Mardi Gras, Lent, & Catholicism

Fat Tuesday's just one day way... :D

(I was going to post a pic here, but apparently all images regarding Fat Tuesday in Google involve boobs?)

...But so is Lent. :(

I didn't know if anyone here was Catholic. I've had my problems with the church in the past (right now I'm not anteing up in the collection plate in protest of their involvement with the election), but I'll always love her.


Out of all the crazy traditions, my favorite is Lent. That’s where you fast from personal pleasures in order to empathize with Jesus’ suffering during his forty days in the desert prior to Easter. They’ve changed the rules over the years, for a while I think you couldn’t eat meat at all during Lent, now you only give it up on Fridays, then fast all of Good Friday.

I enjoy it not because I think I don’t know what suffering is, or because the things I give up are bad. But because it makes me appreciate the things I love but take for granted even more.

So with all that said, here what I’m giving up this season:

• Mammals (Beef & Pork, fuck I love those)
• Fast Food (this is more strategic than anything, I blow $$ on delivery)
• Message Boards (this won’t really matter here since I haven’t been around long)

So Here's to Fat Tuesday!!
I'm going to eat steak all day and get wasted all night!!!
(Next Year I'll have to break down and make that trip to Mardi Gras...)

Wait, is it already the time of year to point out I'm eating meat on that special day and make fun of the dolts with the ash on their foreheads?

Righteous.

...what? I thought the point to fasting and Lent was not to show it off like a badge.

What? I never said I was a good catholic...

If you're really serious about observing lent, I think you should ask for a temporary ban by the mods until Easter. That is, unless you're a hypocrite. ;)

I'm going to masturbate while I eat a burger and play WoW.


So it's like any other day, really.

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Originally Posted by g0zen

If you're really serious about observing lent, I think you should ask for a temporary ban by the mods until Easter. That is, unless you're a hypocrite. ;)

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:o I could go crazy posting those Fat Tuesday Google pics! :D

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Originally Posted by Mzo

I going to masturbate while I eat a burger and play WoW.

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Bea Arthur? Outstanding. :tu:

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Originally Posted by Mzo

So it's like any other day, really.

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Minus the ritual urination.

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Originally Posted by Aces & Eights

:o I could go crazy posting those Fat Tuesday Google pics! :D

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Go for it. Most of them are either ugly, or well-disguised men.

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Originally Posted by Mzo

I going to masturbate while I eat a burger and play WoW.


So it's like any other day, really.

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You wank while eating? That sounds like it could cause some nasty suprises in your burger.

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Originally Posted by Gohron

You wank while eating? That sounds like it could cause some nasty suprises in your burger.

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You got frostbite on your dick..