We might pretend to contemplate a healthy alternative, but I think we all know that if the Oreo is already out of the package and on the counter then the decision has already been made.
I loved sugar and all sorts of unhealthy processed foods. I never thought that I'd be able to give up sweets, especially ice cream. Well, in an effort to reduce my chronic pain, I fully committed to eliminating everything except meat, fruit and vegetables. I was successful! It lasted 90 days, but it would have continued permanently had I not been injured by shedding of the "v a c c i n e." We had moved in with us our 92 year-old neighbor because he suddenly was unable to take care of himself due to rapid onset of dementia, which occurred one month after his getting j a b b e d. My brother-in-law who is an ICU/Pulmonary Critical Care physician who was all aboard the c o v i d train, said that the most common side effect in the elderly from the j a b was dementia. It's been 13 months since I first began to exhibit symptoms of being affected by the j a b, even though I didn't get the j a b myself. Six weeks after eliminating junk food, I began to feel extremely weak; it wasn't fatigue, it was profound weakness. I felt myself fading away, as the only energy I had was to breathe. Six weeks after the weakness began, I bottomed out and went to the ER because I knew that something was very wrong. The night before going to the ER, my instinct informed me that I was dying. I felt like I was going to meet my Maker and I felt extremely close to my dad, who had died 8 months prior. That night, I noticed that my heart rate was half its usual rate and I developed an arrhythmia. I felt strangely at peace about dying. I got down on my knees and prayed that God would take care of my teenage children and I repented as vigorously as possible. I placed my bottle of holy water near my Rosary so that my husband would know that I knew I was going to die, which I hoped would give him some peace. Well, I did not want to die, so I abandoned my healthy diet and drank a ton of Gatorade (bc I knew that I was dehydrated in spite of having been drinking a lot of water and eating) took magnesium and other supplements, took sudafed and caffeine in order to increase my heart rate, etc. I believe that those actions saved my life (well, God spared my life). I had lost a *lot* of weight in the 2 weeks leading up to this evening. So when I went to the ER, I was written off as having an eating disorder bc I was down to 103 lbs (I had lost 30 lbs) and I told the physician and the nurse that I had drastically changed my diet 3 months prior - so they thought that my weight loss was intentional. In spite of being severely dehydrated which was obvious by the appearance of my skin, they did not give me IV fluids! Because I was "crazy," they gave me IV Ativan and IV B vitamins bc my electrolytes were out of whack. And then I was discharged. I continued to drink a ton of Gatorade and Ensure and I ate as much as I could. My husband brought me back to the ER 3 days later bc it was obvious that something was still very wrong. Keep in mind that this ER doc had access to my bloodwork results from 3 days prior. He did not give me IV fluids, either! He gave me pain meds, as I was in horrific pain and upon discharging me, he told me that I was dehydrated based on the results of my labs and to follow-up with my primary care physician. I was too weak to even call to make an appointment, let alone go to the doctor even though I would have been driven. I finally went to my primary care doctor 3 weeks later. He informed me, based on my labs from the ER that I had been bleeding internally + the majority of my labs were alarmingly outside of the normal range. His "best guess" was that I had a gastric bleed. I had no symptoms of a gastric bleed and after pressing him for a recommendation to a Hematologist, the Hematologist, as well as my neighbor who is a retired ER physician, informed me that based on my CMV lab results, I did not have a gastric bleed. But the Hematologist ordered a new battery of tests as well as an order for 4 iron infusions since I was anemic. Once the Hematologist was able to fix my iron deficiency, he wasn't motivated to fix anything else and he didn't pursue where inside my body I was bleeding. After being bedridden from April onward, I finally figured out on my own that the problem was my adrenal glands. I had to find an Endocrinologist, whom I saw last month in January. She did a test which confirmed that I wasn't producing cortisol (which also should have