Good Friday traditions

spankysue

So we all know the pubs and that are closed tomorrow but do any of you Boardsies have any Good Friday traditions, like say going to a friends house and getting hammered?

Or maybe you're an observing Catholic and eat fish and don't drink and mourn that guy that the bad thing happened to that day....I honestly don't know what Catholics do on Good Friday, it's been that long since I was one.

Have you got something you do every Good Friday? (except moan about the pub not being open naturally)

Myself and my OH are atheists so we'll be working, eating meat without an ounce of guilt and having a few whiskeys tomorrow night while watching Monty Python's Life of Brian, like we do every Good Friday

SparkySpitfire

We all get fish and chips to please the grandparents. I would be miffed, but I love a fresh cod from the chipper!

smileyj1987

I always have a big juicy steak and a few cans .

blaze1

I cant see the point off wasting a bank holiday with the pubs being shut.....

The Big Red Button

SparkySpitfire wrote: »

We all get fish and chips to please the grandparents. I would be miffed, but I love a fresh cod from the chipper!

As a matter of interest, why is fish OK but not meat?

(Genuine question! Coming from a meat-eating atheist. I don't see what the difference is ...?)

Fox_In_Socks

SparkySpitfire wrote: »

We all get fish and chips to please the grandparents. I would be miffed, but I love a fresh cod from the chipper!

I bet yu do, I bet you do!!!

*Wink wink*

*Nudge nudge*

Say no more, say no more!!!


(Just trying to generate some innuendo from an innocent post)

SparkySpitfire

chatterpillar wrote: »

As a matter of interest, why is fish OK but not meat?

(Genuine question! Coming from a meat-eating atheist. I don't see what the difference is ...?)

Pfft, beats me.

I just asked my nanny, (she's sitting beside me) but she doesn't know either... Such a good Catholic :P

spankysue

chatterpillar wrote: »

As a matter of interest, why is fish OK but not meat?

(Genuine question! Coming from a meat-eating atheist. I don't see what the difference is ...?)

Apparently, Catholics are allowed to eat puffin and beaver on Good Friday (my OH just informed me of this) fish good, meat bad, puffin grand, beaver best

Fox_In_Socks

spankysue wrote: »

Apparently, Catholics are allowed to eat puffin and beaver on Good Friday (my OH just informed me of this) fish good, meat bad, puffin grand, beaver best

Eat puff'n'beaver? Great day for a bisexual so.



(I apologise. I do!)

Steve O

spankysue wrote: »

Apparently, Catholics are allowed to eat puffin and beaver on Good Friday (my OH just informed me of this) fish good, meat bad, puffin grand, beaver best

Do you like puffin on your beaver?

delw

chatterpillar wrote: »

As a matter of interest, why is fish OK but not meat?

(Genuine question! Coming from a meat-eating atheist. I don't see what the difference is ...?)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Fast
Apparently ,milk,eggs are not allowed as well
I will be having eggs for breakfast,milk in my tea,meat sandwich that's my normal good Friday.
Oh & don't forget the beer

123 LC

blaze1 wrote: »

I cant see the point off wasting a bank holiday with the pubs being shut.....

there wouldn't be a bank holiday if it wasn't for easter...

shopaholic01

chatterpillar wrote: »

As a matter of interest, why is fish OK but not meat?

(Genuine question! Coming from a meat-eating atheist. I don't see what the difference is ...?)

I always wondered about this too.

http://catholicism.about.com/od/catholicliving/f/Meat_Good_Fri.htm
Make sure you go hungry folks and that includes beaver.

Mr. Wong

blaze1 wrote: »

I cant see the point off wasting a bank holiday with the pubs being shut.....

Good Friday ain't a bank holiday.

Fox_In_Socks

Mr. Wong wrote: »

Good Friday ain't a bank holiday.

Banks are closed, aren't they?

The Big Red Button

Meah.

We have sausages and rashers and eggs in the fridge. I think some pudding, too.

It's going to be a good FRY day for us.

:cool: :cool: :pac:

spankysue

Steve O wrote: »

Do you like puffin on your beaver?

No, but I'm hoping to turn my BF back to Catholicism tomorrow night now

blaze1

Mr. Wong wrote: »

Good Friday ain't a bank holiday.

Banks are closed, most jobs are off including banks. Bank holiday IMO

dirtyden

spankysue wrote: »

So we all know the pubs and that are closed tomorrow but do any of you Boardsies have any Good Friday traditions, like say going to a friends house and getting hammered?

Or maybe you're an observing Catholic and eat fish and don't drink and mourn that guy that the bad thing happened to that day....I honestly don't know what Catholics do on Good Friday, it's been that long since I was one.

Have you got something you do every Good Friday? (except moan about the pub not being open naturally)

Myself and my OH are atheists so we'll be working, eating meat without an ounce of guilt and having a few whiskeys tomorrow night while watching Monty Python's Life of Brian, like we do every Good Friday

Q. How do you know someone is an atheist?







A. Because they tell you

spankysue

dirtyden wrote: »

Q. How do you know someone is an atheist?







A. Because they tell you

Ah jaysus dirty den, you're back again?? You're better at this resurrection lark than Jesus is :P

Rhyme

Good Friday traditions; buy drink on Thursday.

