New £5 note angers vegans and vegetarians

valve90210 · 29 Nov 2016 at 13:39

Spuj said:
So as a Vegan if you touched one of the new £5 notes would your hand fall off?

Yes, almost definitely, or at very least cause horrific burns...

Boycey0211 · 29 Nov 2016 at 13:42

Another said: "So unnecessary in 2016! I will no longer be accepting these notes. Ironic I donated my first fiver to a Vegan sanctuary."

*cough* couple of questions...

1. Is it not going to be difficult going through life refusing one particular piece of currency?

2. WTF is a vegan sanctuary?!

Feek · 29 Nov 2016 at 13:43

Q) How do you know if someone is a Vegan?

Yaayuh! · 29 Nov 2016 at 13:44

Feek said:
Q) How do you know if someone is a Vegan?

They don't stop talking about it?

Junglist · 29 Nov 2016 at 13:46

Boycey0211 said:
2. WTF is a vegan sanctuary?!

insane200 · 29 Nov 2016 at 13:48

Feek said:
Q) How do you know if someone is a Vegan?

Ask them if they fancy a £5 note

Roar87 · 29 Nov 2016 at 13:53

I'm not a Vegan but I understand their point of view, I think if there's a valid reason for using animal products in the notes though that needs to be communicated across

xdcx · 29 Nov 2016 at 14:05

I am a vegetarian and I do not give a flying ****. If every offended flowery fanny wants to dispose their £5 notes, I am happy to accept them all.

Greebo · 29 Nov 2016 at 14:12

Boycey0211 said:
*cough* couple of questions...

2. WTF is a vegan sanctuary?!

Where persecuted Vegans go to get shelter and be looked after?

http://vegansanctuary.blogspot.co.uk/

PermaChanged · 29 Nov 2016 at 14:12

Given that you don't own the notes, and they're just contracts promising to pay the bearer the sum of £5 then the vegetarians/vegans shouldn't take issue - they're not theirs.

Greebo · 29 Nov 2016 at 14:15

Feek said:
Q) How do you know if someone is a Vegan?

Haggisman · 29 Nov 2016 at 14:17

aardvark said:
i guess they should avoid all plastics then - because this ingredient is used in small amounts in pretty much all of them.

Not to mention plastics are oil based, oil comes from crushed dinosaurs (amongst other things) pretty sure dinosaurs count as animals...

Greebo · 29 Nov 2016 at 14:17

Thekwango said:
are there really 'millions' of these people in the UK?

It's estimated that around 2% of the UK population is vegetarian, which is more than 1.2 million people.

LOAM · 29 Nov 2016 at 14:19

JunglistE said:
I don't understand either of them, to be honest. How can a human look at a nice fillet steak and go "Hmm, nah I'll take the plate of grass instead"

Because meat tastes like ****?

Dis86 · 29 Nov 2016 at 14:19

Shock as vegans are offended!

Billies Bangers · 29 Nov 2016 at 14:20

There's a huge humanitarian crisis unfolding in Syria and vegans/vegetarians are up in arms about a trace of animal fat in a £5 note. What a sad indictment of Britain in 2016.

insane200 · 29 Nov 2016 at 14:22

LOAM said:
Because meat tastes like ****?

So does Swede and brussell sprouts.

Junglist · 29 Nov 2016 at 14:27

LOAM said:
Because meat tastes like ****?

Think you're taste buds are broken, pal. There isn't s single vegetable that tastes as good as meat.

However, fruit, that's an entirely different subject

ChroniC · 29 Nov 2016 at 14:32

Veg and vegans are never aware anyway. I.e

mrk · 29 Nov 2016 at 14:41

Meat is meant to be eaten, the name itself has "eat" in it. This fact cannot be avoided.

Your move, veggies/vegans.