I hadn’t noticed either until last evening when a lady gave me some spicy pancakes and that’s when it hit – it was Shrove Tuesday. May I point out that this lady is a Muslim, so what does that say?
Today is Ash Wednesday, first day of Lent. Will you be giving anything up for Lent?
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Disclaimer: This post declares that it is not proselytizing in any way, shape or form. You believe what you wish but all the same – this is a traditional British commemoration and thus deserves to be posted on.
Bloody GROW UP!
What has ANY of this religious shit got to do with freedom?
NOTHING
“Lent” was a practical recognition of the “hungry gap” in crops & food-supply, bolstered by religious practice as a survival mechamism, when our agriculture was crap.
No longer applies.
XX Will you be giving anything up for Lent? XX
Already have. I lent some bastard a book, and he has buggered off to Hong Kong to work. Chances of ever seeing said book again…. NIL!