Well, I'm on a diet that week and, I am giving up my pop and chocolate for Lint! I think I will feel better for it. Cathie -----Original Message----- From: vanessa pugh - Email Address: shannon17@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent On: 19/02/2004 14:09 Sent To: guide chat - Email Address: guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [guide.chat] Pancake day next week don't forget you food lovers that next tuesday the 21st is Shrove Tuesday or better known as Pancake day, this is when tradition and religion say that you use up all of your food which is to be eaten before Ash Wednesday , this is the start of Lent when people would give up eating rich and extravagent foodstuffs for a month so that they would learn how those who were poor had to live, so enjoy lots of nice pancakes , wonder if any of you on here would give up your medicine for a month, not sure that you could cope ha ha, take care , Vanessa the Saints reporter x x