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If you’ve been on Twitter during the whole HorseburgerGate thing, you’ve probably had your eyeballs violently assaulted by an absolute crapload of the worst puns the internet has to offer. I’ll be honest, even we’ve had a stab. But I never thought Tesco would have the gall to join in. Boy oh boy, was I ever wrong.
In public, Tesco did the whole “I’m a mature, grown-up business and I’m going to apologise for my mistake” thing, but in private, you can tell that they’ve been rofling and lol-ing all over the place. This is clear because last night, the Tesco Twitter account posted this:
It’s sleepy time so we’re off to hit the hay! See you at 8am for more #TescoTweets
— Tesco Customer Care (@UKTesco) January 17, 2013
Not only is it an affront to basic humour, and a cringe-worthy pun to boot, but it’s way inappropriate for a company that’s been secretly feeding its customer Ireland’s finest horse-burger. They’ve said they “regret” the tweet this morning, but c’mon guys, we’re not gonna fall for that one again. [Metro]
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Don’t you mean.. ” we wont foul for that one again!!”
Or “we won’t foal for that one again”
Ok ok… that teach me for trying to be funny…
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And did you mean ” we wont foal for that one again!!”??
You beat me while I was one finger typing.
i don’t mean to be a buzzkill or something, but ‘hit the hay’ is actually an idiom, a pun it when wordplay is used with two or more words that sound the same.
But you are!!
What a load of old pony.
I’m really not sure why Tesco are being singled out as the villain in this (not exactly a big deal) play. They weren’t the only supermarket stocking the meat, and they weren’t the ones in control of the supply of the meat.
It just seems kinda wrong that the farms that actually, y’know, did the slaughtering and false-supplying of the horse meat are the ones being let off completely scot free, while Tesco are being hit on the stock market and dragged through the mud in the House of Commons.
It makes for an easier joke for it to be Tesco’s fault… but basically none of the reporting I’ve seen have done anything but place the emphasis completely on Tesco themselves. Not even on the BBC.
You sir, deserve some win. Completely agree.
People need to get over this horse business. Appreciate the fact that you were fed a pretty expensive delicacy for the price of a value burger.
Dog is a pretty expensive delicacy in South Korea – can we throw Shep in the grinder as well?
Agree its the meat producers fault rather than the Supermarkets though
Depends on the bits of horse that end up in these burgers. Given the prices of these products, I’m guessing that prime rump of Shergar isn’t likely to be an ingredient…
I dunno, I heard they were low in fat but high in Shergar.
They could market new diet burgers and label them “Sherger free!”
Tesco are just making up their policies on the hoof.
HMM!!! Am i the only one who wonders why everybody is complaining?
Last week you were all quite happy to chomp your way through your Tesco value burgers… probably enjoying them. Now you know what’s in them everyone’s whinging. The stupidity of the British public never ceases to amaze me.
I’ve still got 2 in the freezer and have no intention wasting them.
It’s not so much the fact it was Horse meat, it’s the fact they were BEEF burgers.
The basic rule here is you get what you buy, pulling the old switcheroo is not allowed. Food has an ingredients list, and it HAS to be correct.
If you ordered a Ferrari and they delivered a Ford you would be upset. There is nothing wrong with the Ford, but it’s not what you bought.
I wouldn’t worry, they won’t be around furlong anyway.
Spot on, it’s not about horse meat(which is delicious), it’s more to do with the principle.
I can see why they were trying to make light of it, but to anyone who was concerned about it, it would just seem like a slap in the face.
Oh well, I like the horseplay
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