Brisk salutations, warm rub-downs and chillsome greetings to you all on this particularly shiversome Shrovetide Tuesday. Yes thats right, its pancake day, yes its pancake day, its p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-pancake day. Although sadly not for me. Unfortunately the old 5-2 diet doesnt allow for the usual obscene mountain of pancakes spread liberally with strawberry jam or lemon curd. Still I guess it could be one of those things that I give up for lent. Of course Shrove Tuesday comes from the word shrive which means to confess, people go through the process of self-examination and consider what wrongs they need to repent of. Well I must confess, Im generally not very good at giving things up. In fact my usual tack is to proudly claim that for lent I am going to give up giving things up. Which I have to say is very similar to my usual New Year Resolutions. So how should one go about giving up, giving things up? It could mean the opportunity to maybe start some new addictive habits or start eating more chocolates, sweets and fatty foods. Maybe start smoking a pipe!? Ive never even tried smoking a pipe myself, but I have always liked the look of it. You can make seemingly intelligent and interesting points when youre holding a pipe. People seem to pay more attention to what youre saying if you point the end of your pipe at them when conveying your view. Then to show youve finished bestowing your priceless knowledge upon them you just stick the pipe back in your mouth and fold your arms. I mean who can argue with someone whose just made a point with a pipe and folded their arms? Its the end of the discussion surely. Still, Im sure there are far more sensible people than me out there, people who choose this time of year to try and make a positive alteration to their lives, even if it is just until Easter. So weather youre going to give giving up a go, or have a go at giving up giving things up, I wish you well in all your endeavors, whatever they may be.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 07:50:03 +0000
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