No Ash Wednesday Thread???

kfallon · 22-02-2012 12:57pm #1

Surprised at this, thought there would be one now with people arguing over whether they would or not be eating meat or getting the contents of someone's bin on their forehead!

As for me, I gave up the whole 'not eating meat' thing a long time ago and I don't put any importance on Lent or sacrificing stuff for 40 days.

Besides today should be about eating Birthday cake as everyone's favourite lovable old rogue and greatest jockey ever, "King" Kieren Fallon is 47 today, Happy Birthday you legend

So has anyone done the mass/meat thing today for Ash Wednesday?

Fromthetrees · 22-02-2012 12:59pm

I'm saving myself for Ramadan. :cool:

stargazer 68 · 22-02-2012 1:00pm

I have meatballs for tea tonight!

Meow_Meow · 22-02-2012 1:00pm

Jesus, I thought today was Thursday

Oh wait, yesterday I had pancakes...

davet82 · 22-02-2012 1:03pm

No Ash Wednesday Thread???

no there wasnt until you had to go and spoil it, thanks a bunch

22-02-2012 1:04pm

Ash Wednesday, you say? The day where I eat as much meat as possible.

jester77 · 22-02-2012 1:04pm

Is this the no cigarette day?

seamus · 22-02-2012 1:05pm

Tis just another normal day in our mundane and boring lives :P

I could have voted for either of the last two options, because not eating meat is just another mundane day for me.

So I voted for the third one, to ruin your poll.

This is the first year that I can remember getting to lunchtime without seeing someone walking around with a dirty forehead like they'd forgotten to shower.

I'm glad to see that people are now valuing their sleep above some pointless archaic ritual.

gurramok · 22-02-2012 1:05pm

Religious forum? No relevance to me anyway.

lord lucan · 22-02-2012 1:06pm

A day to smoke more cigarettes than normal and piss off the righteous do-gooders.:)

kfallon · 22-02-2012 1:06pm

davet82 wrote: »

No Ash Wednesday Thread???

no there wasnt until you had to go and spoil it, thanks a bunch

Tis better than your 'Hot Lips on a Roll' thread :pac:*

jester77 wrote: »

Is this the no cigarette day?

Dunno I don't smoke

*It prob isn't better tbh

c_man · 22-02-2012 1:33pm

Ash Wednesday - how important is it for you?

I'll be getting nicely toasted after work and watch the Champions League. Just like Jesus would.

CardBordWindow · 22-02-2012 1:40pm

A few years ago, I accidently had a big fry-up on Good Friday. Honestly forgotten what day it was.

I'm still alive!!!

kfallon · 22-02-2012 1:41pm

c_man wrote: »

I'll be getting nicely toasted after work and watch the Champions League. Just like Jesus would.

Jesus preferred the old European Cup knock out format, he always said the Champions League became too commercialised!!!

falan · 22-02-2012 1:42pm

I didn't even know we wasn't supposed to eat meat today. All i remember about ash wednesday is getting ashes rubbed on my forehead by a priest when i was a child.

I'm the same on good Friday. I eat and drink what i want, when i want.

Duggy747 · 22-02-2012 1:44pm

Ash Wednesday is the only time I can get away with dirt on my face.

"Eh, yea..................Ash Wednesday................praise Jee.........sus?

jester77 · 22-02-2012 1:46pm

c_man wrote: »

I'll be getting nicely toasted after work and watch the Champions League. Just like Jesus would.

The pubs are opened :eek: I thought they closed on this day and xmas day, or has that changed?

kfallon · 22-02-2012 1:46pm

falan wrote: »

I'm the same on good Friday. I eat and drink what i want, when i want.

Bet you don't drink a nice pint in your local

efb · 22-02-2012 1:50pm

kfallon wrote: »

Jesus preferred the old European Cup knock out format, he always said the Champions League became too commercialised!!!

That changed when Maccabi Haifa qualified for the group stages!

CardBordWindow · 22-02-2012 1:51pm

jester77 wrote: »

The pubs are opened :eek: I thought they closed on this day and xmas day, or has that changed?

That's Good Friday that they're closed, not Ash Wednesday.

kfallon · 22-02-2012 1:51pm

jester77 wrote: »

The pubs are opened :eek: I thought they closed on this day and xmas day, or has that changed?

Good Friday and Christmas Day trout.....go have your few pints later on!

falan · 22-02-2012 1:59pm

kfallon wrote: »

Bet you don't drink a nice pint in your local

Not often i go to the pub anyway, i just stock up in the off-licence the night before, 3x as much as i need:D

toexpress · 22-02-2012 2:02pm

I'm eating a ham sangwhich as we speak

hondasam · 22-02-2012 2:02pm

kfallon wrote: »

Surprised at this, thought there would be one now with people arguing over whether they would or not be eating meat or getting the contents of someone's bin on their forehead!

As for me, I gave up the whole 'not eating meat' thing a long time ago and I don't put any importance on Lent or sacrificing stuff for 40 days.

Besides today should be about eating Birthday cake as everyone's favourite lovable old rogue and greatest jockey ever, "King" Kieren Fallon is 47 today, Happy Birthday you legend

So has anyone done the mass/meat thing today for Ash Wednesday?

