Lent

[los_christabel]

You know, I would think the sole purpose of Lent (all forty days of it) is to become thoroughly tired of it.  If not for the fact that fifty days of celebrating Easter becomes even MORE tiresome, that is.  Too bad  you can't break up these blocks of time into something a little less unwieldy.

Might make fasting go faster, too.  :D  Why do they call

Comments

[ayaneva]

I have horrible memories of fasting in my parents' church when I was growing up. Horrible, horrible memories. They even made BABIES fast. D: And by fast, that included no water or any kind of liquid. Nothing. I used to get soooo sick. Fortunately, they only made us do it for one day on what they called the Day of Atonement. Apparently they must have meant "atonement for even existing."

[saint_archie]

Why do they call them fasts when they're so stinkin' SLOW?

Fluke of the language, I guess.

Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?

Why is "Abbreviation" such a long word?

Why does "Lisp" have an s in it?

MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE?!?!?!?!?!?!

[starsplinter]

Test of your patience and trust. And things like that.