What are you giving up for Lent?

[AmishSlayer]

I'm not really religious...but Ash Wednesday was yesterday and millions around the world went all "Ashy Larry" as I like to put it. Christians typically give something up for Lent and I decided as a test of character to do the same.

I'm giving up masturbation
My friend is giving up drinking
Another is giving up Halo 2 (he's addicted to the damn game)

40-some-odd days to go...

 

[short recoil]

I'm giving up lent for lent.........ahhh the paradox.

 

[Steve]

I'm not big on self-deprivation. It prevents me from having everything I want.

My girlfriend told me an interesting fact. She's episcopalian, and she says that during lent, they don't eat meat ON FRIDAYS (Catholics aren't supposed to eat meat at all for the entire 40 days). Is that not super lazy?

 

[Deleter]

sky-diving, deep sea diving, responding to posts humorously--wait ignore that one. lol. sorry.

 

[Locust]

I am going to do something for lent; I am going to life 6 days a week for the next 40 days, eat six meals a day, and get up at 6:00 every day to go to the gym. Also I am going to abstain from pc gaming, or atleast do my best.

 

[Locust]

I'm not big on self-deprivation. It prevents me from having everything I want.

My girlfriend told me an interesting fact. She's episcopalian, and she says that during lent, they don't eat meat ON FRIDAYS (Catholics aren't supposed to eat meat at all for the entire 40 days). Is that not super lazy?

Catholics don't need to give it up for the entire 40 days, only on fridays. Even on fridays we can eat fish.

 

[Steve]

Catholics don't need to give it up for the entire 40 days, only on fridays. Even on fridays we can eat fish.

You're kidding me! Jesus wandered around in the desert for 40 days, and ya'll can't even give meat up that long? Sheesh.

EDIT: 'Course, ya'll are only supposed to have sex to make children (ha ha ha, I wonder how many Catholics actually follow this these days), so maybe I'll let it slide.

 

[Hercules331]

Im giving up watermelon seeds and banana peels.

 

[The Dark Elf]

I'm gonna take up drug abuse and give that up.

 

[Ikerous]

I'm gonna stop goin to church.

 

[Steve]

I'm gonna take up drug abuse and give that up.

Then you can be applauded for "getting your life back on track", while us people who never abused drugs will never be celebrated as much.

 

[The Mullinator]

I already just finished a bet with another guy where the first one of us to masterbate would have to buy the other beer. That lasted over a month and it ended with both of us agreeing to end the bet with no winner. So right now I am a little put off of giving up anything I like.

 

[The Dark Elf]

I already just finished a bet with another guy where the first one of us to masterbate would have to buy the other beer. That lasted over a month and it ended with both of us agreeing to end the bet with no winner. So right now I am a little put off of giving up anything I like.

hope you don't shake on it....

 

[The Mullinator]

hope you don't shake on it....

We shook just before ending it...

 

[qckbeam]

Before this thread strays off-topic and everyone ends up talking about masturbation I'd like to say that I'm with Steve; not big on self-deprivation.

 

[Murray_H]

Pizza - must have spent about £30 on the frigging stuff in the 4 weeks I've been back at uni

But it tastes so nice.......

 

[Ames]

Pizza - must have spent about £30 on the frigging stuff in the 4 weeks I've been back at uni

But it tastes so nice.......

It reduces risk of cancer you fool!

http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu/resources/article.cfm?c=3&s=8&ss=23&Year=2003&Month=7&id=9927

 

[f|uke]

I'm giving up HL2.net

 

[The Mullinator]

I'm giving up HL2.net

No... Thats impossible.

 

[Murray_H]

It reduces risk of cancer you fool!

http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu/resources/article.cfm?c=3&s=8&ss=23&Year=2003&Month=7&id=9927

I eat Durham pizza though, not Italian

I think I've had enough to warrant a clean bill of health

 

[burner69]

I'm giving up the illusion that I actually believe in any of the background to lent, and continue my daily life; giving things up when I need to.

 

[ailevation]

:| Giving up mary juana.

 

[evil^milk]

No... Thats impossible.

heh, actually... it is impossible

i wouldn't last a day

 

[Tr0n]

I could try to give up something but I'm already giving up a lot.

 

[Dan]

I will give up my sense of decency

 

[Kommie]

I give up all food, water and any other form of sustinence.

 

[Pressure]

I'm giving up being lazy.

 

[Bad^Hat]

I'm just giving up altogether. Beat that

 

[Dasparov]

I'm just giving up altogether. Beat that

I could give You up..





Does that not sound right to other people aswell?

 

[Shippi]

I'm not giving anything up.. meh

 

[CrazyHarij]

I've given up masturbation for about a month by now, guess I could go for another 40 days since I'm supposed to stop for my entire life.

 

[ComradeBadger]

I'm giving up **** all.



Someone suggested boozecalhol, but that ain't gonna happen.

 

[PvtRyan]

Raping small animals.

 

[baron insig]

one of my mates is giving up sugar another one is givin up Masterbation but me like hell im giving up nething!

 

[mortiz]

for lent I'm going to give up lent.

 

[Dalamari]

Gonna give up wankin' for lent, BEAT THAT! I know I won't be! HAR HAR HAR HAR

 

[Razor]

I already just finished a bet with another guy where the first one of us to masterbate would have to buy the other beer. That lasted over a month and it ended with both of us agreeing to end the bet with no winner. So right now I am a little put off of giving up anything I like.

How do you know that he didn't masterbate and vice versa?

 

[PvtRyan]

How do you know that he didn't masterbate and vice versa?

If he doesn't catch any big fish anymore, you can rest assured he didn't use the master bait.

 

[KoreBolteR]

im giving up posting on the flame thread.

i give up...

 

[Fat Tony!]

Computer games..... hah no I don't think so somehow