No one knows today what a black fast is. The Church has lost its former severity and has relaxed its penitential standards to nothing. Who remembers that
"Fasting days and Emberings beLent is a joke, the Church serves bread crust and tea. Even the ridiculous Moslem Ramadan (where every night is a feast) is more rigorous. We Jews observe (do we?) the Yom Kippur, a 24 hs total fast. Some extremist fast two consequent days. But the West has gone soft.
Lent, Whitsun, Holyrood, and Lucie."
I am no extremist either so started to cheat. Having lost 20 kg in 40 days, Dr Rasputin's Order of the Day was to go on fasting two more days. Ponyemay? Da. I arrived home and boiled TWO 200 gr fish portions. I said to myself: Niet. Nihil Obstat. And ate it.
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Hey, were you the guy who warned me away from buying real estate in Colorado on my livejournal in 2006?
No idea. 2006?
J, own up. There is a prize waiting for you.
Anon.
No prize is waiting for ME.
Come on, there's a falafel in it for you!
I was wondering, since the anonymous commentator wrote exactly like you. I took that advice to heart, thank God, and watched my colleagues' mortgages go under.
I dont remember.
Boris since you take tips from people you hardly know, here's another: sell everything and invest in space technologies. Alfin's site has the details.
Talking about investing in space, I have a better idea. Real estate on the moon. Better than Florida. Lots of sunshine. Romantic, starry skies.
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