“Shrove Tuesday (also known as Pancake Tuesday, Pancake Day, Mardi Gras, and Fat Tuesday) is the day preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Shrove Tuesday is observed mainly in English speaking countries^{[citation needed]}, especially Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States but is also observed in the Philippines and Germany. Shrove Tuesday is linked to Easter, so its date changes on an annual basis.

In most traditions the day is known for the eating of pancakes before the start of Lent. Pancakes are eaten as they are made out of the main foods available, sugar, fat, flour and eggs, whose consumption was traditionally restricted during the ritual fasting associated with Lent.”

Thought that summed it up pretty well :0)

We celebrate ‘Pancake Day’ and still call it that. I have been very poorly today and felt very much under the weather, so although I didn’t eat any of these…

…I made them for everyone else.

It is always a good chance for us to talk about as a family why we celebrate Pancake Day, Lent, Easter. What we may be giving up or doing differently during the next 40 days in the lead up to Easter.

And, yes, we eat crepes with lemon and sugar.

Ans: Well, 11 months after moving here (from Ireland) I can’t decide if I am settle or it is just a resignation that this is now where I live.

Wow, for many reasons this answer hit me in the gut and, yet it is a great articulation of the ‘acceptance’ phase of a move.

It really is as simple as

Ephesians 5:21

²¹ Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

It is said that ATCKs never really feel at home anywhere – except maybe an airplane….

Five American Expressions The British Don’t Understand

I found this on the BBC webiste

“Bite me!” What is this? A gesture of masochistic defiance? A ‘sticks and stones’ statement of invulnerability? It’s just I’m fairly sure that the relationship between a biter and bitee tends to favor the one with the teeth, otherwise vampires would be afraid of necks. So the invitation to bite is hard to fathom, given the context in which the phrase is used. Or is there an implied bodily location where the biting should take place, which would return the power to the bitee? Are you saying “bite me on the ass” or “bite me on my unmentionables”? Or is it a threat, as in “OK, seeing as you’re so smart, bite me and see what happens”? A little clarity, please!

“Blow smoke up your ass” Sycophants often have to do degrading things in order to truly express the intensity of their positive feelings, but even the most monstrous egos in the world of showbiz would surely halt at accepting an offer of smoke blown up their fundament, whether as a gesture of extreme approval or some kind of fire-based cleansing ritual. It’s not only gross, but a serious health risk to everyone concerned. Which leads me to conclude that the only sane answer to someone saying “Hey I’m not trying to blow smoke up your ass” is “I should bloody hope not!”

“Oh snap!” Oh what? Snap? Snap what? What ARE you on about? And what purpose does this expression serve? Are you saying it to commend a smart-ass for their witty quip, or pat them on the head condescendingly for trying? Is it one of those phrases that started out as a high fiving “oh you got SERVED” and has now ended up meaning an eye-rolling “nice try, Seinfeld”? It’s just that we’d probably be quite good at saying it, if it turned out to be the latter. Eye-rolling is a British specialty, after all.

“Could care less” A minor niggle, but a niggle nonetheless. When people say they couldn’t care less about something, that means there is literally no amount of care left in their care sack for the issue in question. Their feelings are entirely devoid of caring, on this topic. They’ve pulled up the bucket from the care well and it is empty. When they say they COULD care less, that means there is still some residual care, lying at the bottom of the well, should anyone wish to go and get it. If anyone ever said “he could care less” meaning “he’s still got some leftover issues about it, but they’re on the wane,” it would be fine, but no one ever does. They only ever use it to mean “he couldn’t care less.” So why not SAY that? That’s what the British do.

“Momentarily” I only found out about this the other day, but it’s a good one. It seems that our two great nations have different understandings of the same word. Suppose you have friends coming over to stay, and they send a text message when they’re just around the corner, just to be sure you’re ready for them: “Hi! We’ll be there momentarily!” In America, this means “we’ll be there in a moment,” but in the UK, it means “we’ll be there FOR a moment.”

Something to bear in mind, if you’ve made a big meal for your British guests.

The origional post can be found here.

Whoever pursues righteousness and love
finds life, prosperity^[c]and honor.

²² One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty
and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.

Ladies, I love you. Friends are Friends forever!