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Something new I learned today

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    jon-nyc
    wrote on 9 May 2020, 11:41 last edited by
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    'Meatless Monday' originated in WW-I, along with 'wheatless Wednesday' and 'gasless Sunday'

    Even the Wilson's observed them in the Whitehouse.

    The modern vegetarian version of 'meatless Monday' was inspired by the WWI effort and founded by a guy back in the 80s.

    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
    -Cormac McCarthy

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      George K
      wrote on 9 May 2020, 11:44 last edited by
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      Change the day to "Friday" and you're a Catholic.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        jon-nyc
        wrote on 9 May 2020, 11:45 last edited by
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        Is that all year or just during lent?

        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
        -Cormac McCarthy

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          jon-nyc
          wrote on 9 May 2020, 11:48 last edited by
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          I think Friday becoming pizza day at public schools was a concession to catholics. I think that happened in the 70s or earlier.

          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
          -Cormac McCarthy

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            9 May 2020, 11:45

            Is that all year or just during lent?

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            George K
            wrote on 9 May 2020, 11:50 last edited by
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            @jon-nyc said in Something new I learned today:

            Is that all year or just during lent?

            Used to be all year 'round. I don't know when it changed.

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              Loki
              wrote on 9 May 2020, 16:20 last edited by Loki 5 Sept 2020, 16:20
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              Wednesday is...

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