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Cursing, hot-air ballooning, pot? Sacrifices for Lent are on a roll (DOPEY 'TAKES ON' ANN COULTER)
Chixcago Sun-times ^ | March 21, 2007 | RICHARD 'DOPEY' ROEPER Sun-Times Columnist

Posted on 03/21/2007 9:41:13 AM PDT by Chi-townChief

Give it up! After I noted that giving up e-mail or text messaging for Lent would be much more of a sacrifice than giving up red meat or chocolate, I asked for your Lenten abstinence stories.

I heard from more than 300 of you. Only about 5 percent of adults said they were going to try to cut back on the techno-stuff.

Kristina Lambin: "I'm 24 and I'm giving up alcohol for Lent. Wine, vodka, beer, etc. And I'm on a diet where I can eat virtually no sugar, so there's really no outlet and I'm about to go crazy! I think by the end of the 40 Days/40 Nights I'll need a punching bag in my cubicle. At least Josh Hartnett in that movie had an outlet for his lack of hanky panky :-)

"Thanks and keep doing what you do."

Things could be worse. You could be forced to watch "40 Days and 40 Nights" for 40 days and 40 nights.

Dan Woodward: "I gave up hot air ballooning AND walking backwards ... I do not think I am going to make it ... just too much."

When you resume your hobbies, try not to pair one with the other. Could be dangerous.

Tina Ricker: "I gave up cursing. I'm wondering if I'm a good Christian for giving up cursing or a bad Christian for cursing so much that I chose to give it up! Either way, does it count if I swear in my head but not out loud?"

How the $#@&! should I know?

Just as Jimmy Carter once confessed lusting in his heart for other women, I believe we're supposed to work on eliminating those impure and negative thoughts. But let's face it, if all our thoughts were made public, hell would outnumber heaven about 6 billion to one.

No small sacrifice Chris DiNicolo: "I am giving up guilt for Lent. As a recovering Catholic, it is a big step in the healing process." Guilt gets a bad rap. If not for the mere prospect of feeling guilty in the aftermath, imagine all the things people would do. Sometimes pre-guilt is your best friend.

Tom Brandenburger: "Your column got me thinking ... I have therefore decided that for the rest of Lent I am fark-free. Yes, no more fark.com. My fark habit had grown into a totalfarkhabit. I do at least 15 hours a week of perusing fark."

Oh no! If you gave it up, that means you missed the fark.com story from Tuesday that was captioned, "Tom Brandenburger has one hour to claim million-dollar windfall."

Name withheld: "I gave up smoking pot. My friends tease me and ask, while taking a hit, 'Why not give up something like apples! You like apples, don't you?'"

I guess when you're high that whole "giving up apples" thing sounds pretty funny, eh?

Tim Griffin: "I am 10 years old. For Lent, I gave up playing PlayStation 2. But it's been pretty easy so far because now I just watch ESPN HD instead."

Good lad. As long as you didn't have to give up "Poker After Dark" and "Best Damn Sports Show," you'll be OK.

Marianna: "I gave up sugar. Not carbs, just sugar. Sounds easy enough. Then the owner of one of my favorite restaurants sent complimentary dessert. There was a gummy bear incident. I personally think the point and poignancy of Lent comes in the failing. We're all sinners. It's hard to abstain, and that's why people fail in great ways and in small ways all year long. Lent is ultimately a reminder of that."

You realize that gummy bear incident was all over the Internet, don't you? Shocking stuff.

It's a 40-1 shot Len Klasen: "In recent years I have sacrificed beer, pizza and my favorite hobby -- wagering at the OTB. This year I have given up beer and popcorn, which go together nicely, but I am currently catching flak from my wife and son because I am drinking non-alcoholic O'Douls, which I don't consider real beer. Am I wrong?" I'd say it's OK to have the occasional O'Douls, as long as you're not having non-popping popcorn as well.

Shannon P.: "I am going to give up e-mails that aren't absolutely essential to my -- oh wait, I just broke my vow!"

Wa-ha-ha-ha-ha. I got about six variations on that same joke. Only problem is, e-mailing me IS absolutely essential -- much more important than, say, working while you're on the job. Who does THAT any more?