I have not gone to mass, I will not be eating meat today.
I'm giving up the cigs.
Happy Birthday to Kf, lovable old rogue yes but hardly the greatest Jockey ever.:p

falan · 22-02-2012 2:03pm

toexpress wrote: »

I'm eating a ham sangwhich as we speak

I'm thinking about cooking a fry...

kfallon · 22-02-2012 2:05pm

hondasam wrote: »

hardly the greatest Jockey ever.:p

:rolleyes:

toexpress · 22-02-2012 2:05pm

falan wrote: »

I'm thinking about cooking a fry...

I remember when we were teenagers at home waiting till midnight and then coming down and getting the frying pan out!!

kfallon · 22-02-2012 2:06pm

toexpress wrote: »

I'm eating a ham sangwhich as we speak

We are not speaking, we are typing

Back any better today?

Gummy Panda · 22-02-2012 2:07pm

I'm not putting gick on my head :mad:

kfallon · 22-02-2012 2:08pm

toexpress wrote: »

I remember when we were teenagers at home waiting till midnight and then coming down and getting the frying pan out!!

Going to the chipper at 11.55 and by the time you got there it was midnight, copious amounts of meat based products were consumed!

toexpress · 22-02-2012 2:08pm

kfallon wrote: »

We are not speaking, we are typing

Back any better today?

I speak it as I type and read ... I'm a bit slow

Back is as was but thanks for asking, a true gent! Now if only you were an 83 year old wealthy farmer with a large holding who was gay you would be ideal

Tomk1 · 22-02-2012 2:10pm

jester77 wrote: »

Is this the no cigarette day?

Little known fact, for a long time it was actually smoker's day, where smokers united, and offen would march down the street, putting thier cigs out on the foreheads of non-smokers & little old ladies, but thankfully some traditions are fading away now.

kfallon · 22-02-2012 2:10pm

toexpress wrote: »

I speak it as I type and read ... I'm a bit slow

Back is as was but thanks for asking, a true gent! Now if only you were an 83 year old wealthy farmer with a large holding who was gay you would be ideal

:eek: You filthy b*stard!

toexpress · 22-02-2012 2:14pm

kfallon wrote: »

:eek: You filthy b*stard!

Not really I just figure at 83 he can't have long left and then I can get the farm, have all the meat I want and create the next Ballymaloe right here in Co. Kildare

flossy1 · 22-02-2012 2:15pm

I will be only going to mass

i like ash wednesday , it brings me back to reality DUST THOUGH ARE AND UNTO DUST YOU SHALL RETURN

readyletsgo · 22-02-2012 2:19pm

Had no idea it was 'ash wednesday' today. Saw a few people around the office(big building) with sh!t on their faces, surprisingly, I didnt think anything of it. No eating meat? Eh, dont tell me what I can and can not eat on any sort of day, wont be eating meat today anyway, more veg for my dindins tonight. Maybe a bit of meat in my deli roll in a little bit.

Silly tradition tbh, I mean like, we are people with a population of 7 billion or there abouts on a planet, floating in a extremely vast space. Aliens (if they could be arsed) must look at us today and think (as someone funnily said already) 'why are they walking around with burnt rubbish on their faces?' lol.

Silly little usless race we are. WASH YOUR FOREHEAD, dirty hippy!

Freddie59 · 22-02-2012 2:23pm

I will be only going to mass

Went to Mass. Will be fasting. Everyone to their own. If ya want to get sloshed, knock yourself out.:D

Seomra Mushie · 22-02-2012 2:31pm

I had homemade chicken soup for breakfast. Going to eat a bit of meatloaf for lunch, and have more meatloaf with a little rice for dinner. So... yeah. Meat-tastic.

I would hate in secondary school when sanctimonious feckers would chide me for eating meat as part of my lunch on Ash Wednesday. What business was it of theirs? Our school was Catholic ethos but there was students of at least three other religions attending also. I was raised Catholic but how did they know what my feelings on religion were and why on Earth should I have defend myself on such a matter?

StephenHendry · 22-02-2012 2:35pm

I will not be eating meat

got the ashes, forgot about the part about not eating meat. i had my lunch then went to get the ashes

kfallon · 22-02-2012 2:36pm

StephenHendry wrote: »

got the ashes, forgot about the part about not eating meat. i had my lunch then went to get the ashes

And the frame......

:P

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 22-02-2012 2:36pm

how does the church get the ashes? must be a serious carbon footprint if catholics worldwide are getting smudged up

flash1080 · 22-02-2012 2:40pm

I will be only going to mass

Nearly took a bite out of a sausage bap today, lucky I remembered.

ixoy · 22-02-2012 2:42pm

So that's why KFC was quieter today. More of this please if it makes queues shorter!

Paddy De Plasterer · 22-02-2012 2:49pm

No sign of Bertie even, with big lump of soot on his forehead ?

jester77 · 22-02-2012 2:58pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

how does the church get the ashes? must be a serious carbon footprint if catholics worldwide are getting smudged up

I'm wondering that too, it was much easier for them back in the day when people were allowed to smoke in the pubs. All they had to do was head across the street and empty the ash trays, no idea how they do it today