16 hot takes on Ash Wednesday
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Personally, I’ve never been one to give things up for Lent. I remember I said as much a few years ago and Sir Al Ferguson promptly sent me a text saying “Apart from that 12 point lead, you mean?” which I felt was disappointing from a knight, frankly.
— Galactic Keegan (@GalacticKeegan) March 6, 2019
10.
As we prepare for Ash Wednesday, I really need to know: what is the proper greeting when you encounter another ash-marked person in public? Should we say "a very penitent Ash Wednesday to you!" or "Greetings, Ash-fellow. I too will die, as will all my family & friends" or…??
— Joy Marie Clarkson ☀️ (@joynessthebrave) March 5, 2019
11.
Him: I can't wait for all the Easter eggs I can eat after Lent..
Me: yes, it'll be eggs sell Lent!*
*I'll get my coat
— Jude D (@heyitsJudeD) March 5, 2019
12.
Lent commemorates the forty days that Jesus spent in the wilderness when he was trying to quit smoking, which is why it begins on Ash Wednesday.
— paul bassett davies (@thewritertype) March 5, 2019
13.
I'll tell you what I'm giving up for Lent. My arse. There ye go.
— Autobiography out NOW (@DaftLimmy) March 5, 2019
14.
Annual reminder that “Lent” is French for slow and English for fast.
— Nicholas Mulroy (@nickmulroy) March 5, 2019
15.
any catholics out there giving up hating the gays for lent or is it just ice cream again
— babs (@buttabarba) March 5, 2019
16.
Can I give up my job for lent? I’ll come back after 40 days
— Ntobeko (@Dlala_Mzolo) March 5, 2019
If you thought the Ash Wednesday would be all solemn hymns and sooty foreheads, you’d be wrong.
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