seize the (fat tues)day!

Mardi Gras = Fat Tuesday (in French). They call it this because it’s the day before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent’s period of sacrifice. This is why it’s known to be such a day of gluttony, but unfortunately most of us associate it these days with drunken debauchery, beads, and girls flashing [...]

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