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    Giving up for Lent

    On another thread it was suggested that British or Christian traditions were in decline. So on that theme, is anyone 'giving up for Lent'? My kids have given up puddings for the first week, then computers for a week, then the tv. for a week, then the same again to make 6 weeks. Not sure if that's the classic approach but still.
    Eleanor Knowles, Ambleside AC

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    Re: Giving up for Lent

    Nothing - but in the words of Douglas Adams "i'm a devout atheist"!
    Most people I know seem to give up chocolate - I think there was some discussion on radio or tv today, and they arrived at chocolate being the most common by far.

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    Re: Giving up for Lent

    I've stopped picking my belly button for lint.

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    Re: Giving up for Lent

    Quote Originally Posted by noel View Post
    I've stopped picking my belly button for lint.
    Ho ho ho :-)
    Fitness can't be stored. It must be earned over and over, indefinitely.

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    Re: Giving up for Lent

    Quote Originally Posted by noel View Post
    I've stopped picking my belly button for lint.
    does that come out every year?

    me nothing
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    mini IDP is going in reverse and going to commit to music practice.

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    Re: Giving up for Lent

    Quote Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak View Post
    does that come out every year?
    Yes. Emo Philips originally.

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    Re: Giving up for Lent

    I'm giving up a load of 'friends' on Fb who never speak.....most of them from my village :thunbdown:. I'm also thinking about booze, though some of my funnier FB statuses are from when I'm a bit sloshed, so my mates are begging me not to

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    Re: Giving up for Lent

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