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Supermarket Bans Jedi Knight

Posted by samzenpus on from the allowed-in-this-store-you-are-not dept.

The employees at Tesco seem to be immune to mind tricks, and have kicked out the founder of the International Church of Jediism. Daniel Jones, 23, who founded the religion based on the Star Wars movies, was asked to leave because his robes were against store rules which forbid the wearing of 'hoodies' in their premises. "I told them it was a requirement of my religion but they just sniggered and ordered me to leave," he told The Daily Telegraph newspaper. "I walked past a Muslim lady in a veil. Surely the same rules should apply to everyone." It's exactly this kind of stuff that turns young Jedis to the dark side.

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  1. Re:Money... by interval1066 · · Score: 3, Funny

    If he asked ME for money I'd pay him in Imperial Credits and tell him to buggar off.

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    Python: 'And then suddenly you have a language which says "we're all stuck with whatever the whiniest coder wants".'
  2. Mind tricks by Hurricane78 · · Score: 1, Funny

    The employees at Tesco seem to be immune to mind tricks,

    Well, duh. No mind, no tricks. ^^

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    Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.
  3. Paper? Plastic? by The+Damned+Yankee · · Score: 2, Funny

    A Jedi craves not these things...

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    "Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand." - Mark Twain
  4. Re:Why? by michaelhood · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually most stores in this area (Virginia) ban the wearing of any hood/head concealing garment while in the premises. It goes along with them banning scarves/baklavas/3 hole head covering masks/cotton hats/ski-masks/etc

    What do they have against delicious pastries?

  5. Re:Why? by Anarchitektur · · Score: 4, Funny

    They are too close to balaclavas for comfort.