Chucken

spankysue wrote: »

So we all know the pubs and that are closed tomorrow but do any of you Boardsies have any Good Friday traditions, like say going to a friends house and getting hammered?

Or maybe you're an observing Catholic and eat fish and don't drink and mourn that guy that the bad thing happened to that day....I honestly don't know what Catholics do on Good Friday, it's been that long since I was one.

Have you got something you do every Good Friday? (except moan about the pub not being open naturally)

Myself and my OH are atheists so we'll be working, eating meat without an ounce of guilt and having a few whiskeys tomorrow night while watching Monty Python's Life of Brian, like we do every Good Friday

So, you go to work, go home and relax?
Fantastic.
A lot of people do that every Friday.


Why the need to start a thread?

spankysue

Chucken wrote: »

So, you go to work, go home and relax?
Fantastic.
A lot of people do that every Friday.


Why the need to start a thread?

Why the need to reply then

Madam_X

Long time since I was a practising catholic too but I remember very well what practising catholics do on Good Friday - church for Stations of the Cross. There isn't a whole lot to it.

And isn't talking about how you'd eat meat/drink alcohol "without an ounce of guilt" rather teenage? Big woop - loads of people will do it without overthinking it/thinking about it at all, or making a proclamation about it. And have done so for years... without being dismissive of christians.

wendell borton

chatterpillar wrote: »

As a matter of interest, why is fish OK but not meat?

(Genuine question! Coming from a meat-eating atheist. I don't see what the difference is ...?)

It's okay to eat fish 'cause they don't have any feelings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXap5hZaqZ8

Chucken

spankysue wrote: »

Why the need to reply then

Because I'm curious why you want to tell everyone what you're doing?

CliffHuxtabel

Madam_X wrote: »

And isn't talking about how you'd eat meat/drink alcohol "without an ounce of guilt" rather teenage?.

Kinda strikes me as a bit insecure too.

jd007

I treat it the same as every other Friday in the year. Don't see whats so good about it tbh :P

EireIceMan

Great, another one of these threads.
OP, how old are you, that you forget? I'm sure your answer is on google somewhere. Or probably its the very same now as when you were catholic. So different you cant remember. Honestly if you're that interested theres a forum for these questions, weather you're catholic, protestant, muslim etc. Its long gone boring in AH.

dirtyden

dirtyden wrote: »

Q. How do you know someone is an atheist?







A. Because they tell you

Atheism is far less in your face than Catholicism.

CliffHuxtabel

AdamD wrote: »

Atheism is far less in your face than Catholicism.

Not in After Hours in fairness

Madam_X

AdamD wrote: »

Atheism is far less in your face than Catholicism.

But when it comes to individual subscribers to either, it depends on the atheist and the catholic.

spankysue

EireIceMan wrote: »

Great, another one of these threads.
OP, how old are you, that you forget? I'm sure your answer is on google somewhere. Or probably its the very same now as when you were catholic. So different you cant remember. Honestly if you're that interested theres a forum for these questions, weather you're catholic, protestant, muslim etc. Its long gone boring in AH.

For the love of Geoff! I just asked what everyone else was upto tomorrow, not what Catholic traditions are, and fyi, It's been a good 20 years since I had to do any religious stuff on Good Friday, and I was 10 at the time so please forgive me if I don't remember.

The main point though was just asking if other people were doing anything, was just supposed to a bit of lighthearted fun, asking what people were doing seeing as the pubs are closed.

Madam_X

Madam_X wrote: »

But when it comes to individual subscribers to either, it depends on the atheist and the catholic.

That's a bit of a mute point when one of the subscribers is the state and their enforced rules pretty much overrides the effect any individual subscriber could have.

Paramite Pie

chatterpillar wrote: »

As a matter of interest, why is fish OK but not meat?

(Genuine question! Coming from a meat-eating atheist. I don't see what the difference is ...?)

There's probably more than one theory and no-one can say for certain.

In the first century, Jews fasted on Mondays and Thursdays. They would also not eat meat on days of mourning.

The original Christians were all Jewish and were used to the fasting as a spiritual discipline. They moved the fast days to Wednesdays and Fridays, because Judas engineered Jesus' arrest on a Wednesday and Jesus was crucified on a Friday.

Catholics have recognized Fridays (but no longer Wednesdays) as meatless days to coincide with the Hebrew tradition of not eating meat on days of sorrow.

Most often that fast took the form of avoiding meat/dairy in the diet. Fish was seen as the poor man's food so it probably didn't count in their eyes. Kosher meats have to have all blood removed, while fish doesn't for some reason. This may have to do with fish being cold blooded and mammals are warm blooded so a distinction was made.

To be honest, most people in those days couldn't afford meat anyways so it wasn't much of a sacrifice for them really.:P

irishgeo

blaze1 wrote: »

Banks are closed, most jobs are off including banks. Bank holiday IMO

Its not a public holiday so companies that take it off means it classed as a day holidays and comes out of your annual leave.

