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Lent! Lent! Lent! (the history thread for smarty-pant wearers)
Phil wrote: "BunWat wrote: "You are an awesome Buckaroo. Although your spelling gives me the squints."
I misread that last word. The result had me absolutely ROFLMAO."
I read it "squirts"....
The old post just made me a little excited, then sad. I started reading from the start, like it was a new thread and I saw Sarah Girl posting with Jacks and I got excited, then I realized it was a two year old thread and she really wasn't back, then I got sad. :(
Whatever, I think Lent is as silly as I think New Years Resolutions are. To each his/her own. Obviously I do not "observe".
Also, (last bit, promise) in my 39 years I have NEVER seen people walking around with dirty foreheads on Ash Wednesday. Maybe I don't know enough Catholics. One of my bosses is Catholic, the kind that go to mass every week and I've never seen him with a dirty face. Are you guys serious? Are you telling me that half of Manhattan as well as most of Italy and Mexico walk around with dirt on their face for a day? And this brings one closer to God how?
I misread that last word. The result had me absolutely ROFLMAO."
I read it "squirts"....
The old post just made me a little excited, then sad. I started reading from the start, like it was a new thread and I saw Sarah Girl posting with Jacks and I got excited, then I realized it was a two year old thread and she really wasn't back, then I got sad. :(
Whatever, I think Lent is as silly as I think New Years Resolutions are. To each his/her own. Obviously I do not "observe".
Also, (last bit, promise) in my 39 years I have NEVER seen people walking around with dirty foreheads on Ash Wednesday. Maybe I don't know enough Catholics. One of my bosses is Catholic, the kind that go to mass every week and I've never seen him with a dirty face. Are you guys serious? Are you telling me that half of Manhattan as well as most of Italy and Mexico walk around with dirt on their face for a day? And this brings one closer to God how?
I'm on day three of my "no diet coke" lent thing and my stomach feels substantially better than back on Tuesday. Diet coke sucks.
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Hmmm, I lived on Long Island for a year and somehow I missed that.
Interesting.
I can see where it all comes from, you know, as far as the chronology of the bible account. What I'm wondering is who made all this stuff up, because the first century church didn't do that in the book of Acts. I'm guessing one of the Popes?
I like Good Friday, the stock market is closed and I get the day off. Shame about why.
Is RA's "trash can" his tushy?
Interesting.
I can see where it all comes from, you know, as far as the chronology of the bible account. What I'm wondering is who made all this stuff up, because the first century church didn't do that in the book of Acts. I'm guessing one of the Popes?
I like Good Friday, the stock market is closed and I get the day off. Shame about why.
Is RA's "trash can" his tushy?
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Damn that Henry VIII, had to go confusing everything just because he had the hots for Anne Boleyn and was obsessed with a male heir. Wonder what it would have been like if they'd have KNOWN back then that it's the guy's sperm that carries the gene determining the sex of the child. All eggs are X sperm are either X or Y. XX = girl XY = boy. So, it was really HIS fault Catherine didn't give him a son! I often get irritated by that fact historically speaking.
Well, the others weren't exactly breeding machines. His game of musical wives still ended him up with two daughters and the sickly son that lived long enough to be crowned, but never to actually rule.
I'm thinking 6 wives, LOTS of miscarriages and babies who didn't live long...common factor, Henry's (likely inbred) sperm. Logic would have it that HE carried the problem genes.
I'm thinking 6 wives, LOTS of miscarriages and babies who didn't live long...common factor, Henry's (likely inbred) sperm. Logic would have it that HE carried the problem genes.
Course, he never slept with Anne of Cleves. She smelled bad, apparently. She was a smart one though. She didn't give him ANY hassle with the annulment, in fact, she helped and he treated her well.
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It's still developing, over his middle ages.
