What are people giving up for lent?

[D306]

Title as it says.

I'm giving up chocolate

 

[me123]

Milk chocolate: I'm on Bournville from now on

 

[Gizmogle]

Bugger all.

There's things I should be quitting.

But I'm not gonna

 

[5872]

I'll quit 455s, when is lent?.

 

[D306]

Starts tomorrow

 

[me123]

Bugger all.

There's things I should be quitting.

But I'm not gonna

My usual opinion That's becasue I give up giving up chocolate within about 24 hours of lent starting. This way, I get my chocolate fix.

 

[Guinness]

I'm going to start re-drinking thus I'm currently not drinking, go figure!

 

[D306]

I'm going to start re-drinking thus I'm currently not drinking, go figure!

your giving up not drinking for lent?

 

[Guinness]

your giving up not drinking for lent?

Well been Sober.

 

[Tom B]

I would say I'm giving up being religious, but that happened a long time ago.

 

[Gizmogle]

I kind of want to give something up now for the hell of it...
But there's not really anything that I'm willing to give up.

 

[me123]

Coverage?

 

[Gizmogle]

No chance! Although I've not got any significant coverage since early December anyway!
It's all been London Underground coverage this last month or so, cause it's warmer.

I should give up being such a pussy and not going out because I can't be bothered.

 

[devon_metro]

Nothing

 

[Mojo]

I do not believe in Lent.

 

[Darandio]

I think i will give up celibacy.

 

[P156KWJ]

you can sod off if you think im giving up anything!

 

[mrcheek]

as the company I work for is being sold to new owners tomorrow, I may find myself having to give up work. or having it given up for me....

 

[16CSVT2700]

I'm giving up being quiet

 

[me123]

You think govong up booze, chocolate, fags or intercourse is bad, think about the people who, from tomorrow, will begin a forty day fast...

 

[Dennis]

boll*c*s - forgot it was pancake day today :cry:.

 

[Jord]

I don't think i've ever heard of Lent :?

 

[djw1981]

Says a lot about the quality of Education these days... see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lent

 

[class 313]

Atheist ftw.

 

[Chris.waring]

Health food.

 

[djw1981]

Interestingly fasting on Sundays is not allowed, because as the day on which Christ rose from the dead Sunday is always a feast day. Therefore, the lenten fast is the 46 days from Ash Wednesday to Easter Saturday, minus the six Sundays in that time period, giving 40 days in total.

So what ever you give up you can enjoy on Sundays!

 

[theblackwatch]

Interestingly fasting on Sundays is not allowed, because as the day on which Christ rose from the dead Sunday is always a feast day. Therefore, the lenten fast is the 46 days from Ash Wednesday to Easter Saturday, minus the six Sundays in that time period, giving 40 days in total.

So what ever you give up you can enjoy on Sundays!

That's something they failed to mention when I was at school!

 

[Mojo]

Says a lot about the quality of Education these days... see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lent

http://www.secularism.org.uk/ is better

 

[Gizmogle]

I was going to link to the Wikipedia Simple English page for Lent, but they don't seem to know what it is either.

 

[me123]

I ate milk chocolate today The nice lady in WHSmith in Waverley informed me that "for 20p more, you can get 6 times more chocolate!". Thank you...