Are you giving anything up for lent?

Bishopsback

Lent starts on Wednesday next, 01/03/17, do you give anything up for lent, like alcohol, cigs, sweets etc etc?
Even if not on religious grounds, just as a start date for something different.
Or is lent just a thing of the past for most?

eviltwin

Business as usual in this house anyway

me_irl

Sarcasm.

It's what Jesus would have wanted.

Cupcake_Crisis

Pancakes

cbreeze

Boards.ie
Booze

OldMrBrennan83

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Erik Shin

Giving up being nice to yiz shower of mouldy bastards

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I gave up giving up things years ago. Now, I do things for Lent, like extra random acts of kindness, visiting people who need company etc.

Samuel T. Cogley

Religion.

secman

I'm giving up "giving up anything " as I never went back on what I gave up 2 years ago. I give up

Damien360

Giving up watching Liverpool. Might actually be good for my health especially on tonight's performance.

snowflaker

skips

me_irl

Damien360 wrote: »

Giving up watching Liverpool. Might actually be good for my health especially on tonight's performance.

Did you see that ludicrous display!?

Dirty Dingus McGee

Being the biggest eeijit in the priesthood.

Innervision

Giving up sweets, so currently having a brilliant evening eating all the sweets in the house.

lazybones32

Am going to try an 'internet free' day on Wednesday. Have been spending too much time online in general, so it'll do no harm to take a break.

The_Valeyard

I'm not giving anything up. But I'm going to try go for a run every evening.

Giving up moderation. For the next 40 days and nights, I am going to live a life of excess in all things.

lertsnim

Not giving up anything.

Autosport

Giving up Tayto's and crisps

me_irl

Autosport wrote: »

Giving up Tayto's and crisps

So... crisps and crisps.

Bishopsback

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Giving up moderation. For the next 40 days and nights, I am going to live a life of excess in all things.

The opposite to myself. Every year I binge on stuff at Xmas, alcohol, biscuits and cake and stuff, it takes a while to eat and drink all that comes in to the house at Xmas.
I use lent as a detox, quit or seriously cut back on all unhealthy ****.
I do have a blowout on Paddy's day, then back to the regime unti easter, then another blowout.

PARlance

Predictable jokes.

me_irl

Bishopsback wrote: »

I use lent as a detox

So did our Lord and Saviour.

...And Justice

Going to give up scuttering out the car widow at traffic lights, you don't have enough time to wipe your arse before the lights go green.

DanMurphy

C.I.E Buses.
I might give up using them from Monday next

Spanish Eyes

NO is the short answer.

4Ad

Innervision wrote: »

Giving up sweets, so currently having a brilliant evening eating all the sweets in the house.

Biscuits...so i'm pigging out on dark chocolate digestives all evening...

Junkyard Tom

Impromptu performance art in public spaces.

Your Face

Rollerblading.

vicwatson

The_Valeyard wrote: »

I'm not giving anything up. But I'm going to try go for a run every evening.

That's giving up not running every evening :P

Penny Tration

I've already given up junk food mostly (hello cheat meal), smoking, cut alcohol down to less than 14 units per week, and started exercising.


So no. I'm a boring cnut now as it is without restricting myself even further!

Hande hoche!

Soft drinks.

Pawwed Rig

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

NO is the short answer.

What's the long answer?

Burzum

I gave up soft drinks 3months ago and dropped the tea down to half a spoon of sugar, Going to drop sweets for lent and hopefully for good.

me_irl

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

What's the long answer?

"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" ?

Jack the Stripper

Pouring concrete.

TheRiverman

Autosport wrote: »

Giving up Tayto's and crisps

So just crisps then.

misstearheus

Nada and zilch.

DisneyLover

Trying to lose weight, so feicin everything

misstearheus

misstearheus wrote: »

Nada and zilch.

Are they your bisexual Hungarian supermodel twin girlfriends?

freshpopcorn

Last year I took up going to mass as much as I could during lent. I went nearly everyday. Don't know about this year tough because I'm not sure if theirs an eveing mass this year!

KungPao

No.

Graces7

secman wrote: »

I'm giving up "giving up anything " as I never went back on what I gave up 2 years ago. I give up

I did that 20 years ago. I can never understand why when folk eg take on extra work, and extra prayer and mass, stop eating chocolate etc etc etc then fall right back from what they think is good at Easter.

So I cut life back and stayed that way. Has been fine. Nothing more to be done. Easy enough on a small pension!

And i am not allowed extreme fasting for age and health reasons.

JackTaylorFan

...using internet dating sites.

GrumpyMe

Giving up pissing for lent - from now on I'll be concentrating on pissing for height!

Bishopsback

GrumpyMe wrote: »

Giving up pissing for lent - from now on I'll be concentrating on pissing for height!

I hope it works for you, let us know when you get it up!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Graces7 wrote: »

I did that 20 years ago. I can never understand why when folk eg take on extra work, and extra prayer and mass, stop eating chocolate etc etc etc then fall right back from what they think is good at Easter.

So I cut life back and stayed that way. Has been fine. Nothing more to be done. Easy enough on a small pension!

And i am not allowed extreme fasting for age and health reasons.

If it's something you can maintain permanently then there is no sacrifice to mark Lent. It's not, under any teaching of the church, a matter of doing what you think is good.
You could always give up the whiskey or chocolates for Lent, as you didn't give then up permanently.