killed me) and that my adrenal glands were the source of the internal bleeding. She also told me that my adrenal crisis was a secondary issue to a pituitary gland issue. She prescribed a low-dose corticosteroid and now that I have cortisol in my body, I am capable of being able to run out of the house should it catch on fire. I would not have been able to get out of house prior to taking the corticosteroid due to the weakness. I had 2 dozen other tremendously painful symptoms, but this comment is inordinately long just to get to my point about oreos! When I eliminated junk from my diet, I coupled it with an Ivermectin paste protocol, bc a lot of pain is due to parasites. My most painful part of my body was bilateral hip pain. My hip pain eclipsed my unbearable back pain about 20 years prior. Six weeks into taking Ivermectin and eliminating sugar, my hip pain disappeared! I could not believe it. Fortunately, my hip pain did not return while I was going through the very painful period from April-January. So my point is this: I've been eating oreos just about every day and my hip pain is returning. As soon as my body isn't so fragile anymore, I will resume the Ivermectin paste protocol and eliminate sugar. I just find it amazing that by eliminating sugar and using an anti-parasitic medication, my most severe pain dissipated. I apologize for the length of this comment and giving you the play-by-play of the last 10 months of my life 😬
Oh my gosh!!! UA-cam notified me that there was a new comment by Kelli Buzzard under John Fisher's post. Why?? Why did I leave an absurdly long comment with unnecessary details and minutiae under a post about Oreos?!? I am so sorry - as well as being embarrassed and puzzled. My best guess is that I was in a sleep-deprived state, coupled with still being very disappointed with the subpar medical care I received from June-January. Again, I am sorry.😳
One of my happier Ash Wednesdays I couldn’t stop taking bites of things. I finally took a pregnancy test right before dinner. It was positive. I happily went and ate two servings and dessert because I could.
I'm a huge seafood nut so I'm happily eating fish all weekend. My wife's like "yeah this lent thing is such a sacrifice" She doesn't know I'm quitting smoking for good this year. Already down to a pack every other week its all part of the plan.
Do Job 401K instead >invest everything into the stock market >market crashes on Good Friday >starts suffermaxxxing arc repeat for the next 40 years of Lent
I appreciate the shoutout to Eastern Catholics! And yes, the only thing in my kitchen is shrimp, peanut butter, jelly, bread, cereal, and almond milk :')
@@museluvr Don't worry too much about keeping the exact letter of the fast since the point of it is to bring you closer to God and relying more on His mercy. But if you ever doubt or are confusef about something, just ask your priest :)
@@museluvr Hey, don't bring yourself down! Lent isn't about doing well or making great spiritual progress or fasting, it's about getting closer to God and doing something for Him. So even if you don't see your first try as a success, the fact that you started believing and did as good as you could for God must mean the world to Him who loves you so much!
I love imagining Eastern Catholics rolling their eyes when us Roman Catholics make a big deal out of eating slightly less food and no meat only on Fridays
There’s an interesting theme that runs thru your videos - that of being pushy in our self-righteousness. Aside from being funny, it’s very useful as a mirror for self-examination. Thanks for your wisdom but also your delicate hand in bringing this out. You are building the Church.
I'm the perpetually pregnant or breastfeeding mom. 😂 Our eldest is six and we have six kids. I don't have to be the "trying to get out of fasting woman"! Poor cookies at the end, and poor Trent! I think he was looking forward to having those cookies before Lent starts.
Eckshually... St. Alphonsus figured that parents and caregivers of young kids could be given dispensations. Because they might need their strength. (IIRC.)
When I am at the worst morning sickness it feels like I’m fasting with my 4th that was the first and second trimester so that is way more than 40 days. Currently expecting my 8th😊
Here in New Orleans we deal with tourists who think it's Mardi Gras year 'round. So the Catholics are like "Only people who don't get it party like that during Lent. Except for St. Patrick's day. But at least they only throw old cabbages from the floats. And you might get hit."
