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Lent! Lent! Lent! (the history thread for smarty-pant wearers)
I gave up Catholicism for Lent once. It was so fantastic that I never stopped.
A Catholic co-worker (who, incidentally, asked me if I was Catholic, and I replied, "Lapsed Catholic") informed me that Ash Wednesday isn't even a "mandatory" day for Catholics. He didn't elaborate further on why it isn't so, but he did think Catholics just love walking around with newspaper print on their foreheads.
For the record, I give up nothing for Lent.
For the record, I give up nothing for Lent.
I give up Peeps, Cadbury Creme Eggs, Robin's Egg malt balls, jelly beans (especially black ones), and all manner of other candy, novelty or otherwise, for Lent. I don't NEED another onslaught of candy right after Valentine's Day.
Larry wrote: "I never give up nothing."Hmm...
I'm not never going to stop not giving up nothing.
Larry wrote: "I'm not never going to stop not giving up nothing."What CAN you say to that, Kevin?
i think those are words to a 80's pop song by Jefferson Starship
I think I might give up Jefferson Starship for Lent, too.
Jackie -- it's supposed to be a sacrifice!
so i will burn a Starship album. (is that a sacrifice?)
Well, maybe if you burn your Richard Simmons shorts, too.
What are you saying, Larry? I'm confused... Don't you never always get not enough Jefferson Starship?
nothing is going to stop you two now....
Onward and upward, not never looking back.
I believe in miracles, Kevin.
i liked them much better as jefferson airplane
I don't want nobody to love.(But that's Jefferson Airplane, right?)
I'll give up the Beatles for Lent.
Why, because of what the dormouse said, Kevin?
I'd always not ever give up the Beatles for Lent.
But wouldn't you love somebody to love?
just for the record - we don't celebrate Lent (is it "celebrate" if you are giving something up?)
Kevin the Barbarian wrote: "just for the record - we don't celebrate Lent (is it "celebrate" if you are giving something up?)"You're right Kevin. Lent is observed, not celebrated.
thank you for the clarification. we don't observe Lent
Until my early 30s, I would wonder why all these people on the same exact day were dirty on their foreheads! That's how much I am NOT a Catholic.
Say, "Hey, you got schmutz on your face."
I'm Lutheran. We observe Lent, but we don't give up anything for it.
I don't observe Lent, but I have a question: I thought you were supposed to give up something that comes between you and God? Like a sin you struggle with or something. And every time you are tempted to commit that sin, you are supposed to pray. Isn't that the point of Lent? Not just giving up chocolate and eating fish on Fridays?But again, I'm not Catholic, so I don't know. I just thought that was the point of fasting in general.
You are correct, Sarah, but I've coopted the tradition to my own purposes. I'm not Catholic, I'm barely even Presbyterian at this point, so I'm making up my own rules. :D
barely even Presbyterian man, jackie you always make me laugh
I have only ever observed people observing Lent.I was raised southern babtist, so the first I ever heard that word I thought they were saying lint, of course and just got very confused.
Really, that made you laugh, Kevin? Okaay...:::note to self: Presbyterian = funny:::
yup, the little quips are way more funny than obvious efforts
Julie -- that what the brushes are for!
When I lived in Pennsylvania, the thing for this day was fastnachts, heavy, doughy fried cakes that were supposed to last you for the whole Lent period, I guess. We called them sinkers. Cause that's what they did when you ate them.
Jackie, that wasn't directed at you. MOST people I know give up chocolate for Lent.
...Catholics with dirty faces.Bwahaha, I just flashed back to that movie Kevin watches repeatedly in Home Alone. "Keep the change, you filthy animal."
My manager, the same person who told me about Ash Wednesday not being a mandatory holiday for Catholics, told our group he is FASTING for Lent. Yeah, you read right: he is completely giving up food for 40 days. Water and other beverages is fine, but no food.
To motivate him, we've set up an office pool betting on when he'd give up and dive into a cheeseburger.
I suppose if I had to give up anything for Lent, it would be masturbating...
To motivate him, we've set up an office pool betting on when he'd give up and dive into a cheeseburger.
I suppose if I had to give up anything for Lent, it would be masturbating...
I was raised Catholic, Catholic schools, so the teachers always made us write about what we were giving up for Lent. I usually went with "being mean" or something otherwise hard to track. But I have friends now who give up things (e.g. alcohol) for Lent and seem to get something out of it...a spiritual refocusing, if you will.
What do you think? Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, I think, too, as discussed briefly on TN, so watch out for Catholics with dirty faces.:)