Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield

S(I can at least understand the whole primitive health concerns behind the silly kosher laws, but the no meat on Friday gig is just plain asinine - If I play that gig, I'm as crazy as those radical Islamist screwheads)D

As I routinely eat pork in chop or fried rice forms, and often eat fish on Friday evenings, I'm fairly certain I'm being sent to the crappiest afterlife possible in either of my forebears' traditions.

So I might as well indulge and enjoy it all now. Mazel Tov!

[evenodds]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Depending on whom you ask, you either (1) refrain from Meat or (2) fast entirely on both Good Friday and Ash Wednesday.

We fast.

I mean, theoretically.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by evenodds
Thanks so much for this.

My apologies if you're Irish.

Note: I said "most."

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by purse junkie
I'm fairly certain I'm being sent to the crappiest afterlife possible in either of my forebears' traditions.

So I might as well indulge and enjoy it all now. Mazel Tov!

My father actively encourages us to aim for Hell. He figures with all the requirements for entry to Heaven, Hell is where the real party is going to be.

[Jack Manfred]

Originally posted by Sebastian Dangerfield
Who ever gave a damn what an Irish girl thought? Most are uglier than sin.

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
You may be right as a general matter, but if one of the Corrs were serving me

I'd damn well sure eat as much fish as she wanted me to.

Sebby, I think you've met too many Boston girls. On a trip to Ireland years ago, I marveled at the many cute Irish lasses. They had these Irish Tourist Board offices in most towns, and they were stocked with lovely girls with fetching accents.

By the way, Ireland would make a lovely vacation destination. I'd get a rental car (expensive) and travel the countryside going from B&B to B&B (cheap).

In California, we're lucky enough to have a chain that doesn't get you into trouble on Good Friday...Rubio's fish tacos...tasty.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by AngryMulletMan
Here's the worst getup in my office today:

Teased up red hair, thick eyeliner and glasses on a gold chain. Tiger print half-caftan over jeans and (what else) black cowboy boots. Did I mention gum popping? And the pen with a pink fuzzy on the end of it?

Kinda like Golden Girls meet Elvira.

AM(no, it's not me)

And I thought the partners in MY office dressed badly...

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by evenodds
We fast.

I mean, theoretically.

Yeah, me too. I haven't attended Mass regularly since the Reagan Administration, but I do the whole fasting during Lent thing.

And, here's the official deal on fasting/abstaining from meat thing (from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops via a link from Podunkville's own Our Lady of Perpetual Motion's web site):

Abstinence — is a penitential practice consisting of refraining
from the consumption of meat and is to be observed by all Catholic who are 14 years of age and older. Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and the Fridays during Lent are days of abstinence.

Pastors and parents are encouraged to see that children who are not bound by the obligation to fast and abstain are led to appreciate an authentic sense of penance.

Fasting — is to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday by all Catholics between the ages of 18 - 59 years (inclusive). On days of fasting, one full meal is allowed. Two smaller meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to one's needs, but together they should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids are allowed.

Note: If a person is unable to observe the above regulations due to ill health or other serious reasons, they are urged to practice other forms of self-denial that are suitable to their condition.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Yeah, me too. I haven't attended Mass regularly since the Reagan Administration, but I do the whole fasting during Lent thing.

And, here's the official deal on fasting/abstaining from meat thing (from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops via a link from Podunkville's own Our Lady of Perpetual Motion's web site):

Abstinence — is a penitential practice consisting of refraining
from the consumption of meat and is to be observed by all Catholic who are 14 years of age and older. Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and the Fridays during Lent are days of abstinence.

Pastors and parents are encouraged to see that children who are not bound by the obligation to fast and abstain are led to appreciate an authentic sense of penance.

Fasting — is to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday by all Catholics between the ages of 18 - 59 years (inclusive). On days of fasting, one full meal is allowed. Two smaller meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to one's needs, but together they should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids are allowed.

Note: If a person is unable to observe the above regulations due to ill health or other serious reasons, they are urged to practice other forms of self-denial that are suitable to their condition.

What kind of fucked up definition of fasting is that? That's more than I eat in a day anyway. 3 meals? Fasting means "don't snack"?

n(I don't know any Catholics who "fast" but if I ever meet one, I'm not gonna feel bad for them)cs

[evenodds]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Fasting — is to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday by all Catholics between the ages of 18 - 59 years (inclusive). On days of fasting, one full meal is allowed. Two smaller meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to one's needs, but together they should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids are allowed.

Note: If a person is unable to observe the above regulations due to ill health or other serious reasons, they are urged to practice other forms of self-denial that are suitable to their condition.

This is why I love being Catholic.

[c2ed]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
What kind of fucked up definition of fasting is that? That's more than I eat in a day anyway. 3 meals? Fasting means "don't snack"?