So that's where me and trent differ. Cookies on the floor ain't gonna stop me from me from eating them. Most people have a five second rule. As a catholic I have a five decade rule. 😉
Not having to fast when you're pregnant or nursing is so fantastic.....because I had twins. Which means you're STARVING. I was a level of ravenous I have never experienced at any other time. I once ate an entire sleeve of unsalted saltines slathered with unsalted butter standing at my counter in like a fugue state and then came out the other side of it covered in crumbs, like Lon Chaney transforming back into a human. I was like, "that's gross! why would I even choose to eat that??" Because CALORIES, that's why!
we did Exodus 90 this year and me and my roommate had what we dubbed the "don't be that guy clause" ie if someone gives you meat and it's wednesday shut up and eat it, if someone gives you sweets and it would be impolite to decline, don't decline, basically "don't be that guy" don't be like "HEY GUYS I'M DOING EX-O-DUS 90. DO YOU KNOW WHAT EX-O-DUS 90 IS. YOU SHOULD BE DOING THIS." don't be that guy
On Ash Wednesday a few years ago we visited my Grandma and she made a lot of fried fish in batter. I enjoyed it too much and gave myself a stomachache and couldn't go to mass. Abstaining from meat is hard, abstaining from Grandma's food is harder.
🤣🤣 “I’m gonna do *blahblah*… when YOU pack my lunch tomorrow, can you pack me healthy me stuff?” 😅 soo funny cuz it’s truly how it is. Haha then you smashed his cookies 😅🤣 you’re soo adorable. I loved the face Woman Trying To Get Out Of Fasting made😂 “in two weeks, I COULD be pregnant!”
A friend of mine and I were talking about all our food allergies and intolerances and then we looked at each other and asked, "soooo...what are you giving up for Lent?" I think being gluten-intolerant during Paczi season fulfills any and all Lenten obligations. ;-)
You need a dispensation from your parish priest in order to be released from days of fasting and abstinence. My whole family has multiple food intolerances (I can only eat 12 foods) but the law of the Church says we cannot make this decision on our own. But maybe you were just joking.
Easterners don’t get to choose, but I did have to give up milk, oats, & peas for 2½ years to nurse my baby who has FPIES & got rashes (well, apparently it’s all almost outgrown now), & at the most, she was allergic also to green beans, blueberries, pumpkin, zucchini, beef, brown mustard, oyster mushrooms, & the Lenten staples potatoes, onions, & lentils (1 gram of lentils made the stomach acid eat away her skin for 2 wks so she had a diaper rash of 3rd-degree burns). A few shreds of ham, a few pieces of popcorn shrimp, & her hypoallergenic formula are the only thing she likes & can have & that have a lot of protein. And I have an intolerance of all meat (fish included-have always had an intolerance of most meat), lettuce, & raw cabbage, can’t have spinach b/c it caused kidney stones, & am allergic to sumac/zataar (spice sometimes in hummus). And we have a hyperactive 7-yr-old who is still picky. (The good aspect is the only meat she doesn’t hate is shrimp.) She had FPIES too, & wouldn’t or couldn’t chew anything until 20 mos old. So cooking & meals have been exhausting for several yrs. There are these rules: “During fasting seasons, avoiding prohibited foods poses no health risk as long as adequate amounts of other foods are taken. Calcium intake and adequate calories may be a concern for growing children and pregnant and nursing mothers. Calcium-fortified orange juice is an easy way to guarantee plentiful calcium intake while avoiding dairy products. Nuts and nut butters are a good source of calories for those who need to maintain weight on a Lenten diet.” (From “The Fasting Rules in the Orthodox Church”, which I linked to in my prev. comment.) But also this from a priest: “One thing that I always say to pregnant women is that they still have to fast. We all do! But their fast is eating as healthily as they can, which is a discipline in and of itself. If it is healthy-eat it; if it is not-do not eat it, even if it does not contain meat or dairy. This does not mean that a pregnant woman should stuff herself on meat at every meal. This would not be healthy, especially if we are talking about processed meats full of sodium and nitrates. But the season of pregnancy is not the time for only bread and water after vespers.” www.pravmir.com/fasting-non-monastics/ So I agree it’s right to get dispensations for medical reasons akin to that.
This is the very first video of yours that I saw - and I was immediately hooked. Thank you not only for your levity and dedication to editing these well-done skits, but also how clearly joyful you and your family are. (Side note: my wife and I are currently watching your Pints With Aquinas interview when we get the chance and it's making us so happy - usually I don't care what podcasters have to say, but I admit it's refreshing to hear someone as articulate and charitable as you.) God Bless!
