Vice Lollies

[naomi24]

Ice lollies made from holy water and Absinthe are on sale in London.

http://www.thesun.co....47162/Vice-lolly.html

//Matt said: “Being born into a Catholic family I wanted to make a statement about religion.//

Apparently, the water comes from the spring at Lourdes and is considered by many Catholics to have healing powers. Matt says that after about three of these lollies the average drinker would certainly be feeling the effects.

The effects of what? The holy water – or the Absinthe? And what statement is he making? At £18.58 a throw, I suspect it’s ‘Suckers!’ :o)

[boxtops]

Dear me..... I wonder what the Holy Father thinks of this one? It's Just Wrong!

[emmie]

18 quid a pop, whew..

[venator]

The guy's just out to make money from childish "shocking" gunge.
Damien Hurst did it better, and nobody's tumbled him yet!

Pedant's corner - absinthe is known as la fee verte - the green fairy, but what do you expect from the Sun... <]:-)

[emmie]

icecreamists, couldn't that have just added ice cream maker..

[boxtops]

...for icecreamoholics!

[FredPuli43]

Yes, 'green goddess'? Wasn't that an Army fire engine used when the fire brigade went on strike? Good to see the Sun giving free publicity to this ice cream parlour. (An ice with booze in it? Makes a change from a 99, but don't they need a licence to sell it?)
What does the girl on page3 say about it? She normally has some profound comment, citing Proust or Schopenhauer or some such, to enlighten us on news items (or don't you look above her head?)

[emmie]

i tried absinthe once, it was vile.

[ummmm]

My cousin has been to Lourdes 4 times, and she didn't get healed.

[Celticv11]

Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder:)

[emmie]

celtic, aaggh

[Celticv11]

My cousin has been to Lourdes 4 times, and she didn't get healed. Did she get souled?

[ludwig]

If he'd wanted to make a statement about religion it should have been in a colourful wrapper, but when you open it there's just a stick with no lolly.

[rowanwitch]

And the stick would have a load of rules printed on it

[ludwig]

...and then someone from a rival ice-cream van kills you because you're holding the wrong kind of stick.

[wolf63]

For some reason Del and Rodney and the Peckham spring water springs to mind.

[rowanwitch]

or holding the right stick the wrong way....

bl00dy hell lollies are as consusing as the real thing...

I wanted to marry a magnumist but I was a mivviist our parents wouldn't agree...

[chakka35]

Dear Matt has certainly 'made a statement about religion'? Poor chap doesn't realise how well he is illustrating its absurdity.

[rowanwitch]

a touch of the wierd promoting thought can't be bad