Its a public holiday in NI and the UK rather oddly as we are supposed to be a Catholic country.

Chucken

spankysue wrote: »

For the love of Geoff! I just asked what everyone else was upto tomorrow, not what Catholic traditions are, and fyi, It's been a good 20 years since I had to do any religious stuff on Good Friday, and I was 10 at the time so please forgive me if I don't remember.

The main point though was just asking if other people were doing anything, was just supposed to a bit of lighthearted fun, asking what people were doing seeing as the pubs are closed.

Thread title: Good Friday traditions.?

You went on to point out what you'd be doing.

Great for you. I dont get why you wanted to tell everyone

What are you rebelling against?

EireIceMan

spankysue wrote: »

For the love of Geoff! I just asked what everyone else was upto tomorrow, not what Catholic traditions are, and fyi, It's been a good 20 years since I had to do any religious stuff on Good Friday, and I was 10 at the time so please forgive me if I don't remember.

The main point though was just asking if other people were doing anything, was just supposed to a bit of lighthearted fun, asking what people were doing seeing as the pubs are closed.

well probably the same thing as when you were ten. It hasnt changed. Il be eatin a snackbox, will probably have a beer or two and head to bed.
Sorry if it was meant as lighthearted fun but the amount of religious threads on AH that turn into bitchfests is gettin boring. Religion should be banned here IMO, theres dedicated forums, and they all end in bitchin and sniping.

spankysue

Chucken wrote: »

Thread title: Good Friday traditions.?

You went on to point out what you'd be doing.

Great for you. I dont get why you wanted to tell everyone

What are you rebelling against?

Nothing, I told everyone what I was doing to get the ball rolling, I don't see what your problem is

Chucken

spankysue wrote: »

Nothing, I told everyone what I was doing to get the ball rolling, I don't see what your problem is

Its Friday!

Well, I'll start by feeding my dogs and cats. Then I'll check the post. After that I'll hoover the house and wash the floors.
Then..I'll have my breakfast whilst checking my emails.
Then..I'll go for a walk and chat to some people..maybe?

I'll come home, cook dinner, watch tv maybe? Eat dinner. Browse Boards...

Friday!

Madam_X

Chucken wrote: »

Its Friday!

Gotta go downstairs, gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal.

Kickin' in the front seat, sittin' in the back seat, gotta make my mind up, which seat can I take?

gurramok

spankysue wrote: »

For the love of Geoff! I just asked what everyone else was upto tomorrow, not what Catholic traditions are, and fyi, .

I will drink alcohol as a protest against a religious inspired law which says I should not drink on Good Friday, its a tradition on my part

Galwayguy35

I'll be working tomorrow, then I'll go to to the gym, come home and watch TV and go to bed much the same as any other day of the week.

OP not exactly sure what you have forgotton what Catholics do on Good Friday, it's not that hard to remember in fairness, they go to Mass and don't eat meat.

Chucken

Madam_X wrote: »

Gotta go downstairs, gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal.

Kickin' in the front seat, sittin' in the back seat, gotta make my mind up, which seat can I take?

What ever floats your boat

Steodonn

13 cans in the fridge and 2 beef burgers in the freezer. Going to be a good day

nootroc

blaze1 wrote: »

Banks are closed, most jobs are off including banks. Bank holiday IMO

The ****ers charge interest every day so there's no such thing as a bank holiday IMHO

Humans eh!

Steodonn wrote: »

13 cans in the fridge and 2 beef burgers in the freezer. Going to be a good day

Better double check that Steo,

Could be 13 horseburgers and two cans

Better send out the BBQ invites now!

Ri_Nollaig

Mr. Wong wrote: »

Good Friday ain't a bank holiday.

It's a bank holiday just not a public holiday.
A lot of places will still be open (nearly all retail and multinationals I'd imagine), I am at work for example, ...well, define "work" as loads of have taken the day off and I'm reading boards

Pumpkinseeds

It's just another working day for a lot of people. I remember when I was a kid in the 70's/80's,most shops were either closed all day or closed by 3pm. The licensing law on Good Friday is the only thing that's stayed in place. It makes no difference to me, I wouldn't be going out tonight anyway. I really can't see the point in the ban on the sale of alcohol today though. I would have thought that someone would have mounted a successful legal challenge to it in this day and age.

HondaSami

I will be having fish for dinner same as I do every good friday.its one day without meat. Im not a practing catholic but there are some traditions from my childhood i still do.

Irish Guitarist

I don't eat meat on Good Friday. That's because I'm a vegetarian though.

chatterpillar wrote: »

As a matter of interest, why is fish OK but not meat?

(Genuine question! Coming from a meat-eating atheist. I don't see what the difference is ...?)

I assume it's because meat would have been considered a luxury item back when there were no such thing as supermarkets. Someone would have to be rich, or at least reasonably well off, to either own herds of cattle or to buy meat from someone that owned cattle, whereas any peasant could go out and catch some fish. Therefore a rich person giving up meat would be making a sacrifice.

That's just my theory though.