Amelia, I think everyone on Long Island is Jewish or Protestant! And yes, I used to see lots of dirty foreheads in NYC. Only saw one guy with a dirty forehead this past Wed. I'm so fascinated by Henry and all his wives. I think the only reason he married Anne was because she refused to give it to him unless he did. He was mad with lust. Then when it all got stalled with the Pope, and he was deciding what to do, she gave him an incredible night in bed. At last, at last! That was it. The End.
My boss said that his wife and three sons came home on Wed with dirty faces...
*throws hands up in resignation*
*throws hands up in resignation*
You'll have to submit a letter of resignation, Amelia.
(Don't MAKE me send you back to the ficus!)
Barb wrote: "What kind of God wants you to quit eating cheese? I can't believe in that."A M E N
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Cheese, if loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right.
Esme wrote: "are you allowed to wash off the ashes? because ive had mine on since morning, but i have to go somewhere. and my friend's telling me i shouldn't wipe them off..."No. God will strike you down, sinner.
One week into my Lenten experiment of life without caffeine and it's not pretty. My whole body hurts.
i've lost weight from not eating cheese or junk food. im trying to decide if that's a good or bad thing...
Depends on what you weighed before, Es! If you were already waifishly thin, then NO that is not a good thing and you need to eat a bowl of ice cream with hot fudge ASAP!
If you're built like me, Yep, it's for sure a good thing. Anything apart from a deadly illness would be welcome in the weight-loss department for my body type!
If you're built like me, Yep, it's for sure a good thing. Anything apart from a deadly illness would be welcome in the weight-loss department for my body type!
man, ice cream sounds amazing right now. that's my dad's fault that i can't eat, not lent though. which really fucking sucks.
Why won't your dad let you eat?
because according to him, i passed out because i eat too much sugar. im not diabetic or anything like that, but he played the 'im a doctor' card on me. i passed out because i hit my elbow really flipping hard, and went all ballistic saying that im going to put myself into a sugar induced coma and blah blah blah.
its not like i ate thaaat much, nothing more than a normal teenager...
its not like i ate thaaat much, nothing more than a normal teenager...
Oh. Well, I can't argue with your dad the DOCTOR! :/
I gave up Westerns for Lent. That is easily the dumbest* thing I've ever given up. *I wanted to use another word here but didn't
smetchie wrote: "I gave up Westerns for Lent. That is easily the dumbest* thing I've ever given up. *I wanted to use another word here but didn't"
OH! That gives me a brilliant idea, Smetchie (thanks!). I should give up television for Lent. :)
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There you go, tooting your own horn again.
Sallers is very gaseous. Do you burp a lot as well?
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Eat a big bowl of shredded wheat...works every time!
Lobstergirl wrote: "The best kind."In which universe?
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Amelia wrote: "That would be an easy one."Exactly. I was being a little cheeky. My television's been unplugged for almost 7 years now.
Larry wrote: "Well geez -- plug it in!"I prefer it that way. :)
when I was growing up, in addition to giving something up for Lent, I also went to daily Mass at 6:30 AM. In February and March in NH that could be quite difficult as it involved walking 1/2 mile from age 10 and up.
Michele wrote: "when I was growing up, in addition to giving something up for Lent, I also went to daily Mass at 6:30 AM. In February and March in NH that could be quite difficult as it involved walking 1/2 mile f..."
Was it up hill both ways?
Was it up hill both ways?
Gail «Cyborg» wrote: "Michele wrote: "when I was growing up, in addition to giving something up for Lent, I also went to daily Mass at 6:30 AM. In February and March in NH that could be quite difficult as it involved wa..."no. actually, it was pretty flat both ways. But when the temperature in only 15 deg.Fah. and the wind is blowing, a warm bed sounds much better than a long walk.
When I was about 8, I told the teachers we were giving up food for Lent. They actually sent around a social worker to our home to check!!!
I was raised Catholic, Catholic schools..."
I'm a recovering Catholic... I don't remember giving up anything hard like Meat on fridays or freaking alcohol that's just straight crazy...