# What are you giving up for Lent? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 5, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225 "2003-03-05T13:09:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225/1 "2003-03-05T13:09:42Z")
In the past, I’ve given up atheism, religion, armed robbery, intraveneous drugs, sex with prostitutes, and Unix system administration. This year, I’ve settled on radical Islamic terrorism. How about you? ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225/2 "2003-03-05T13:16:19Z")
I’m giving up self-deprivation ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225/3 "2003-03-05T15:06:51Z")
Considering the price of gas, I guess I’ll be giving up disposable income. ---
**Author:** ![CinnamonGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@CinnamonGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CinnamonGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225/4 "2003-03-05T15:34:47Z")
I think I’ll give up ragging my husband about quitting smoking. But!!! As a good Episcopalian, I was taught that Sundays are never fast days, so I can rag him on Sundays, poor dear. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225/5 "2003-03-05T15:46:51Z")
I think I’ll give up Lent for Lent or Christianity. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225/6 "2003-03-05T15:49:30Z")
Stupid masochistic self-gratifying archaic rituals. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225/7 "2003-03-05T15:50:17Z")
Same thing as every year: heroin. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225/8 "2003-03-05T16:16:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > \*\*Stupid masochistic self-gratifying archaic rituals. \*\* Yup, nothing more self-gratifying than making your life more difficult for 40 days… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![WhiteyFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@WhiteyFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhiteyFoo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225/9 "2003-03-05T17:38:20Z")
I usually give up crack and selling organs on the Black Market, but this year I think I’ll do something a bit different and give up eating babies. ;j ---
**Author:** ![raisinbread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225/10 "2003-03-05T17:40:48Z")
Sobriety, responsibility, the color green, being a non-smoker. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225/11 "2003-03-05T18:22:12Z")
Many, many, many years ago, I gave up the Catholic Church for Lent and it was the wisest thing I have ever done. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225/12 "2003-03-05T18:30:41Z")
I think I’ll just give it up for Lent. W00t! W00T! ---
**Author:** ![CinnamonGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@CinnamonGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CinnamonGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225/13 "2003-03-05T18:32:51Z")
sigh. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225/14 "2003-03-05T18:48:19Z")
I did the same as DMark. I gave up religion for lent when I was in High School, and never went back. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Perm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@Big\_Perm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Perm)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225/15 "2003-03-05T19:09:13Z")
People still do this? ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225/16 "2003-03-05T19:15:28Z")
Same thing I give up every year: vine-ripened tomatoes and fresh watermelons. What? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225/17 "2003-03-05T19:20:20Z")
**Big Perm** -[Yep.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=167009) StG ---
**Author:** ![Honeydew\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Honeydew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honeydew_1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225/18 "2003-03-05T19:26:11Z")
Can I give up work? Please? Pleaseeeeeeeeeeee??? ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225/19 "2003-03-05T20:56:35Z")
I’m giving up squid for Lent… and I don’t even attend a liturgical church. ---
**Author:** ![CreaseMunky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@CreaseMunky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CreaseMunky)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225/20 "2003-03-05T21:54:29Z")
My New Year’s resolutions. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent/159225.md?page=2)