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[tree_and_leaf]

Alaf, helau, happy Shrove Tuesday, and all that!

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[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

Is it today or tomorrow that we welcome you to temporary vegetarianism? I'm not sure of procedure, despite Giles Fraser extolling the virtues of Lent as a 'moral audit' on Today this morning...

[tree_and_leaf]

Tomorrow: Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. If this were a more Catholic country, today would still be Carnival (hence the obscure cries of 'Alaf' and 'helau', which are usages of various parts of Germany...

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

I used to know that (about Lent) but have become shockingly uncertain about these things latterly.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

There were free pancakes being given out at St Michael's at the North Gate this lunchtime. Alas! I did not have time to queue for one.

[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

Ho Narro!

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

I knew this was the wrong day to work from home (and am only starting to read work books now...)

[anna-in-the-sky.livejournal.com]

Schmeck'sch dr' Brägel!

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I hope you had a good one.

(Was at school most all of the day. Didn't really feel like Mardi Gras. Oh well.)

Blessed Ash Wednesday to you.

[tree_and_leaf]

*boggles*

[tree_and_leaf]

I didn't get any pancakes on Shrove Tuesday either....

[tree_and_leaf]

Is that what they say in Constance?

[tree_and_leaf]

And a holy Lent to you!

[anna-in-the-sky.livejournal.com]

It's what they say in Breisach. Some nonsensical question of whether you like the taste of your potatoes. The answer would be 'Ajo!'. :-)

Ajo!

[tree_and_leaf]

Mmm, brägle.

Oh dear, I'm awfully hungry.