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Is Eating Grapes in Supermarkets Wrong?

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Blu · 28/10/2005 16:31

After years of discussion this moral dilemma has been solved. The answer was in the bible all along:

?In case you go into the vineyard of your fellowman, you must eat only enough grapes for you to satisfy your soul, but you must not put any into a receptacle of yours." Deuteronomy Ch23v24.

Obviously, in the modern world, the vineyard of your fellow man means the place where we find grapes owned by Tesco and Sainsbury, and we may therefore eat to satisfaction whilst wandering the aisles, but mayeth not stuff 1kg of seedless into oureth handbags.

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WitchyWhizzz · 28/10/2005 16:31

Very philosophical / spiritual !

expatinscotland · 28/10/2005 16:32

EWWW! They're all full of pesticides. Yuk!

magnolia1 · 28/10/2005 16:32

Yes It's Wrong, But we all do it!!

Kelly1978 · 28/10/2005 16:33

pmsl

doormat · 28/10/2005 16:33

has this thing kicked off yet

sweetheart · 28/10/2005 16:35

ok so it may be wrong - but which is worse:-

Taking a happy and contented child round the supermarket (even if it means eating a few grapes)

or taking the child from hell on the most stressful shopping trip ever - screaming and shouting as you go

See my point!!!!

Gobbledispook · 28/10/2005 16:36

PMSL!!!

buffytheharpsichordcarrier · 28/10/2005 16:36

ah Blu you see I knew God would have the answer

SoupDragon · 28/10/2005 16:37

No, Magnolia, we don't all do it.

Did anyone see the newspaper item about the woman humiliated in Sainsbury's for eating a pick and mix chocolate?

Lonelymum · 28/10/2005 16:39

Blu! Brilliant quote!! Love it!!

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Blu · 28/10/2005 16:40

But it isn't wrong - according to the bible - that's the whole point. It is quite clear. Furthermore, the following verse says ?In case you go into the standing grain of your fellowman, you must pluck off only the ripe ears with your hand, but the sickle you must not swing to and fro upon the standing grain of your fellowman." There is a theme here. Whilst on someone else's property you may help yourself to their food, but not take it with you. You may help yourself to what is ready and prepared (pecan pastries from the baker section, for e.g) but may not take your japanese culinary knife to the fresh fish and prepare sushi to put in your bag and take home.

That's how I understand the principle, anyway.

Whether the security guy on the door agrees is another mater.

Will have to be tested in court.

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Lonelymum · 28/10/2005 16:41

They say you can find the solution to every problem in the Bible...

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Blu · 28/10/2005 16:45

Indeed. Here's another one from the same chapter:

?No man castrated by crushing the testicles or having his male member cut off may come into the congregation of Jehovah. "

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Lonelymum · 28/10/2005 16:50

Blu are you sure that is the Bible you have there?

HuggyBear · 28/10/2005 16:51

What happened to the woman eating the pick and mix?

Zephyrrywitchescat · 28/10/2005 16:52

HeeHee! Superb!!!

NoPearls · 28/10/2005 16:54

Blu - if you like, I will drive you to your local supermarket, set you up in comfort with a table and chair (and probably a tablecloth from madtableclothlady) and let you scoff grapes, pecan danish. I will then report back to MN with what happens - possibly you will be unable to do so from the security office????

buffytheharpsichordcarrier · 28/10/2005 16:58

now Blu, here's a question for you: which of the following does God say you MAY eat:

a ferret
a weasel
a chameleon
an armadillo

no checking now....

Papillon · 28/10/2005 16:58

The grape problem obviously existed, even back the days of Deuteronomy.

Perhaps they would post on about it on their stone tablets and then when the discusssion got heated, the mothers would bash each other with their message boards! Its a double whammy, stones in the grapes for spitting and stone tablets to conk each other with.

Wow we are light weights

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Blu · 28/10/2005 18:48

Go on then BuffyHarpy - which is it...I can't remember a reference to chameleons, but feel that armadillos might be banned, in Liviticus.

Go on, Soupy, post a link to Pick'n'Mix woman?

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buffytheharpsichordcarrier · 28/10/2005 19:06

aha well you may eat armadillos with impunity - all assuming that you can catch one first.
the others are all unclean. just been to Tescos and had my very first illicit grape, safe in the knowledge that such behaviour was BLessed indeed.
and thay say that the bible has no relevance in the modern world eh?

SoupDragon · 28/10/2005 19:07

Oh, she was simply hauled up by a security guard at the store entrance once she had paid for the rest of her shop and then handed a letter by (I think) the store manager banning her from entering any Sainsbury's store in the country. Estimated cost of the sweet 5p - had it been 10p or above they would (apparently) have prosecuted.

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Blu · 28/10/2005 19:14

I have ocasionally scoffed a pick'n'mix - I can't pass a Clarinco mint easily - but not grapes because of the Unclean nature of them (before washing off pesticides).
How could they ban her form every store in the country?
And surely not economic. Fair enough to give her a letter saying 'Saw you! Don't do it again!' to embarrass her!

Armadilloes! I will look it up.

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SoupDragon · 28/10/2005 19:22

They did later retract the ban saying it had been a "mistake".

startingtobehalloweenylover · 28/10/2005 19:22

ok so it may be wrong - but which is worse:-

Taking a happy and contented child round the supermarket (even if it means eating a few grapes)

or taking the child from hell on the most stressful shopping trip ever - screaming and shouting as you go

See my point!!!!

no, i don't see the point because if you know your child is going to create merry hell you take something with you! or even better, you shop online!