Lent

biko

So, today is the beginning of Lent.
I'm off the drink, not religious reasons, just de-toxin like. Last year it was sweets and sugar in tea/coffee.
Of course, Paddy's Day I will be drunk as a skunk Looking forward to it already.

It lasts until 7 April 2007, are you off anything?

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Nope, too old for all that abstinence schizzle:D

Dave!

No, not off anything.

Wertz

I'm giving up voting in AH polls.

Blush_01

I'm off drink. Mainly because I dared someone they couldn't give up drink for a month. When they did, we agreed that we'd both "do lent" and give up alcohol. I rarely drink anyway... should be a walk in the park.

Ruu_Old

The internet, *clicks log off*







who am I trying to kid? *logs back on*

admiralofthefleet

not a catholic so nothing

Kojak

No, not giving up anything.

Tried to give up the drink for Lent a few years ago, but only lasted 3 days

Redisle

Nope not giving up anything.. you should make a nothing option..

Faith

Chocolate, sweets, crisps.

Already kicked the cigarettes a while back, and alcohol is slowly on its way out too.

I haven't given up chocolate since I was 16, so I'm curious to see if I can do it again.

biko

Last year I wanted to do Ramadan, not eating or drinking during sun up - like a fast. In the end I didn't do it, too hungry I am.

abcork, you're right. Can a mod add a "Not giving up anything" option?

Ruu_Old

Faith wrote:

Chocolate, sweets, crisps.

Already kicked the cigarettes a while back, and alcohol is slowly on its way out too.

I haven't given up chocolate since I was 16, so I'm curious to see if I can do it again.

The schweet mod giving up schweeties?!?!:eek: *faints*

Kinetic^

Nothing and I ate steak today.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Kenny 5 wrote:

Nothing and I ate steak today.

Oooh you rebel you


/me bows down to anarchic greatness:D

Terry

I'm off chocolate.
I don't normally eat chocolate, so it should be fairly easy.
I was going to give up beer, but the lure of the off licence was too great.
I was also going to give up smoking, but I found some excuse not to. (yes, I am a great example for the forum I mod. ).

Biko, I'll add that now.

Hmm. Boards is fairly quick tonight.
Would you like me to close the poll after 40 days?

I found the perfect idea..

I gave up giving up things for Lent. I do it every year and I always succeed.

Love me.

Plug

Baa im not intreasted in jesus freak stuff, gave up nothing, why sholud we give up something to some sadact AKA jesus?:rolleyes: I only found out it was lend now:o

crosstownk

Lent means nothing to me. I had some juicey rashers earlier.........mmmmmmmmmmmm.............tasty!

Plug

crosstownk wrote:

Lent means nothing to me. I had some juicey rashers earlier.........mmmmmmmmmmmm.............tasty!

Ohh yeah today was the day we had to stop eating meat, fcuk him! Rashers all the way!

biko

Terry wrote:

Would you like me to close the poll after 40 days?

Yeah, thanks

Pherekydes

I ate nothing solid for the 24 hours from 22:30 on Tuesday. Just fruit juice and herbal tea.

Aren't I good? :cool:

Mossy Monk

i gave up nothing

Black Swan

Food for thought? Finish reading The Last Templar?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Giving up hope. And religion.

Terry

Blue_Lagoon wrote:

Food for thought? Finish reading The Last Templar?

I ate the last Templar for breakfast.
Dan Brown went through my faeces for a story.
Coming soon, The DaVinci code: From the perspective of a sewage plant worker.

Nothing, not christian...

Nature Boy

Why do people need 'lent' to give up something? Can you not just do it whenever you want.

_blank_

I'm giving up drink as a detox thing.

It's the first time I've tried.

I hope I can stick to it.

panda100

Nature Boy wrote:

Why do people need 'lent' to give up something? Can you not just do it whenever you want.

Its meant to be a sacrifice to God since he fasted for Forty days and Forty nights in the desert before he died. Yeah you can give up things whenevr you want but as a Christian this is my personal Sacrifice to God before Easter.


Anyway Im giving up magazines cos I buy/read way too much of them.Am gonna find it tough not to get my weekly posh spice fix!

Would god really care that you're not reading magazines?

panda100

bluewolf wrote:

Would god really care that you're not reading magazines?

Cant see how its any differnt to giving up Chocs,alcohol,smoking etc. Yeah God wouldnt like magazine,specially cosmo my fave,with all its sex advie etc

TerrorFirmer

Giving up a magazine smacks of somebody desperate to give up something, but nothing they will find too challenging. No offence!

kevmy

Giving up drink.
Well I'm not actually starting until tomorrow cos I'm going out tonight. But from Friday till Paddy's Day staying sober. I'll pick it up again after that and do an extra couple of days at the end to make it up.
Been drinking a little to much the last couple of weeks and have an important few weeks coming up in college so it'll be good to give it 100% concentration.

panda100

HavoK wrote:

Giving up a magazine smacks of somebody desperate to give up something, but nothing they will find too challenging.

I dont have many vices like smoking and drinking but I do read A lot of magazines!Differnt strokes for differnt folks I get.

kevmy

kevmy wrote:

Giving up drink.
Well I'm not actually starting until tomorrow cos I'm going out tonight. But from Friday till Paddy's Day staying sober. I'll pick it up again after that and do an extra couple of days at the end to make it up.
Been drinking a little to much the last couple of weeks and have an important few weeks coming up in college so it'll be good to give it 100% concentration.

So you're only giving up drink to be healthy and you're not giving it up for lent because it's inconvenient. Why dont you just go out and not drink...?

You people puzzle me

Mrs_Doyle

Myself and my BF had fell into a routine of eating out at least 3 times a week.
2 of those costing in and around 20euro a head, and 1 of them being a full on 3 course meal, costing about 50-70euro each, including a bottle of wine/drinks.
We have decided to give up eating out,(barring special occasion's of course), for lent.
Not only will we save a fortune, we will hopefully lose a bit of weight too.

Heyes

sex*









heehee yeah right

Tar.Aldarion

I give up trying to take over the world and meat, like every year.

Rollerblading.

DublinWriter

My father was a communist, trade unionist and a hater of the Catholic Church, yet he still always gave up the gargle for Lent.

Go figure! I think it's something deeply hypocritcal in our Celtic nature that makes up go off something for a set period of time, then hit it big time once the period of abtinance is up.

Moderates we ain't.