame way of refering to the consecrated wine than holy tipple? Fail.
I suppose, incidentally, this puts paid to the urban myth that priests are exempt from the breathylyser test in Ireland. I suspect that the claims of an Anglican priest of my acquaintance, that Church of England clergy are exempt from the law on speeding if they're going to take a service are similarly mythical. (In case anyone is getting worried, my friend has neither a driving licence or a car, so don't panic about being mown down by a vicar on his way to Evensong....)
it's not that I can't see why you find the story quirky and amusing and generally reminiscent of Father Ted, because I can:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,2204547,00.html
But honestly: while I don't expect you to treat the matter reverently, couldn't you come up with a slightly less lame way of refering to the consecrated wine than holy tipple? Fail.
I suppose, incidentally, this puts paid to the urban myth that priests are exempt from the breathylyser test in Ireland. I suspect that the claims of an Anglican priest of my acquaintance, that Church of England clergy are exempt from the law on speeding if they're going to take a service are similarly mythical. (In case anyone is getting worried, my friend has neither a driving licence or a car, so don't panic about being mown down by a vicar on his way to Evensong....)