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What are you giving up for Lent?
2/27/06 | Me

Posted on 02/27/2006 9:47:28 AM PST by tje

Just wondered what people were giving up for Lent.


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KEYWORDS: chat; easter; lent; notnews; vanity; wrongforum
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To: Red Badger

Me too! Tried giving up chocolate once- it was UGLY! Everyone I know begged me to never do it again-lol!
I'm not into dietary religious fanaticsm anymore. I'm no masochist.


221 posted on 02/27/2006 11:16:06 AM PST by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam-it's about Islam. Jesus loves you, Allah wants you dead!)
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To: al baby
Think any of these protestants will abstain?
222 posted on 02/27/2006 11:16:06 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: JeeperFreeper

Im gonna give up all food and say 50 rosaries a day....I want to be "Holy" like my Catholic bretheren:o)


223 posted on 02/27/2006 11:17:33 AM PST by TheGunny
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To: tje

I give up coffee and some years I give up chocolate.


225 posted on 02/27/2006 11:18:02 AM PST by kevinm13 (The Main Stream Media is dead! Fox News Channel Rocks!)
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To: papertyger

"Does that mean you're working for the Buddists?"

Well, I "own" (as much as a round eye can) a factory in red China, so, yes, sort of.

(They make downhole submersible pumps for me, which I distribute to like-minded captialist pigs who destroy the earth by the production of oil.)


226 posted on 02/27/2006 11:18:39 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
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To: linn37

LOL. The divorced girl down the street loved to flirt with my husband. I decided she could have him. I was sure I'd find him back on my doorstep in a week or two, once she figured out a thing or two..


227 posted on 02/27/2006 11:18:40 AM PST by peacebaby (The wicked games people play)
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To: old and tired

Loverde's giving us a pass on the Friday abstinence, but we have to pick another day during the same week for it.


228 posted on 02/27/2006 11:18:49 AM PST by nina0113
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To: Onelifetogive
Do you have a scripture reference for the whole "giving up thinks for Lent" thing?

I gave that up for lent.
Right after I discovered nothing in there about driving on the right side of the road either!

Damned papists!

229 posted on 02/27/2006 11:19:24 AM PST by Publius6961 (Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
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To: peacebaby

Oh- ok, LoL! Sounds better. I was trying to imagine stiring in a Tsp of PB into a cup of coffee, and what that would look like... Sometimes I put PB on toast, and have that with my coffee.


230 posted on 02/27/2006 11:19:32 AM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: tje

for Lent I will give up tracking Vince Foster's murderer(s)...


231 posted on 02/27/2006 11:20:15 AM PST by isom35
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To: Night Hides Not

Thank you for the thoughtful post. Rebuilding a relationship with a spouse is a fine goal. I always have to give up something for it to feel like Lent for me. Last year it was to diet and no booze. I felt better afterwards.


232 posted on 02/27/2006 11:20:30 AM PST by babaloo
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To: tje

Government?


233 posted on 02/27/2006 11:21:50 AM PST by CodeToad
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To: tje
"What are you giving up for Lent?"

My New Years resolutions!!!

234 posted on 02/27/2006 11:21:50 AM PST by patriot_wes (papal infallibility - a proud tradition since 1869)
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To: Publius6961
Right after I discovered nothing in there about driving on the right side of the road either!

Damned papists!

Has the Pope made "driving on the right side of the road" a requirement for being a good Christian?

235 posted on 02/27/2006 11:24:28 AM PST by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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To: OrioleFan

Did you get a chance to try samoa ice cream that came out? Trust me it was absolutely decadent! From what I understand it was out only for a limited time.Thank goodness.


236 posted on 02/27/2006 11:26:59 AM PST by red irish (Gods Children in the womb are to be loved too!)
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To: N. Theknow
lima beans

Sacrilege.

237 posted on 02/27/2006 11:27:06 AM PST by processing please hold (Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands than with a clinched fist)
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To: MeanWestTexan

Good thing they aren't the water well type pumps, or I'd have something to say to you about cheap made in china products that fail in the middle of winter....


238 posted on 02/27/2006 11:27:25 AM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: tje

I'm a Lutheran. We don't follow that Catholic ritual of "giving something up for Lent".


239 posted on 02/27/2006 11:27:49 AM PST by GingisK
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To: devane617
I'm giving up cheap cigars and fat girls.

I assume that fat cigars and cheap girls are still on the menu?

240 posted on 02/27/2006 11:28:00 AM PST by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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