The bishop and the beaver... Smells fishy!

[Minimalist]

As opposed to fish which is already expensive.... maybe that's because I live in a desert?


Anyway, reminded me of one of my favorite jokes.

One fine morning in Eden, God was looking for Adam and Eve, but couldn't find them. Later in the day, God saw Adam and asked where he and Eve were earlier. Adam said: "This morning Eve and I made love for the first time."

God said: "Adam, you have sinned. I knew this would happen. Where is Eve now?"

Adam replied: "She's down at the river, washing herself out."

"Damn," God replied: "I’ll never get that smell out of the fish."

[LastPoet]

Hmmm, a campfire with some fresh sardines, a salad of tomato and peppers, some red, red wine, some beread to hold the hot sardine, and its a feast of the gods for me....

[Jackalope]

I know my wife will probably be insistent that we don't eat meat on Fridays again. I even got her to admit that the whole "no meat on Friday" business was silly, but she still goes along with it. I think she's just afraid to give up those old traditions.

Try to convince her that pork doesn't count as meat.

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Unless you don't like fish there is nothing wrong with that. Fish does have some advantages over other meats, like omega 3, so mixing it up occasionally is not a bad thing imho.

Absolutely! Fish contains dozens of excellent minerals and other difficultly named itty bitties. Very good for you. In fact eating fish 3 out of 7 days is much healthier than 1 out of 7. And we had better get used to eating much more fish, much more often, because meat will become to expensive to eat everyday.

I love fish, and I'm happy to eat it frequently.

What I'm opposed to is some prick in a dress with a dusty old book who says I shouldn't eat meat on a particular day because his imaginary friend says so.

[Minimalist]

What I'm opposed to is some prick in a dress with a dusty old book who says I shouldn't eat meat on a particular day because his imaginary friend says so.

This particular practice does not even have that much substance behind it. Fucking jesus never gave such an order. This is the kind of bullshit that the church came up with all on its own and when you think about the majority of its members it is about the most pointless of all arguments. Only the nobility could afford to eat meat on a regular basis anyway. The rest of the dolts were getting by on gruel.

Giving up meat was the least of their worries. Probably aimed at priests and bishops who were getting fat off the work of the peasants. Some things never change in the church.

[Doubting Thomas]

This particular practice does not even have that much substance behind it. Fucking jesus never gave such an order. This is the kind of bullshit that the church came up with all on its own

This is the argument I used which got my wife to admit that it's a silly practice. I told her to find anywhere in the bible where it says to not eat meat on Friday.

[Rokcet Scientist]

What I'm opposed to is some prick in a dress with a dusty old book who says I shouldn't eat meat on a particular day because his imaginary friend says so.

This particular practice does not even have that much substance behind it. Fucking jesus never gave such an order. This is the kind of bullshit that the church came up with all on its own and when you think about the majority of its members it is about the most pointless of all arguments. Only the nobility could afford to eat meat on a regular basis anyway. The rest of the dolts were getting by on gruel.

Gruel of cabbage. And gruel of turnips. And cabbage pancakes. And turnip pancakes. And mushrooms. And cabbage/turnip/mushroom pancakes. And maybe once a week poached hare. And coarse bread. Lots of bread. And beer! Liters every day! Because drinking water was dangerous.
Still is.

Giving up meat was the least of their worries. Probably aimed at priests and bishops who were getting fat off the work of the peasants. Some things never change in the church.

Seems ol' Benedict is in a bit of a situation right now, though. It's the talk of the town in Italy. Lots of rumours. Like he hasn't got control of the curiae. And he's supposed to be sick. And that there's been an assassination attempt on him. And that his no. 2 is totally unfit for the job. Whatever that may mean.

Juicy times!