Re: Shrove Tuesday

On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 14:27:42 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:

On 2025-03-04 11:58 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 4:47:58 +0000, Bruce wrote:

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How Protestant? I was indoctrinated in the Anglican church and it was a
thing.  Driving around today I went by a couple Protestant churches that
had signs out for pancake dinners.

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Aren't Anglicans Catholics without the pope?
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Pretty much.

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Jews don't recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
Protestants don't recognize the Pope as head of the church.
Baptists don't recognize each other in the liquor store.

I met a Mormon couple yesterday. I was in the parking lot at Target and
the car in front of my car had its hood up. A nicely dressed portly
gentleman was working under the hood. You could tell he wasn't from
here. I went up to him to offer assistance. He was trying to get the
terminals off of his horribly corroded battery with pliers with little
luck. A nicely dressed portly woman from the other side of the car. She
addressed his as "Elder." It was then, that I noticed they were wearing
big name tags that said "Church of Latter Day Saints."
What he needed was a 10mm wrench to loosen the terminal nut. Oddly
enough, I had a 10mm socket and ratchet in my glove compartment. This
made his task simple and he replaced the battery with one from Costco.
The battery was a lot smaller than the one he replaced. Shrinkflation, I
guess.
The guy offered me payment for the use of the ratchet. "Absolutely not.
I was sent by Jesus to help you in your time of need." Well, I said the
first part. The second part was just something I came up with after
sitting in my car, after the couple drove off. Say, maybe I am an agent
for Jesus.