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violence, pornography, and rude words for the web generationen-usZ Giving up sobriety for Lent 2011: week 5
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The <a href=/david/religion>Church of Greg</a>'s School of Experimental Theology has noted that followers of <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasting>lesser faiths</a> claim to get spiritual benefits from giving up things that their deity disapproves of, such as fun and tasty food. Greg disapproves of being a po-faced teetotal git, so as an experiment this year observant Greggists are giving up sobriety.<p><table> <tr> <td valign=top align=center> Day 23: Mon 4 Apr<br> <img src=/david/journal/images/giving-up-sobriety-for-lent--grolsch-weizen.jpg><br> Grolsch Weizen </td> <td valign=top align=center> Day 24: Tue 5 Apr<br> <img src=/david/journal/images/giving-up-sobriety-for-lent--guinness.jpg><br> <font color=green><strong>A point o' the<br>black stoff</strong></font> </td> <td valign=top align=center> Day 25: Wed 6 Apr<br> <img src=/david/journal/images/giving-up-sobriety-for-lent--kirsch.jpg><br> Kirsch </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=center> Day 26: Thu 7 Apr<br> <img src=/david/journal/images/giving-up-sobriety-for-lent--stinger.jpg><br> Badger Brewery<br>"Stinger" nettle ale </td> <td valign=top align=center> Day 27: Fri 8 Apr<br> <img src=/david/journal/images/giving-up-sobriety-for-lent--bombay-sapphire.jpg><br> Gin, no tonic<br>Bombay Sapphire </td> <td valign=top align=center> Day 28: Sat 9 Apr<br> <img src=/david/journal/images/giving-up-sobriety-for-lent--hannibals-nectar.jpg><br> <a href=http://www.frederic-robinson.co.uk/beers/seasonal.html>Hannibal's Nectar</a> </td> </tr></table><p>As you can see, I have now drunk all the decent beer in my <a href=http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Balham_Bowls_Club,_SW12_8QX>Monday pub</a>. I would have had something delicious from Sharps's brewery, but some bastard had drunk it all before I got there. 2011-04-09T19:06:58Z