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@ 2009-02-24 – 22:09:29
tonight's the night.
lent starts tomorrow.
so no alcohol for me for forty days and forty nights.
anyone care to join me in this challenge?
the days will be easy, but the nights ...!?
i need to think of something else i could drink instead...
tea?
water?
er ...
help!
any suggestions for an alternative evening drink, please?
roadrocket
kevinwilson
Pro get thee behind me!
on second thoughts, maybe not ...
cheers, not!
roadrocket
Ahhh!! Can I not tempt you with the Devils buttermilk?!!!
kevinwilson
Pro right, that's it!
i'm not talking to you ...
Lisaakyb
Yikes...I feel for you. As a special evening drink if I am not having wine or a cocktail I like to have a small mug of Green & Blacks cocoa with a slug of brandy. Hmmm... that's probably not helping is it?
How about diet coke. Or, what about one of the "posh" dilute drinks such as elderflower or rhubarb cordial from waitrose and delis. At least you can gussy those up with ice cubes, fruit and a nice glass xx
kevinwilson
Pro hmmm - i'll have a cocoa and brandy, without the brandy, please!
cordial is a good idea...
i love that expression 'to gussy' ... not heard that one before!
thanks for your help xx
Jenniebaby
How did your audition pan out?
Maybe will provide busyness of evenings...
kevinwilson
Pro still waiting ...
duh.
though you're right, if i get the part, i'll be out three nights a week!
kiki2u
YEAH no alcohol ok, so:
TEA?
Milk? I love milk!
Fruit shakes is great! like banana shake, or mango shake, avocato shake..with sugar on it yes 
, or you also can mix some fruits and shake it, it is really yummy 
Chocolate drinks??
Yogurte?? Liquid ones?
Water?
xxxx
Kiki
kevinwilson
Pro ooooh, thanks kiki - some great ideas there!
i like the idea of those liquid yogurt drinks...
i may even get healthy!
xx
kiki2u
The fruits shakes are yummy and great 
But those liquid yogurts are really yummy too! I love it!
xxxx
roadrocket
Milk?!!! YOUGHURT?!!!!
Oh no. This is just terrible... What's wrong with ALCOHOL!!!
It's no good. I can't stand it anymore... Where's that nice bottle of Viognier I've been saving... LOL
kevinwilson
Pro filthy habit!
i'm making the most of my last glass of red wine now.
and YOU are not HELPING!
kiki2u
OOOOOOOOh uuuuuuuu naughty one Kev!
LOL more red wine???
I don't believe it was your last one
RR was right, he knows you already lol
xxxx
kiki
kiki2u
HAHAHHAAAAAAAAAA RR nothing wrong I also enjoy some drinks as bayleys, Coconut shake liquer, Porto wine and others are great LOL
Ha Ah well LOL..is just for help Kev.!
Viognier what??? Never heard about that, it isn't vinegar is it?
Oh my LOL
xxxx
Kiki
MissyMouse
Like lisa I was going to suggest some of those wonderful cordials. My faves at the moment are made by Greenbottle and are lemongrass and ginger and the other one is elderflower. Just add either sparkling water or soda water...bliss!
xx
kevinwilson
Pro anything with ginger in it sounds good to me.
i'll try it!
xx
kendersrule
Pro smoothie 
is easy
kevinwilson
Pro but i might have to wash up after ...
(sulks)
kendersrule
Pro ...so rinse the glass out when you're finished!
kevinwilson
Pro be easier to smash it and put it in the bin, wouldn't it?
kendersrule
Pro ...no? drink smoothie, walk to sink, turn on tap, swish water in glass, empty, walk back to perch
Munzly
Have you tried rooibos? (roy-boss or roy-bosh) tea - a pleasant herbal infusion available from your local supermarket and rapidly becoming the fashionable non-caffeine drink of the decade. 
kevinwilson
Pro ah yes, i have tried it, thanks munzly.
good idea!
cheers ...
Munzly
Incidentally, why does Lent persist? We no longer have to make a virtue out of preserving stored summer-grown foods for as long as possible during the winter season.
Lent was originally designed to appy religious pressure on the ignorant, who might otherwise eat all their stores in the early weeks of winter and then starve. Not required now we have freezers and imported food to smooth out the season nature of local foods.
Nowadays a twelve month 'Lent' to blast off some of the worlds obesity would be more appropriate....
sula36
We are supposed to give up something for Lent, as I understand it, so we get a taste of what Jesus went through in his 40 days in the desert being tested by Satan. Not that I ever manage to give up anything for the whole 40 days, I would fail the test for sure.
Munzly
That's just a religious justification for a practical social policy. If it had been primarily for religious purposes it would have been best implemented during a season of plenty, when the temptation to gluttony would be highest.
sula36
You asked why does it persist, and that is the answer. because it is now a Christian tradition.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/lent_1.shtml
Munzly
So it's a subversion of the original purpose for teaching purposes. Surely finding a reason that's more in tune with today's world would be more appropriate. If a religion is just subjugated traditions, it is doomed.
If at the end of Lent, every Christian was healthy and slim, one might say it was useful, but most of your religion that I know just give up a minor vice such as chocolate biscuits and substitute some other gluttony, others attempt to give up smoking and usually fail.
kevinwilson
Pro i'm not sure the lines between religion and social policy are so clearly defined. whether you are motivated by christianity or the desire to better yourself, i think the principle behind lent is a worthy one!
Munzly
Kev, if it's a good principle, surely it doesn't need some superstition to back it up?
kevinwilson
Pro thanks for your comments, munzly.
plenty of food for thought.
Munzly
If I want to think, I put a drop of Woods Rum in my Rooibos!
kevinwilson
Pro aaaaargh! no more temptation, please!!
QueeneMab
Wow that is brave nearly as bad as giving up chocolate.
But if you want a great what about Mango lassi, the easiest way to make this is to put either a (peeled chopped) ripe mango, or drained tinned mango into a blender with a carton of natural youghurt and about a quarter of a pint of milk and 1-2 teaspoons sugar to taste.
Blend and pour over ice to serve.
X
kevinwilson
Pro thank you - that's a great idea.
i had a mango lassi in a little indian restaurant near euston station and it was delicious!
xx
brokendownangel
Pro there is always good old hot chocolate but it must be made with real chocolate and have lots of marshmallows floating on top. What will you have on bloscars night then? No champagne cocktail or martini to get you in the mood?? Good luck with it 
kevinwilson
Pro for some reason, i've never liked hot chocolate.
i prefer it in bars, slightly chilled!
as for the bloscars, i will sip sparkling water and feel virtuous (especially if a miracle happens and i win something!!)
x
pompeycaulkhead
stick to the bloody beer!!!!!!
kevinwilson
Pro just think how good it's going to taste after 40 days ... gulp!
pompeycaulkhead
Be a bit flat by then won't it???????
kevinwilson
Pro yeah, but will i care?!
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Aaargh!! How about a cup of sanity!!!
That's it... I'm sending a barrel of Wadsworths 6X to the Island straight away. Water? What's water?!!!