Do people's parents still get thick about eating meat on Ash Wed/Good Friday?

mcmoustache wrote: »

I should also point out that for catholics, beavers, puffins and alligators are fish. This means that they are not meat and so can be eaten on Good Friday.

This is not my opinion, this is the church's stance on it.

To recap, beavers are fish and fish isn't meat. Nothing crazy going on there at all.

Most men like to eat beaver every day.

Omackeral wrote: »

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There's another fish. There's a lot of fish about today.

jimgoose wrote: »

The Roman Catholic fish thing has nothing whatsoever to do with vegetableism. The abstinence is from "warm-blooded-flesh", so technically reptile is allowed. But is has to do with the original disciples being fishermen and Christ himself cooking fish for them, and the subsequent use of a fish symbol as a secret Christian identifier.

A Fish isn't a reptile

mcmoustache wrote: »

I'm a bit confused as to where I appear frustrated. Unless of course you're choosing to believe things that aren't true to make yourself feel better.

Anyway, I feel we're straying from the point here. If you can't eat meat today but can eat the flesh of Christ and drink his blood, that would imply that He is a fish or a vegetable or something.

No it wouldn’t , how do you come to that conclusion? I look forward to your reply.
I don’t need to “feel better”?! I feel just fine?
Where is your proof that the things I believe in aren’t true?
You appear frustrated because you are here determinedly chatting about something you don’t believe in, it’s as if it’s an irritant to you that others do believe.
I don’t believe in Astrology, to me it’s nonsense, and as a result I know nothing about it, I have no interest in it, I feel no need to get in any discussions about it, people are free to believe in Star signs and I could be an arsehole and jump in to any discussion to pick pointlessly at people who do , but, those people aren’t bothering me. They’re not bothering anyone.
It’s strikes me you’d only be repeatedly trying to be a smart arse if the fact that some people believe that the stars control our destiny seriously annoyed or frustrated you.
You don’t agree?

Omackeral wrote: »

Yeah but I'm an Irish fish. O'Mackeral

I heard of a transient family of O'Mackerals back in the day. They used to travel in and out the bay between Ros a Bhíl and An Cheathrú Rua. Heard they ran a school or something.

housetypeb wrote: »

Really? That's one of the best things about being a Catholic?

On a list of about 2000 things that’s great about being of the one true faith it’s in there.
We all love it you know!

Some people, despite a good upbringing, prove a disappointment to their parents.

The_Valeyard wrote: »

All were missing is Vegans

If your a vegan, every day is Ash Wednesday.

splinter65 wrote: »

If your a vegan, every day is Ash Wednesday.

You dropped these: "'" and "e"

lawred2 wrote: »

A Fish isn't a reptile

I didn't say it was.

Ephraim Miniature Dust wrote: »

I had Iguana Stew in Guyana many years ago. Disgusting stuff, if memory serves me right - chewy too. It's often served in a curry in Jamaica.

Small world! Have never eaten iguana. They always terrified me when I was a child and would see them for sale with their legs tied together in the markets in Guyana.

I once was in a taxi coming from the airport in Trinidad and the driver stopped the car to chase after a manicou that had run across the highway. He caught it and stuffed it into a burlap sack in the boot and for the rest of the journey we had to listen to him raving about how tasty manicou meat was.

Not sure if they'd get thick about it but if my Dad buying me a one and one in Burdocks twice a year saves me from eternal damnation then I'm in!
FWIW when i was still in primary/secondary school we went to mass before school everyday during Lent

Never even knew eating meat was a no no on Ash Wednesday.