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Kmart: Australian supermarket pulls 'Merry Ham-mas' Christmas bag (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by memfree@lemmy.ml to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What it was supposed to mean? I can only read ’Merry Hamas’

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

-mas

[–] memfree@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Just like people rewrite the phrase as "Merry Xmas" or non-christ substitutes like cats in "Merry Kitmas", they were trying to make a ham-holiday. A Mass made of Ham. A Ham Mass/feast. Sadly, there is a war on so anything close to 'Hamas' is no longer suitable for mass-market humor.
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