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| Mardi Gras | | Date Created: Feb 08, 2005, 09:55 AM |
Today is Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday. In Michigan, in the winter, every Tuesday is Fat Tuesday, but this one is special. This is the last hoorah before Lent begins tomorrow.
Frankly I don't think you should get to join the party unless you're planning on observing Lent, too. It feels like you're getting away with something. You should have to suffer for the next 40 days too, I think. If you don't want that Christian observance, then you shouldn't get Mardi Gras either. Funny, I have this argument all worked out, but I tend to forget it when the cute boys walk around the bar earning their beads.
Anyway, because I'm descended from good Puritain roots, I can't spend the day partying without first planning on what I'm going to give up for the Lenten discipline. Here are some ideas. I haven't decided which I'll choose yet. Feel free to offer your own suggestions.
For this Lent, I shall give up:
1) Abstinence
2) Eating dirt
3) Moderation
4) Politeness
5) Sobriety
6) Continence
7) Calling Brian "Daddy's little cocksucker."
8) Bathing
9) My virtue
10) Piracy
11) Wearing "Daisy Dukes" to work
12) Wearing "Dorothy Zbornaks" to work
13) Smoking
14) Flaming
15) Christianity
Any other ideas? |
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