Ha ha ha. I always wondered if that were an option. Like "I give up meat" if you're a vegetarian. "I give up beer" if you're allergic to hops. That kind of stuff. But not being Catholic, I never knew. Now I do. Thanks. :)
According to one husband, we can give up religion and STILL be stuck with holidays!
This from the famously non-religious WaWa who must still celebrate Christmas but only if his wife buys, wraps, and mails gifts and then does all of the stockings and thank you notes.
okay thats it. I reslove to give up, *pauses to think* i resolve to give up shopping for another new laptop(i just ordered mine so it shouldn't be too hard) ;-)
lol. good plan. :) then you can pick it back up later!! :) i will have to share this idea with my dad who endured many years of catholic school. he will get a kick out of this!! :) hugs, jenn
With proper planning, you can make the most of all the holidays. 1/1: You make a New Year's resolution (something that you obviously don't like to do or you would have already). Ex: exercising 2/14: You look great for your valentine b/c you've been resolute and this makes up for the chocolate of which you are about to partake. 3/17(or 3/19 if you prefer St Joe): drink lots of beer and begin to suspect you are slacking. Lent: give up exercising entirely (40 days for starters) Easter: break lent by exercising while you run around hunting for eggs and stuffing your face with chocolate bunnies. Mother's Day: Bask in the undeserved patronising comments about how good you look. 4th of July: wear something to the picnic that "flatters your curves" instead of that cute little outfit you'd planned. Halloween: Go as the cartoon character Kathy Thanksgiving: Give thanks for diet pills Christmas: Ask Santa for a treadmill. New Year's: resolve, again, to exercise more.
LOL, that's a good idea, then we won't have to celebrate Easter... with all those to die for Chocolate egs and the Hot Cross Buns...drool. Maybe not this year.
My favorite haiku ever. I work in a hospital with a chaplain, and when they are doling out smudges (and even delivering them), a smudgeless heathen like me stands out. Meh.
Growing up I always felt kinda bad Mormons don't "Do" Lent. I suppose nothing is stopping me now, but then I'm sure I would feel like I should give up Diet Coke and THAT would not be pretty.
i'm jewish...we don't have to give up anything. usually...we eat...a lot!! no...i lied. we have to fast for a few hours, on yom kippur. but, i'm barely even jewish so...what do i know?! good luck giving up religion for lent...that's kind of an oxymoron, though! xoxo
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Is it that time again? Was I supposed to give aomething up already? That resolution to get to church more often is going down the pooper.
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That's classic :)
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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
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Sounds like a plan. You can have it all with that one. I'm going to reccommend that to my friends who observe it.
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So that's why the Cadbury eggs are out before Valentines Day. Like I need any more chocolate right now!
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I love it!!
Brilliant... I never thought of that one! =)
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Ha ha ha. I always wondered if that were an option. Like "I give up meat" if you're a vegetarian. "I give up beer" if you're allergic to hops. That kind of stuff. But not being Catholic, I never knew. Now I do. Thanks. :)
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I gave up chocolate. It's torture...and it's only Day Two.
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According to one husband, we can give up religion and STILL be stuck with holidays!
This from the famously non-religious WaWa who must still celebrate Christmas but only if his wife buys, wraps, and mails gifts and then does all of the stockings and thank you notes.
So keep the religion and toss the holidays!
I think this plan may work....
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okay thats it. I reslove to give up, *pauses to think* i resolve to give up shopping for another new laptop(i just ordered mine so it shouldn't be too hard) ;-)
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lol. good plan. :) then you can pick it back up later!! :) i will have to share this idea with my dad who endured many years of catholic school. he will get a kick out of this!! :)
hugs, jenn
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With proper planning, you can make the most of all the holidays.
1/1: You make a New Year's resolution (something that you obviously don't like to do or you would have already). Ex: exercising
2/14: You look great for your valentine b/c you've been resolute and this makes up for the chocolate of which you are about to partake.
3/17(or 3/19 if you prefer St Joe): drink lots of beer and begin to suspect you are slacking.
Lent: give up exercising entirely (40 days for starters)
Easter: break lent by exercising while you run around hunting for eggs and stuffing your face with chocolate bunnies.
Mother's Day: Bask in the undeserved patronising comments about how good you look.
4th of July: wear something to the picnic that "flatters your curves" instead of that cute little outfit you'd planned.
Halloween: Go as the cartoon character Kathy
Thanksgiving: Give thanks for diet pills
Christmas: Ask Santa for a treadmill.
New Year's: resolve, again, to exercise more.
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LOL, that's a good idea, then we won't have to celebrate Easter... with all those to die for Chocolate egs and the Hot Cross Buns...drool. Maybe not this year.
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LMAO...
This is the most honest post regarding lent that I have read so far!
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BRILLIANT!
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[...] Lady at Whiskey in My Sippy Cup wrote this haiku in a recent post (I am shamelessly cutting and pasting without asking her [...]
My favorite haiku ever. I work in a hospital with a chaplain, and when they are doling out smudges (and even delivering them), a smudgeless heathen like me stands out. Meh.
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Ah yes, the fundamental value of any religion: self deprivation. I guess giving up religion for lent only counts if you're a fundamentalist.
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THAT was awesome.
Growing up I always felt kinda bad Mormons don't "Do" Lent.
I suppose nothing is stopping me now, but then I'm sure I would feel like I should give up Diet Coke and THAT would not be pretty.
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I'm Macedonian Orthodox, and we don't do it this way.. HHAHAHHHAHAHAHA! Sorry, that was wrong of me to laugh.
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i'm jewish...we don't have to give up anything. usually...we eat...a lot!! no...i lied. we have to fast for a few hours, on yom kippur. but, i'm barely even jewish so...what do i know?!
good luck giving up religion for lent...that's kind of an oxymoron, though!
xoxo
um, I did that a long time ago.
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Great haiku. Possibly your most inspired work yet. (Must be the blasphemous undertone.)
BTW - since you complained once (and are now regretting that for the rest of your blogging life), I've tagged you for a meme.
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Clever girl. Loved it.
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Hahahahahaha.... snortle!
A good one Mr. lady
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right there with ya.
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back in 2004 i decided i'll be giving up lent for lent. http://www.artifacting.com/blog/2004/02/25/my-mardi-gras/ (see last sentance).
Bwaha! That was hilarious.