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Which vice will you pick?
Posted: 20 Mar 2011, 22:51
by C0ldf1re
What is your favourite vice, and will you try to give it up for Lent?
Shrove Tuesday / Mardi Gras / Pancake Day starts Lent.
From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrove_Tuesday
Shrove Tuesday (also known as Pancake Day, Pancake Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, and Mardi Gras) is a term used in English-speaking countries, especially the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia,[2] New Zealand, Philippines, and parts of the United States[3] for the day preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of the season of fasting and prayer called Lent.
The word shrove is related to the English verb to shrive, which means to obtain absolution for one's sins by way of confession and doing penance. During the week before Lent, sometimes called Shrovetide in English, Christians were expected to go to confession in preparation for the penitential season of turning to God. Shrove Tuesday was the last day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday, and noted in histories dating back to 1000 AD. The popular celebratory aspect of the day had developed long before the Protestant Reformation, and was associated with releasing high spirits before the somber season of Lent. It is analogous to the continuing Carnival tradition associated with Mardi Gras (and its various names in different countries) that continued separately in European Catholic countries.
In the United States, the term Shrove Tuesday is less widely known outside of people who observe the liturgical traditions of the Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, and Catholic churches.[4][5] Because of the increase in many immigrant populations and traditions since the 19th century, and the rise of highly publicized festivals, Mardi Gras has become more familiar as the designation for that day.
In the United Kingdom and many other countries, the day is often known as Pancake Day. Making and eating such foods was considered a last feast with ingredients such as sugar, fat and eggs, whose consumption was traditionally restricted during the ritual fasting associated with Lent.
From:
http://www.when-is.com/lent-2011.asp
Lent in 2011 will start on Wednesday, the 9th of March and will continue for 46 days until Saturday, the 23rd of April.
So will you give up smoking, drinking, lusting after Lily Allen, or what?
Posted: 21 Mar 2011, 06:08
by GotThatSwing
Life's too short to resign from pleasures
Posted: 21 Mar 2011, 12:16
by StephenKingman
White bread and Lucozade- gone for good not just lent! White bread just isnt good for you and fizzy drinks expand the waistline so im cutting back.
Posted: 21 Mar 2011, 12:24
by laci_baby
Good going Mike... you can do it, darling!
I never tell anyone what i give up for Lent. Sometimes they figure it out if their around me long enough, but i never tell them. Lent seems like a personal thing that should be between me and my God. I appraise other people for being open with their choices, but i see it a bit diffrently for myself.
Posted: 21 Mar 2011, 21:10
by C0ldf1re
GotThatSwing wrote:Life's too short to resign from pleasures
Well, Swing, just think of this. Somebody who expects a short life is planning to meet God soon. Best keep in His good books.
Posted: 22 Mar 2011, 06:09
by Vogin
Procrastination. I always have all the time in the world to manage things...and even if I somehow brilliantly get things done in impossible deadlines, it still remains a huge problem of mine.
Posted: 22 Mar 2011, 10:49
by GotThatSwing
C0ldf1re wrote:GotThatSwing wrote:Life's too short to resign from pleasures
Well, Swing, just think of this. Somebody who expects a short life is planning to meet God soon. Best keep in His good books.
Not that I expect short life, just saing that life is short in general. In best scenario I have 1/4 of my life behind me already and it felt like a moment. Well, meeting God is not in my plans... But, I dicided to give up on chocolate... let's see how long I'll manage. Tough task.
Posted: 22 Mar 2011, 15:01
by C0ldf1re
Vogin wrote:Procrastination...
I'm going to give up procrastination tomorrow.
Posted: 22 Mar 2011, 15:09
by Tip the Bottle
My favorite vice is marijuana and I shall not be giving it up for lent regardless of my religious or non-religious belief.
Posted: 22 Mar 2011, 15:36
by StephenKingman
Tip the Bottle wrote:My favorite vice is marijuana and I shall not be giving it up for lent regardless of my religious or non-religious belief.
What about orgasms, would maijuana really top that?
Posted: 22 Mar 2011, 15:48
by Tip the Bottle
StephenKingman wrote:Tip the Bottle wrote:My favorite vice is marijuana and I shall not be giving it up for lent regardless of my religious or non-religious belief.
What about orgasms, would maijuana really top that?
Damn....But you really can't give up orgasms, can you? You would have to give up far too many things to stop an orgasm. Death and la petite mort just can not be stopped.
And orgasms aren't a vice, they're a right.
Posted: 22 Mar 2011, 15:50
by StephenKingman
^ Very true
Posted: 22 Mar 2011, 15:56
by Fran
StephenKingman wrote:Tip the Bottle wrote:My favorite vice is marijuana and I shall not be giving it up for lent regardless of my religious or non-religious belief.
What about orgasms, would maijuana really top that?
No way, Jose (I give up the wine first)
Posted: 22 Mar 2011, 15:59
by StephenKingman
Fran wrote:StephenKingman wrote:Tip the Bottle wrote:My favorite vice is marijuana and I shall not be giving it up for lent regardless of my religious or non-religious belief.
What about orgasms, would maijuana really top that?
No way, Jose (I give up the wine first)
You can have all the pear cider and chocolate in the world, Fran, ill cope
Posted: 22 Mar 2011, 16:01
by Fran
StephenKingman wrote:Fran wrote:StephenKingman wrote:
What about orgasms, would maijuana really top that?
No way, Jose (I give up the wine first)
You can have all the pear cider and chocolate in the world, Fran, ill cope
I'd still want my orgasms though ... selfish I know but there you go