Timothy Sheedy: "I gave up Bushmills, and it's tough because I'm full-blooded Irish and it's March. As a companion offering I will attend Mass two days a week in our beautiful St. John's Cathedral in Fresno, Calif.

"God forgive me for the thoughts I have on the evil of Ann Coulter."

You mean like thinking she looks and sounds like a hateful tranny?

Oh wait, those are someone else's thoughts.

mailto:rroeper@suntimes.com


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: catholic; coulter; dopeyroeper; lefties; lent; libs; rats; richardroepper
So just how big a homo (generic use, of course) is Roeper?!?!?!
1 posted on 03/21/2007 9:41:16 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
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To: Chi-townChief

Ford Toploader... that's a hateful tranny. Doesn't look a thing like Ann.

2 posted on 03/21/2007 9:44:24 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Chi-townChief
I have no idea what the hell this article is about, so I'm putting a pancake on my own head.

FMCDH(BITS)

3 posted on 03/21/2007 9:56:11 AM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: Tijeras_Slim; nothingnew

You have to wonder why Ann can't say "faggot" even in passing and yet Dopey can call her "tranny" all day long.


4 posted on 03/21/2007 10:01:52 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
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To: Chi-townChief

Roeper only wishes he had a 10th of the following that Ann does.


5 posted on 03/21/2007 10:04:14 AM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: Chi-townChief

RICHARD 'DOPEY' ROEPER is an Edwards, major league.


6 posted on 03/21/2007 10:05:39 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (When I search out the massed wheeling circles of the stars, my feet no longer touch the earth)
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To: Chi-townChief

Do the country a favor. Give up voting for Democrats.


7 posted on 03/21/2007 10:23:07 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Our first responsibility is to keep the power of the Presidency out of the hands of the Clintons.)
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To: Chi-townChief
He's certainly no Gene Siskel.
8 posted on 03/21/2007 10:26:07 AM PDT by riverdawg
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To: Chi-townChief

Roper is a bundle of sticks.


9 posted on 03/21/2007 10:26:32 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (Or what the Brits call a cigarette)
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... and an English cigarette.


10 posted on 03/21/2007 10:29:20 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Ann does have a big Adam's apple.


11 posted on 03/21/2007 10:33:29 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (Hajjis HATE the waterboard! It can turn a clam into a canary so fast Harry Potter would be jealous.)
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To: Chi-townChief

lol. see my ever changing tagline in #9


12 posted on 03/21/2007 10:34:02 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (the earth has a fever, I'm totally cereal - Al "Manbearpig" Gore Jr.)
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To: CholeraJoe

The more bumps the merrier.


13 posted on 03/21/2007 10:40:06 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Chi-townChief
"God forgive me for the thoughts I have on the evil of Ann Coulter." You mean like thinking she looks and sounds like a hateful tranny?

So it is okay to call someone a tranny but not a f*****?

Communist despots suck.

14 posted on 03/21/2007 10:56:11 AM PDT by weegee (Carbon credits are nothing but the Global Warming movement's way of selling indugences.)
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To: Chi-townChief
This is some real hard journalism on display here. It must've been a slow news day since this "went to print".
And he gets paid for this! AMAZING!
15 posted on 03/21/2007 11:13:07 AM PDT by philman_36
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To: Chi-townChief

Richard Faggot Roeper


16 posted on 03/21/2007 3:14:24 PM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: Chi-townChief

A man went to confession and said "Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. Are you going to kick me out of the church?"

The priest said "It's unlikely you'll be kicked out of the church. How did you sin?"

The man replied "I broke Lent. Are you going to kick me out of the church?"

The priest said "That's a very minor sin. What did you give up?"

"Sex" the man replied. "Are you going to kick me out of the church?"

The priest asked "What happened?"

The man explained "My wife bent over to pick up a potato, and I couldn't resist. I had her right there. Are you going to kick me out of the church?"

The priest replied "No. Ten Hail Marys should be penance enough. But why do you think I'd kick you out of the church?"

The man replied "Well, they kicked us out of the grocery store!"


17 posted on 03/21/2007 7:38:09 PM PDT by mozarky2 (Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist!)
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To: finnman69
cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos...Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back" translated into Latin
LOL!
18 posted on 03/22/2007 1:32:50 AM PDT by philman_36
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