Kmart: Australian supermarket pulls 'Merry Ham-mas' Christmas bag

I would love to know exactly how much time and money went into coming up with the word "Ham-mas" itself.

I bet it was the same person who came up with the name of the workplace on Archer.

Pissed off some ancient Greek God and is now cursed to come up with amazing names and slogans that will become touch of death within months. Doomed to roam the earth from marketing group to marketing group. When he dies his tombstone will read "here lies the man who named it The Dangerous Life of Altarboys"

As did Isreal!

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Jokes aside, it also took me forever, and I went through the exact same list of who might be offended. Who reads "Ham-mas" on a christmas bag and even when saying it out loud associates it with Hamas? I mean it's not like anybody still associates Christmas with Christ, so who cares what the first part is. Give me Crisp-mas with lots of crackers!

It's actually the Jews who asked to pull it out because it sounds like Hamas

Not entirely true. Go eat a ham sandwich outside a Hasidic synagogue when they’re being let out of temple; probably gonna cause a stir. Especially if said temple is in Israel proper.

Granted, I’d find it hard to believe such a sandwich eater wasn’t trying to stir shit, so maybe getting yelled at is justified….but you see my point, i hope

Reminds me of how the Danish (?) organic snacks company now known as Easis was still called Isis long after those letters became toxic.

Personally I found the prospect of terrorists making and selling organic muesli bars pretending to be healthy absolutely hilarious 😂

Few months ago no one would have noticed and now the entire stock will likely go into landfill.

Fucking ridiculous!

suggesting the product be pulled

lol