Author Topic: Happy Fat Tuesday! Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow........... (Read 3004 times)

Neil Obstat · « **on:** March 04, 2014, 06:24:47 AM »

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Happy Fat Tuesday!

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow...........

The party's over!!

(I.e., they just finished the Academy Awards barely on time, and Girl Scout Cookies are ON SALE, just in time for Lent, AS PER USUAL.)

Does anyone have any stories about Mardi Gras in France or in French colonies?

Or............ what are you giving up for Lent? (What do you want to talk about?)

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jen51 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 04, 2014, 07:23:51 AM »

Huh. I've never realized that girls out cookies start selling right before lent. An astute observation, Neil! I've ate 2 girls scout cookies so far, that's probably all I'll do.

As for what I'm eating tonight.... Steak and ice cream, because I'm foregoing meat and dairy. Bye bye hamburgers, hello green smoothies!!

Dolores · « **Reply #2 on:** March 04, 2014, 08:17:20 AM »

I'm not sure how it started, but we typically order a bunch of Chinese food for dinner on Shrove Tuesday.

Traditionalmom · « **Reply #3 on:** March 04, 2014, 03:26:44 PM »

Giving up meat, alcohol, sweets-baked stuff/junk food, gonna focus on reading St. John Vianney, St. Thomas More, and St. Frances de Sales.

Nadir · « **Reply #4 on:** March 04, 2014, 03:51:15 PM »

I'm giving up my late-night bowl of muesli. It's gunna be hard!