http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20071211/tod-britain-hotel-christmas-offbeat-6058bda_1.html
2007-12-12 00:52:19 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
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Ahhaaaa, I forgot about Alan Partridge, LMFAO
2007-12-12 01:17:23 · update #1
Wow Chistmas in a Travel Lodge....
How do yo think i am Alan Partridge Ahaaa!!
2007-12-12 01:02:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
That is the point. They can't do a promotion that would lose them money. So they will absolutely carry through on this promotion and comp the few couples who do fit the requirements, and get a lot of publicity for it, but it won't cost them much at all. By the way, the couples they are most likely to get would be older people. The names Mary and Joseph were very common, especially among devoutly religious Catholics, in the past. These days, I don't think I've had a Joseph in class at my Catholic university for years, and while I do have one Mary in my graduate class now, it is pretty rare. If they did it here (California), they would be overrun with Joses and Marias, and I think they would have a very hard time legally arguing that they were not eligible for the promotion, since those are the names used in the Bible where the Bible was written in Spanish (and Spanish is no less the original language of the Bible than is English).
2007-12-12 09:01:20 · answer #2 · answered by neniaf 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I wonder why they have to be married.
2 weeks ago I went to a Carol Service in Bath Abbey where the vicar made a point of saying 'Joseph and his fiance Mary'
Have the Travel Lodge got decorations up ? One local hotelier, when asked why they didn't have Christmas decorations up , told my mum 'because they are for the working class' -mum said 'who do you think drink/dine here to pay your wages?' and went home, annoyed !
That'll Bug...r-up the PC brigade, won't it ?!
2007-12-12 11:40:33 · answer #3 · answered by nanny chris w 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To be quite honest whip, apart from an old biddy up the road I don't know anybody called Mary or Joseph. And why Spain I wonder ??
2007-12-12 10:20:30 · answer #4 · answered by ♥ Beaver Diva Sue ♥ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In a world where we are becoming so politically correct, how nice it is that a company wants to celebrate Christmas and offer discounts to Mary and Joseph. I know lots of people with these names!
2007-12-12 08:55:58 · answer #5 · answered by Sherri 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Cool offer. I can't think of any couples with the names Mary and Joseph.
Mary and Karl
Mary and Earl
Joseph and Ruth ( almost biblical enough)
Joseph and Katie
2007-12-12 08:59:18 · answer #6 · answered by ruby 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
theres a couple who come into my work every saturday called Mary and Joseph O'Rourke and they have took some stick because of it...all in good jest by the way...i think we should all do a whip round and get them something for christmas....
2007-12-12 08:58:41 · answer #7 · answered by Dazzlebox 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I do not know any one of those names only the holy ones oh a kimmmy mary and clive joseph
2007-12-12 10:14:13 · answer #8 · answered by momof3 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The PC brigade will be on their way there now as we speak trying to demand free rooms for people who share names with characters from other religions.
2007-12-12 08:58:33 · answer #9 · answered by Proper Gander 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
That is sort of strange, isn't it? I know two people with the name of Joseph (one being my fiance's grandfather). I don't think I know a single gal named Mary, though.
2007-12-12 08:55:33 · answer #10 · answered by daizeydee33 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