Cadbury reassures UKIP that supposed ‘Satan egg’ was just upside down
For the past few years, some people have worried that the word ‘Easter’ has been banned from Easter eggs. The problem is that:
- It hasn’t.
- The use of the word ‘Easter’ was never universal in the first place.
- Bourgeois cocoa ovoids have sweet fuck all to do with Christianity anyway. Jesus wasn’t resurrected from a massive chocolate egg. He reanimated himself with magic like a normal person.
Hot and cross
This year, to avoid the head-bangingly aggravating chorus of complaints, Cadbury launched its new line. It’s called:
OF COURSE THEY’RE FUCKING EASTER EGGS! DO WE REALLY HAVE TO WRITE THE WORD ‘EASTER’ ON EVERY ONE OF THEM? WOULD YOU NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT A CAR WAS IF IT DIDN’T HAVE THE WORD ‘CAR’ WRITTEN ON IT? BUT FUCK IT – HERE YOU GO – HERE’S ALL THE EASTER YOU CAN HANDLE.
It’s a range which is heavy in its use of:
- The word ‘Easter’.
- Heavy-handed Christian iconography.
- Little crucified bunnies with nails through their paws.
#PrayForCadbury pic.twitter.com/2Az9tNzdSK
— Easter®Watch (@EasterWatch) February 27, 2018
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Outrageous!
Although this satisfied the sort of people who think that God is cool with you being an arsehole as long as you eat moulded chocolate once a year, there has been an issue. A shop put some eggs on display upside down, making it look like the crosses on them were somewhat satanic.
The interim leader of UKIP, one Arthur Braincell, tweeted:
Sad to see a English firm siding with satan and the paedos at the BBC! [SIC]
To which Cadbury replied:
FUCK OFF! JUST FUCK OFF! IT’S CHEAP CHOCOLATE IN THE SHAPE OF AN EGG THAT WE USE TO GOUGE MONEY FROM PEOPLE AROUND A HOLIDAY OF FORMER SIGNIFICANCE! IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE ANNOYED ABOUT ANYTHING, BE ANNOYED THAT WE USE JESUS’ DEATH AS A MARKETING GIMMICK! BECAUSE THE ONLY THING HE HATED MORE THAN GREED WAS CUNTS LIKE YOU!!!!
Cadbury later deleted the tweet and said instead:
It was upside down, sorry.
They later tweeted:
Jesus Christ.
It’s unclear if this was a shout-out to your boy JC or exasperation.
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