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27-02-2006, 18:16
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What you giving up?
After we've had our fill of pancakes tomorrow, are you planning to give anything up for Lent?
The thing I should I give up is drinking Diet Coke, or at least the two litres I currently drink a day. I'd have to go through hell, as the caffeine left my body, but would survive and save a fortune. Oh, and I might give up being nice until Easter too. 
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27-02-2006, 18:33
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Re: What you giving up?
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27-02-2006, 18:50
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Re: What you giving up?
Canteen food at work its not exactly exciting.
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27-02-2006, 18:56
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Re: What you giving up?
Like the style T. How about giving up the ciggies instead?
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27-02-2006, 18:58
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Re: What you giving up?
what is lent....?
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27-02-2006, 19:03
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27-02-2006, 19:56
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Re: What you giving up?
Work and persecuting fairies, both types.
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27-02-2006, 20:09
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Re: What you giving up?
Does anyone give up anything for Lent out of a sense of religious duty? Time was when everyone fasted during Lent for spiritual reasons but I suspect most people now think it's just a good excuse to make an effort with something they know isn't very good for them.
So what am I giving up? Er.....hmmm..... Bananas, yes that's it, bananas. They're not good for me - they give me indigestion. 
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27-02-2006, 20:21
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Re: What you giving up?
I have to admit that I have no Idea of the Religious meaning of lent. Obviously I am aware that fasting is central to it all, but I think people suffer enough without deliberate abstinence. That said my utmost respect to those that do observe……..
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27-02-2006, 21:08
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Re: What you giving up?
as yet not planned to give anything up .......
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27-02-2006, 21:13
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Re: What you giving up?
Cheer's Mez, I'll give it a look over. Will this stop me attending the wet t-shirt competition? Strictly for charity of course.
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27-02-2006, 21:25
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Re: What you giving up?
Lent makes a virtue out of a necessity.
In times past most animals would have been killed in early winter and stored. This reduced the amount of fodder that needed to be grown and stored. By the time that early spring arrived a lot of stored food would have been consumed. The animals left alive, including wild animals, would be the breeding stock for the next year. So, with little food left, the Church deemed that people should fast and that the amount of meat eaten should be as little as possible.
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