The Pittsburgh Guide to Lent (With Reasonable Exceptions)
Rule: No meat on Fridays.
Acceptable excuse: The pierogies were cooked in the same pan as the Ricci’s sausage but only “absorbed the essence.” That’s basically aromatherapy.
Rule: Fasting — smaller meals, less snacking.
Acceptable excuse: Someone brought in Mancini’s bread still warm AND a pound of hard salami and/or butter. Ignoring that would be disrespectful to tradition, heritage, and frankly the baker.
Rule: Give something up for 40 days.
Acceptable excuse: I gave up road rage, but then someone tried to merge at the Fort Pitt Tunnel stop sign that doesn’t exist… Even the Lord would be mad at that!
Rule: Practice patience and kindness.
Acceptable excuse: I let one dump truck and one Port Authority Bus merge in front of me in the same day.
It’s Lent…. Less go… by the time it ends, we will be 19 days from the NFL Draft, YaJagoffs.
John is a Partner at YaJagoff Media, LLC.