Hi Laura! I love your channel. I'm always excited when a new video pops up on my feed. Keep up the hilarious and at the same time insightful commentary!
I was hoping you'd do a Lent video! This is great!!! I also would love to see you cover the Friday Fish Fry Controversy, as well as the Catholics who don't believe you can take Sundays "off" (because "Jesus didn't leave the desert on Sundays") vs. the Catholics who hardcore take Sundays "off" :D
Oh, yeah, Eastern Catholics agree, “Jesus didn’t leave the desert on Sundays”, but ALSO, Holy Week is separate from Lent! 😁 And instead of Mardi Gras, we have the Sunday of the Last Judgement, the end of meat-eating, like turning back to Eden, then Maslenitsa (in the case of northern Slavs), 1 wk pancake festival (Cheesefare Week in the case of Greeks & I think southern Slavs-not sure exactly what others have), but never R-rated like Mardi Gras, only G-rated, then Clean Monday (not that any foods are unclean), when the liturgical readings DO go back to the beginning of Genesis. We do know what Ash Wednesday is, that part was just satire, but our theology is very different, so, no ashes.
I remember the first Lent I have up something .... chocolate, and excuse to exert autocontrol that was uncontrollable... then my bday came... BOOM... HUGE CHOCOLATE CAKE.... I LAUGHED, then CRIED lol Breathe in and out I didn't eat it. And for a non practicing family, they behaved and supported me.
I’m the Catholic who’s not that religious but tries to at least give up something. And I’m not telling what it is, so I sorta relate to the awkward teen boy except I’m a girl.
"NO, It's for Jesus! I can do anything for Jesus!" That one is me. I am so thankful that He is so patient with us. Do you think He ever laughs (in a loving father sort of way) when looking at our little struggles?
As an Eastern Orthodox I can definitely relate to the eastern Catholic bit 😂 Peanut butter and all things nutty are the dream! Saying that, being English I still understand what Ash Wednesday is 😉
Has a 17-year-old first time Exodus 90 guy I feel personally attacked and I love it also one of my last days before no UA-cam glad to be enjoying your videos Laura
Since you guys go to Divine Liturgy, could you make a video on the different kinds of people at a Byzantine parish? For example: the one that hates Aquinas for no discernible reason, the one that should just become Orthodox already!, the mad trad that escaped the motu proprio, the one who actually became devout when they changed rites, the one that says their Byzantine spirituality is sooooo different from your Latin spirituality but can’t explain how, the edifying ones that don't have a beef with Latins and make us all happy that the Byzantine Catholics exist (they’re awesome!), the one that’s a little too into the Great Fast, the hoity toity former Baptist with a pocket watch that confuses being English and being Greek, the ones that are the most lovable Jesus freaks ever, the actual Eastern immigrant who just smiles and nods at all theses other types, etc. I think it could be really funny!
St. Alphonsus de Liguori, man. He is my low blood sugar friend. Especially if you work at several of the categories of work that were exempted or discouraged from fasting. Of course this doesn't solve the low blood sugar, but it cuts down on the headaches, shivering, and tuneless singing/screaming,heh!
Been married 7 years and have 6 kids here. It's a wild ride, lol 😁😉 I'm perpetually pregnant or breastfeeding, often at the same time. Breastfeeding isn't a birth control, lol!
We might pretend to contemplate a healthy alternative, but I think we all know that if the Oreo is already out of the package and on the counter then the decision has already been made.
I loved sugar and all sorts of unhealthy processed foods.
I never thought that I'd be able to give up sweets, especially ice cream.
Well, in an effort to reduce my chronic pain, I fully committed to eliminating everything except meat, fruit and vegetables. I was successful! It lasted 90 days, but it would have continued permanently had I not been injured by shedding of the "v a c c i n e." We had moved in with us our 92 year-old neighbor because he suddenly was unable to take care of himself due to rapid onset of dementia, which occurred one month after his getting j a b b e d.
