Post #246,437
2/28/06 9:53:35 PM
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Happy Mardi Gras, Yall!
Seeing as how the day is almost over (and is over for our furrin brethren), I just had to wish everybody a pleasant Fat Tuesday.
Go crazy, for tomorrow a bunch of people will begin the 40 days of Lent.
Throw me something, Mister!
Amy
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Post #246,444
2/28/06 11:29:05 PM
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Thanks! But,it's just another day in paradise, here. :)
Alex
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Post #246,456
3/1/06 4:14:49 AM
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But here, it's not 'til Saturday!
That is, (potentially NSFW) [link|http://mardigras.org.au/|Mardi gras] from a Sydney point of view, anyway. :)
But as you say - Happy Mardi Gras!
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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Post #246,513
3/1/06 6:22:21 PM
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How can "Fat Tuesday" be on a Saturday? That's just wrong.
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Post #246,471
3/1/06 9:30:39 AM
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Did you eat a paczki?
Follow your MOUSE
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Post #246,487
3/1/06 1:57:59 PM
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Never heard of it, but it sounds yummy!
"It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~ George Eliot
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Post #246,492
3/1/06 3:16:50 PM
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You gotta get to Michigan
Big Polish Catholic population out here. Us Poles eat paczkis on Fat Tuesday in preparation for fasting on Ash Wednesday. It's a grand tradition. Now mind you, I dont do the fasting thing (I'm not even doing the Catholic thing these days), but I'll never pass up an opportunity to eat a donut on steroids. Especially the lemon-filled ones.
Follow your MOUSE
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Post #246,514
3/1/06 6:24:43 PM
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Speaking of "not doing the Catholic thing" ...
My favorite Fridays-in-Lent meal: a bacon-cheeseburger. Between Kosher laws, Catholic Lenten rules, the Hindu cow thing, Vegan objections, etc. I manage to piss off 80% of the world's population with each bite. And, it's yummy.
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Post #246,533
3/1/06 9:14:27 PM
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My momma always said...
Whenever we "forgot" and had meat on Friday, she would say "it's whale meat".
Giggle,
Amy
"It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~ George Eliot
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Post #246,598
3/2/06 2:53:16 PM
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And Fat Tuesday
is the only day of the year that REAL Polish bakeries on Milwaukee Avenue make them.
Down here in Tejas, where they've already bastardized kolaches, three bakeries were totally clueless when I asked them if they were going to make paczkis so I could order in advance.
lincoln
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