I want chocolate. Now!

[Guest]

I repeat: Lent?

The period of Lent lasts for forty days, and it begins forty days before Easter. Some religious thing, Liar, I don't know why it happens, but it does, and some crazy people give up stuff they love for the duration (hence Shrove Tuesday - the day before Lent begins - to use up all fat and sugar and eggs and so on). I've never observed Lent, but why would I?

 

[Evil Alpaca]

Did the same thing this year I do every year. I gave up Lent for Lent.

 

[TheEarl]

The period of Lent lasts for forty days, and it begins forty days before Easter. Some religious thing, Liar, I don't know why it happens, but it does, and some crazy people give up stuff they love for the duration (hence Shrove Tuesday - the day before Lent begins - to use up all fat and sugar and eggs and so on). I've never observed Lent, but why would I?

I just picked it as an arbitrary time span. My abstinence has nothing to do with religion.

The fact that it ends on the biggest chocolate holiday of the year was an unexpected bonus.

The Earl

 

[Liar]

Did the same thing this year I do every year. I gave up Lent for Lent.

Can I give up Rent for Lent?

hopefully,
#L

ps. Thanks for the info, Lou. I know the thing - I just didn't know the English name for it, so I thought it was some new cool halluciogenic he was trying out.

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

Wow. You must not wear much that needs to be dry-cleaned.

Yeah! Almost everything I have is drip dry.

 

[Guest]

I just picked it as an arbitrary time span. My abstinence has nothing to do with religion.

The fact that it ends on the biggest chocolate holiday of the year was an unexpected bonus.

The Earl

TFFT!

Yep, there is that. Imagine how sick you'll be after eating ten easter eggs. I've still got one here on my shelf from last year. Lew's been eyeing it up recently, he's welcome to it.

 

[SeaCat]

A young son of Ireland goes in to see his priest knowing that confession is good for the soul. He starts off with the usual litany: "Forgive me Father for I have sinned."
"Ahhhhh lad tell me about it. The lord he can always make things right."
"Well father in the past week I have burned down three Protestant's houses."
"Son that is not a good thing to do. You must learn to controll your emotions. Fortunately for you the lord understands, you will have to do three Hail Mary's as penance for this."
"Thank you father but there is more."
"More"
"Yes father. Two days ago I had Carnal Knowledge with my neighbors wife."
"Ahhhhh son," the priest sighed. "This too is not a good thing. You know that the lord orders in the Commandments you shalt not covet thy neighbors wife. Thankfully for you the lord is an understanding one. He knows how badly Sean treats his wife. oing out and laying with Harlots every night as he does maybe it was a good thing you did. However you shall have to do another three Hail Mary's as penance for this. Now lad is there anything more?"
"Yes father there is one more thing. Last Friday I had a cheeseburger for dinner."
"What?" Thundered the priest. "For that my boy you shall surely burn in Hell."

Cat