If you look again, it's supposed to be one normal meal, and then eat twice more, so long as the two 'meals' don't equal one full meal. When I used to fast, that would mean a banana for breakfast, a piece of toast and an apple for lunch, and then dinner (fish, natch) with my family. They allow the two snacks to make sure people aren't collapsing left and right. They don't want to lose good Catholics (need to maintain the ranks, after all), just want them to suffer a bit.

C(You eat less than that each day? )deuced

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Yeah, me too. I haven't attended Mass regularly since the Reagan Administration, but I do the whole fasting during Lent thing.

And, here's the official deal on fasting/abstaining from meat thing (from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops via a link from Podunkville's own Our Lady of Perpetual Motion's web site):

Abstinence — is a penitential practice consisting of refraining
from the consumption of meat and is to be observed by all Catholic who are 14 years of age and older. Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and the Fridays during Lent are days of abstinence.

Pastors and parents are encouraged to see that children who are not bound by the obligation to fast and abstain are led to appreciate an authentic sense of penance.

Fasting — is to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday by all Catholics between the ages of 18 - 59 years (inclusive). On days of fasting, one full meal is allowed. Two smaller meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to one's needs, but together they should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids are allowed.

Note: If a person is unable to observe the above regulations due to ill health or other serious reasons, they are urged to practice other forms of self-denial that are suitable to their condition.

Exactly where does the rEdiculous notion that there is virtue in suffering/sacrifice stem from? I understand that a lot of this silliness comes from Catholics' bizarre need to emulate the lives of saints, but this notion that self denail makes one a "better person" or more moral than others who enjoy themselves more often seems to be pompous self-righteous horseshit.

Beleieve it or not, I am fairly moderate in most of my consumption. Even with mind-bending substances, I try not too get too close to the proverbial cliff. Why am I, and those like me who regualrly partake in enjoying all the carnal desires within reason and still performing at work and having healthy social lives not considered the pinnacle of virtue? Seems to me that those like me are due a hell of a lot more accolades than the idiots who bilndly follow senseless religious edicts and the hoepless addicts who can't control themselves.

Catholicism's edicts are aimed the non-thinking class - the guy who needs rules to keep his otherwise hopelessly addictive personality in check. I know when I hit the "too much" level, and I know enough to not knock up every chick I dated, and I know enough to recognize that one ought to behave in regard to others the way he'd want them to behave toward him. If you need a some idiot in a white robe to read from a "novel from God" to get you to follow simple rules of common decency and self-preservation, you probably oughta stay a Catholic. For me, I'll have my steak, and be annoyed by the glares from screwheads around me who, although they are often educated, have no problem taking a holiday from logic because "Its tradition" or "I'll feel guilty otherwise." If the best religion can use to keep you is guilt, its isn't worth the funny buildings they preach it from.

Benjamin Franklin helped father this nation and he was a desit. The other founding fathers were too religious for my tastes, but they recognized the need to keep the silliness out of govt, and that says a lot. If we were run by Catholics we'd be like a huge Phillipines today, and our govt would be as rotten and wrongheaded as the Saudis'. There's a damn good reason the WASPS kept our hands from the wheel for so long, and as Catholic, I can say it - hell, we all know it.

S(A deist who wants his due)D

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by evenodds
This is why I love being Catholic.

John Waters has a good quote about being Catholic: "I thank God I was raised Catholic, so sex will always be dirty."

Smart man. Happy fasting and egg eating everyone.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
A washington post writer tried several of them. Article Conclusion: Olive Garden--really bad; Don Pablo's--acceptable; a couple of others in between.

A Slate writer did something similar and concluded that, although the food was better than expected: "Casual dining restaurants serve a very specific function in American dining. In general, you don't take a date to one, unless you are on the way to the prom."

[i]Who ever gave a damn what an Irish girl thought? Most are uglier than sin.

And we're meaner than snakes.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Yeah, me too. I haven't attended Mass regularly since the Reagan Administration, but I do the whole fasting during Lent thing.

And, here's the official deal on fasting/abstaining from meat thing (from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops via a link from Podunkville's own Our Lady of Perpetual Motion's web site):

Abstinence — is a penitential practice consisting of refraining
from the consumption of meat and is to be observed by all Catholic who are 14 years of age and older. Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and the Fridays during Lent are days of abstinence.

Pastors and parents are encouraged to see that children who are not bound by the obligation to fast and abstain are led to appreciate an authentic sense of penance.

Fasting — is to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday by all Catholics between the ages of 18 - 59 years (inclusive). On days of fasting, one full meal is allowed. Two smaller meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to one's needs, but together they should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids are allowed.

Note: If a person is unable to observe the above regulations due to ill health or other serious reasons, they are urged to practice other forms of self-denial that are suitable to their condition.

I wonder if a small bag of skittles counts as the small meal or the large meal. My cousin is taking the rap for making us break the fast since his engagement announcement is the reason we're all going to eat tonight.