"Luncheon With Oysters" (de Troy)Today is "Kathara Devtera", or "Pure Monday", the day when the Orthodox Lent begins.
One of the advantages of not being religious is not having to give things up, but nevertheless, in keeping with the spirit of the Season, here is my list of luxuries that I won't be partaking of during this period:
1. Expensive Holiday: It would clearly not be very respectful to go off on a cruise, or spend time in a 5 start hotel in Honolulu, so I won't.
2. Caviar: A wasteful extravagance.
3. Champagne: I'll drink Cava instead.
4. Celebrity Dinner Parties: Although it will be a great disappointment, I shall not be accepting any invitations for the next 40 days.
5. Gold-Embroidered Swimwear. This will have to wait, I'm afraid.
6. Fast Cars: I won't be buying a sports car.
Of course, it's not enough to give up these things. One also has to resist all temptation. I would therefore be very grateful if you could each try and tempt me with offers of free holidays, Champagne (don't worry about splashing out on caviar or swimwear). Either I will remain Saintly and steadfast, in which case you will have the satisfaction of seeing what a great person I am, or I'll cave in, in which case you will be able to feel holier than me.
Come on, have a go...
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I gave up rutabagas and liver for Lent. don't try and tempt me, I won't bend.
If I were you, I'd reconsider the gold lame bathing suit. gold is the new black.
no wait that's wrong, thirty is the new forty
something
Jean Knee:
You can't tempt me with gold lame.
Front is the new Back.
Where's Bee?
Maybe she's given up being first for Lent.
I think scarlette's sleeping
no, wait she might be holding out to be 11 th
10
11
nope, that wasn't it
MEAN!! YOU GUYS ARE MEAN!!
Here I am working... okay not really I was at lunch then I had to schedule a fight between Milton and I, guess who won???
Brian, I was about to send you a Greek goddess dressed in gold lamee and bearing the gifts of a cruise champagne and driving a car. Oh and she's a celebrity who does news and she likes dinner parties... what should I do with her instead?
things I missed:
Bikini
fast
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Bee:
Send her - we need to find out just how good I am at resisting temptation.
Or not.
Too late! I win! You said send her!!
Doing victory dance!
woohoo!
Brian, do you really like dinner parties?
Yes he does jean knee. He eats and drinks tea with his pinkie sticking up.
La Di Da.
Jean Knee:
Well, I don't exactly get invited to any, but parties aren't really my thing, since I'm very shy. I do get better (or at least louder) when I've had a few drinks, though.
I'm not keen on tea. I tend to go for the wine.
No-one does that thing with their finger. Not even the Queen.
Hee Hee what thing with their finger??
I wish I had given up things I don't normally do.
Can't wait till Easter, I'm having Pizza, Burgers, Fries, with Ice cream and a beer.
Oh, and all kinds of Coke.
Dan:
You're making me hungry. Don't tempt me, or I might have to go and get a burger. And post the photos ;-)
Dan:
I reckon your sainthood's in the bag, though. Giving up coke is incredibly impressive. I don't think I'd like to do that...
Just make sure they give you grilled onions!
I still win, right?
brian
I'm tired of looking at the right side of your face, update picture with left side please.
Dan:
How is your Lent-promise working out? Are you surviving? Have you lost weight?
Oh, and BTW, you can officially eat all those things you gave up on Saturday (the day b4 Easter). You don't have to wait for Easter Sunday. As a matter of fact 40 days is over next wednesday, but because Holy Thursday and Good Friday are days of abstinence, you have to wait until Saturday...
Esmeralda
I'm doing good but have not lost any weight (read the Gut Boy post)
Brain
Giving up all knids of Coke was incredibly impressive, Im FUKING DYING to do a couple of lines already !!!!!!
and drink some too.
what about me, here? isn't this all about me?????????????????????????????????
It seems like half the time I come here you're asleep. what's up with that?
He's not asleep, he's just hiding.
BRIAN!! Don't blow away! I just saw the news for your area and this guy with an umbrella almost Mary Poppined outta there!
Brian- As my gift to you, I will go on the cruises, drink champagne, I'm not eating the fish eggs though, yuck!, and will go to the celebrity parties. All of this, I will do for you so that you will not be tempted.
YOU'RE WELCOME!
Dan- I'm going to come to your house and help you with the coke. Don't want you to overdo it!
Bee:
It was the coastal areas that had the real wind problems, so you'll be pleased to hear that I didn't get blown at all.
Tracy:
Your selflessness is saintly. I will send you any celebrity dinner party invitations and cruise tickets I might receive over the next 39 days.
sorry you didn't get blown. what a bummer
bwahahahaha! hahahaha! HEEE HEEE HAAA.
Jean Knee:
I knew one of you would take the bait. Though I did think it'd be Bee ;-)
I was very tempted but I decided to be a lady today and ladies don't think dirty thoughts.
Bee:
I'm tempted to make a witty reply to that, but it'll have to wait until I've stopped laughing.
Somebody has to mind their manners here! Just like gentlemen DO NOT laugh at ladies!
Now, I/d never laugh at a lady...
Listen Brian, you’re lucky that I’m biting my nails right now while eating an orange, burping and swearing, otherwise, I’d come over here to tell I AM a lady!
Ladies don't brag about their status.
Does “status” mean “stature” in your weird English? I never brag about that, if anything I’m always complaining about how short I am.
No, it doesn't it means status. As in lord, lady, gentleman, etc.
You can have high status but be vertically other abled.
Hmmm... now that I think of it, you can call me Lady Bee! Yeah sounds good! Thanks Brian!
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