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Title: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: Andy on February 11, 2008, 01:38:11 AM

I know it's late, but I've been in stupid Vegas for my buddies wedding.

I'm giving up video games, and it might kill me.

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: congolia on February 11, 2008, 03:22:36 AM

The same thing I give up every year.....my Catholic upbringing.  ;)

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: dave from knoxville on February 11, 2008, 06:17:21 AM

Self-denial

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: jane on February 11, 2008, 07:13:01 AM

asceticism

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: Laurie on February 11, 2008, 08:31:36 AM

Nothin'!

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: Oogie on February 11, 2008, 09:27:28 AM

What I wish I could give up:

Balding!

What I am giving up:

Wasting time on the intern...

I'm a ghost!

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: dave from knoxville on February 11, 2008, 11:13:26 AM

Last year for Lent I gave up caring.

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on February 11, 2008, 02:55:40 PM

Flossing.

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: Matt on February 11, 2008, 03:41:27 PM

Saving money.

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: Sarah on February 11, 2008, 03:49:58 PM

Hope. 

Wait . . . too late.

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: Gilly on February 11, 2008, 04:33:42 PM

Caring about my religion for a month a year.

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: Miss on February 11, 2008, 05:11:51 PM

crack.

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: Ignore Function on February 11, 2008, 09:59:59 PM

Irony

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: Tim K in DC on February 12, 2008, 02:03:54 AM

Quitting stuff.

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: Sarah on February 12, 2008, 07:58:30 AM

Hey, Ignore Function, I, at least, was serious.

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: todd on February 12, 2008, 10:49:48 AM

snarky message board comments

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: erika on February 12, 2008, 11:43:27 AM

I miss living in Pittsburgh this time of year. There were churches all over Pityburgh that had fish fry's every friday afternoon. For like 5 bucks I could get kick-ass fish sammiches and cole slaw and fries. They don't have them in Baltimore city as far as I can tell.

It was when I moved to Pittsburgh that I first saw people with ash on their foreheads for Ash Wednesday. I saw that almost every person I passed on the street had a smudge on their face. I thought I was hallucinating.

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: Sarah on February 12, 2008, 12:49:04 PM

I used to be so jealous of the Catholic kids in my school around this time of year.  They'd  leave for a bit and then strut back to class showing off their ashy foreheads.  And then there were those nifty palm fronds.  And the fancy clothes on Easter Sunday.  Heady stuff for a heathen like me.

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: Oogie on February 12, 2008, 02:44:42 PM

Quote from: Sarah on February 12, 2008, 12:49:04 PM

I used to be so jealous of the Catholic kids in my school around this time of year.  They'd  leave for a bit and then strut back to class showing off their ashy foreheads.  And then there were those nifty palm fronds.  And the fancy clothes on Easter Sunday.  Heady stuff for a heathen like me.

i love ash wednesday. the ashes smell nice.

and i like lent. i gave up talking too much.

***
in high school we'd go to the diner and put cigarette ashes on our heads. which is rude and crude.

***
my ashes this year were put on by an old lady, and she missed the center of my forehead and landed them basically above my left eyebrow.

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on February 12, 2008, 02:57:28 PM

Quote from: dave from memphis on February 11, 2008, 11:13:26 AM

Last year for Lent I gave up caring.

give up knoxville.
move to memphis.

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: dave from knoxville on February 13, 2008, 12:25:47 PM

That would make my family; errrh, I mean my "payroll designees" very unhappy.

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: Fido on February 13, 2008, 09:52:47 PM

Just don't give up the ghost!  Anything else is ok. 

For Lent, I believe I will give up taking taxis.  Let the Manhattan-bashing begin.

Title: Re: What are you giving up for Lent
Post by: zonny the nun on February 19, 2008, 07:32:14 AM

religion