Tuesday, October 29, 2002

G.O.D. PLC went into liquidation last night after emergency talks failed to reconcile boardroom differences. G.O.D., parent company to three major high street chains, Mosques’R’Us, Zion Junction and JustJesus, called in the receivers after shares in The Hereafter slumped to an all time low.
A spokesbeing for G.O.D. blamed the collapse on the three high street names failing to agree who should lead the market on the run up to Armageddon.
“It’s very sad,” said the spokesbeing. “Living in love, peace and harmony simply isn’t fashionable any more and they've taken the fun out of fundamentalism. Our three major publications are being used to crush opponents of rival ideologies and the all time best seller, the Ten Commandments, has been in steady decline throughout the last hundred years or so and has now finally fallen by the wayside. The sale of Devil-May-Care Bears has increased exponentially but can never replace the revenues lost by the recent U turn in policy.”
The CEO of G.O.D., Mr. Reginald Supreme-Being was last seen leaving the Chelsea branch of the Buddha Shop clutching a top of the range prayer wheel.