# Is anyone else giving anything up or observing Lent this year?

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**Created:** [February 8, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-giving-anything-up-or-observing-lent-this-year/997326 "2024-02-08T20:48:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-giving-anything-up-or-observing-lent-this-year/997326/29 "2024-02-10T21:42:04Z")

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> [@Dumb, obvious jokes some people can't help but reflexively make](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-obvious-jokes-some-people-cant-help-but-reflexively-make/994928):
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> After I made this post in [another thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-compliment-inappropriate/994817/79) — It occurred to me it might be a good idea to catalog the various knee-jerk “witticisms” that the tellers think are amusing but that the recipients have probably heard a thousand times. Two more examples: I’ve heard this a few times in convenience stores and gas stations, when somebody is buying a lottery ticket. The clerk asks what numbers they want, and the customer says “the winning ones.” Har har. When I used to do IT support, I’d be sitting at …

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