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| Mardi Gras |
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Feb. 24th, 2009 at 9:10 am
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Today is Mardi Gras, otherwise celebrated as Pancake Day (note the BIG difference in celebrations between the Carnival-throwing French-speakers and the bread-eating English speakers). So heat up those gridles, head to IHOP for free pancakes, or make yourself a King Cake (FYI: the requisite little plastic babies can be bought in the baby shower/wedding aisle at Wal-Mart). |
I’ve continued to practice Lent since joining the church. I gave up Diet Coke this year. I expect the withdrawal symptoms to begin some time around noon tomorrow. |
I really really ought to think of giving up Pepsi or chocolate (I have no shortage of vices), but I am not sure I have the will power right now. I’m so lame. Good on you John Scherer! |
Nope, Pop free (for now). However, if it gets too difficult I may try to fool myself with the caffeine free stuff :). |
I would have to give up Lent for Lent. No point in giving anything up, really. :-) |
This will be the 14th year I have given up Coke for Lent. I started at the challenge of a Catholic coworker, and we did it together until I moved away. Every year I imagine this will be the year I stay off forever. I used to give up and indulge on the 2 day 2000 mile annual drive to Utah in the van with all the kids, but now I’m an empty nester who flies so I don’t have that excuse anymore. I started last week so my headache is already gone. Cheers, John! Here the Wal-marts and Krogers are selling King Cake, but one of DH’s clients sends us one every year UPS from New Orleans. The packaging is incredible and it’s quite good, and half gone. |
Karen–lucky you! And good luck with the coke–I admire you Lenters. |
If I were to give something up for Lent, I’d give up the Atonement of Christ, and I’d suffer for my own sins for the entire duration of Lent. |
Give up something for Lent? Hmmm, how about work? I could give that up for a few weeks… |
I gave up Catholicism for Lent. |
Why not try giving up snark, queno and DKL? |
You’re new around here, right? |
Serious question. I was told by my Lent practicing friends that you are not to give up a vice for Lent, but that you give up something that you enjoy that would be a sacrifice but not something that you should stop doing anyhow. This came up when someone in the dorms gave up table salt for Lent and I wondered why they didn’t give up fornication instead. Have I been misinformed here? Is one to give up a vice for Lent or not? |
I have an old HS acquaintance (very devout) who gave up Facebook. |
ARJ–really? I very much enjoy my vices. I have not heard your twist on it, but I am no Lent expert. queuno–for some people, that is a serious sacrifice. Kudos to your friend. |
ESO, I will assume that you didn’t mean to imply that you enjoy the vice I happened to mention. |
No, of course not. |
a random john, are you trying to say that you don’t enjoy fornicating? Goodness gracious! What’s wrong with you? |
just returned home from ash wednesday mass. the priest encouraged us to throw the towel in on our lenten sacrifice if the going got tough. “instead of sticking with not eating potato chips, maybe just try using less salt on your food.” it was bizarre. he asked one of the kids there if they were happy about giving something up for lent. the child said yes, he was, and the priest tld him he needed to find something else to give up instead. like queuno, i gave up catholicism for lent a long time ago. and, unlike karen’s carbonated sacrifice, this one stuck for me! yay! i chuckled at the end of mass when our closing hymn had the same tune as “if you could hie to kolob.” couldn’t help but sing it in my head. |
DKL, Maybe I meant to imply that fornicating is not a vice. |
One of my friends said that she wanted to give up her children. |
