Panera Bread and Communion
Here’s a brilliant Panera Bread ad I saw in USA Today. Just imagine: people who are polar opposites coming together at a table!
An open letter to:
The Secret Service & The Party Crashers; Darth Vader & Luke Skywalker; Glee Club Singers & Football Players; Barack Obama & Joe Wilson; The Mac Guy & The PC Guy; Rosie O’Donnell & Tom Selleck; Brett Favre & Wisconsin; Wall Street Execs & Everyone Else; Martina Navratilova & Andre Agassi; Sons-In-Law & Mothers-In-Law; Introverts & Extroverts; Mike Tyson & Evander Holyfield; Itchy & Scratchy; Ohio State & Michigan; Yoko & The Remaining Beatles; Tori & Cand Spelling; Optimists & Pessimists; The Right & The Left; Lou Dobbs & CNN; People Who Are Always Right & People Who Are Never Wrong; Michael Lohan & Dina Lohan & Lindsay Lohan; Eric Mangini & Bill Belichick; Vampires & Werewolves; Kanye West & Anyone with a TV; Hallmark & Paris Hilton; Those Who Think It Tastes Great & Those Who Insist It’s Less Filling; Bart Simpson & Sideshow Bob; Insomniacs & The Inventor of the Car Alarm; Jessica Simpson & Perez Hilton; Red Sox Fans & Yankees Fans; Billy Corgan & The Smashing Pumpkins; Nerds & Dweebs; Rosie O’Donnell & Donald Trump; Prius Drivers & HUMMER Drivers; Batman & The Joker; Mariah Carey & Eminem; Guys Named Beau & Guys Named Bo; Joe Lieberman & Democrats; Popeye & Bluto; Bill Gates & Steve Jobs; Those Who Install Toilet Paper Over & Those Who Prefer it Under; Don Draper & Roger Sterling; Skiers & Snowboarders; Teenagers & Parents; Bud Selig & Pete Rose; The FiOS Guy & That Other Cable Guy; Indie Film Snobs & Summer Blockbuster Fans; Importers & Exporters; Iceman & Maverick; Conformists & Nonconformists; Freudians & Skinnerians; Housewives in Orange County & Housewives in NYC; Jan & Marcia; Mimes & Anyone With Eyes; TOS Trekkies & TNG Trekkies; People Who Are Going Back to Cali & People Who Don’t Think So; Michael Moore & George W. Bush; Early Birds & Night Owls; Sarah Palin & Tina Fey; Those That Need a Square & Those Who Haven’t Got a Square to Spare; Goth Girls & Homecoming Queens; Big Dog People & People Who Put Dogs in Handbags; Noel Gallagher & Liam Gallagher; Fashionists & People Who Wear White After Labor Day; Susan Boyle & Sharon Osbourne; Lord Voldemort & Muggles; “Pink Hats” & Real Sports Fans; Slobs & Their Roommates; Dick Cheney & Hunters; Financial Planners & Spendthrifts; Magic Johnson & Isiah Thomas; Rosie O’Donnell & Elizabeth Hasselbeck; and Benjamin Netanyahu & Mahmoud Abbas.
Break bread.
Misspelled it… should read “Break Bread”.
Amazing.
Panera Bread got it…by George they got it! Sounds like a kingdom gathering to me!
Misspelled it… should read “Break Bread”.
Amazing.
Funny how Rosie O’Donnell shows up 3 times…
But, I agree, there’s definitely something to this.
So what would be the difference between communion at Panera’s and a beer summit?
I got a chuckle out of some of these, esp. the Seinfeld reference, but it is great to imagine all these people at the table together!
Breaking of bread is not as easy as it sounds. Sometimes it takes a broken body.
Batman and the Joker. “POW”
And let’s not God & ourselves.
I love going to Panera, and this makes me want to go more! Thanks!
DU
How about Piper and Wright, Schweitzer and Wright, Jesus Seminar and Wright, Obama and Publius, Obama and the Declarers, Obama and the Pilgrims, etc., etc.?
Cheerfully,
qb
Red Sox fans and Yankee fans? I think they’ve gone a bit far!
Geezer, who appreciates ever so much QB’s well reasoned comments, can not help but wonder if QB has read the book titled Why We’re Not Emergent (By Two Guys That Should Be) by DeYoung and Kluck. If QB has read this brief paperback, then Geezer wonders how QB considered the information presented by the authors as it may having a bearing from time to time on some of the topics discussed on this blog?
If QB has not yet read this book Geezer would happily provide a copy in hopes of hearing QB’s comments.
Merry Christmas,
Geezer
A dinner table is a great place to gather and set differences aside for a time. Some of the comments on this have been excellent, particularly the one regarding a “broken body.” Very true.