[Gay State Conservative]

When I was a kid it was pretty typical to give up...or *try* to give up...candy for Lent.But one year one of the nuns at school (yes,Catholic school...10 years) told us that we shouldn't do that because it results in layoffs of people who work in candy factories.That made sense to me at the time...it still does,in fact.

[massgopguy]

Three of us at our Italian Club gave up drinking for Lent last year. The treasurer’s report for the month reflected a loss of $1,000. Everyone turns around and looks at us.

[driftless2]

"give up candy"

Thanks a lot. You're fifty years too late for me to use that argument on my parents. Oh well...probably wouldn't have done a lot of good anyway. My parents were notoriously skeptical of any excuse by a kid for any reason.