My brother-in-law who is an ICU/Pulmonary Critical Care physician who was all aboard the c o v i d train, said that the most common side effect in the elderly from the j a b was dementia.
It's been 13 months since I first began to exhibit symptoms of being affected by the j a b, even though I didn't get the j a b myself.
Six weeks after eliminating junk food, I began to feel extremely weak; it wasn't fatigue, it was profound weakness. I felt myself fading away, as the only energy I had was to breathe. Six weeks after the weakness began, I bottomed out and went to the ER because I knew that something was very wrong. The night before going to the ER, my instinct informed me that I was dying. I felt like I was going to meet my Maker and I felt extremely close to my dad, who had died 8 months prior. That night, I noticed that my heart rate was half its usual rate and I developed an arrhythmia. I felt strangely at peace about dying. I got down on my knees and prayed that God would take care of my teenage children and I repented as vigorously as possible. I placed my bottle of holy water near my Rosary so that my husband would know that I knew I was going to die, which I hoped would give him some peace.
Well, I did not want to die, so I abandoned my healthy diet and drank a ton of Gatorade (bc I knew that I was dehydrated in spite of having been drinking a lot of water and eating) took magnesium and other supplements, took sudafed and caffeine in order to increase my heart rate, etc. I believe that those actions saved my life (well, God spared my life).
I had lost a *lot* of weight in the 2 weeks leading up to this evening. So when I went to the ER, I was written off as having an eating disorder bc I was down to 103 lbs (I had lost 30 lbs) and I told the physician and the nurse that I had drastically changed my diet 3 months prior - so they thought that my weight loss was intentional. In spite of being severely dehydrated which was obvious by the appearance of my skin, they did not give me IV fluids! Because I was "crazy," they gave me IV Ativan and IV B vitamins bc my electrolytes were out of whack.
And then I was discharged. I continued to drink a ton of Gatorade and Ensure and I ate as much as I could. My husband brought me back to the ER 3 days later bc it was obvious that something was still very wrong. Keep in mind that this ER doc had access to my bloodwork results from 3 days prior. He did not give me IV fluids, either! He gave me pain meds, as I was in horrific pain and upon discharging me, he told me that I was dehydrated based on the results of my labs and to follow-up with my primary care physician. I was too weak to even call to make an appointment, let alone go to the doctor even though I would have been driven. I finally went to my primary care doctor 3 weeks later. He informed me, based on my labs from the ER that I had been bleeding internally + the majority of my labs were alarmingly outside of the normal range. His "best guess" was that I had a gastric bleed. I had no symptoms of a gastric bleed and after pressing him for a recommendation to a Hematologist, the Hematologist, as well as my neighbor who is a retired ER physician, informed me that based on my CMV lab results, I did not have a gastric bleed. But the Hematologist ordered a new battery of tests as well as an order for 4 iron infusions since I was anemic. Once the Hematologist was able to fix my iron deficiency, he wasn't motivated to fix anything else and he didn't pursue where inside my body I was bleeding.
After being bedridden from April onward, I finally figured out on my own that the problem was my adrenal glands. I had to find an Endocrinologist, whom I saw last month in January. She did a test which confirmed that I wasn't producing cortisol (which also should have killed me) and that my adrenal glands were the source of the internal bleeding. She also told me that my adrenal crisis was a secondary issue to a pituitary gland issue.
She prescribed a low-dose corticosteroid and now that I have cortisol in my body, I am capable of being able to run out of the house should it catch on fire. I would not have been able to get out of house prior to taking the corticosteroid due to the weakness. I had 2 dozen other tremendously painful symptoms, but this comment is inordinately long just to get to my point about oreos!
When I eliminated junk from my diet, I coupled it with an Ivermectin paste protocol, bc a lot of pain is due to parasites. My most painful part of my body was bilateral hip pain. My hip pain eclipsed my unbearable back pain about 20 years prior. Six weeks into taking Ivermectin and eliminating sugar, my hip pain disappeared! I could not believe it.
Fortunately, my hip pain did not return while I was going through the very painful period from April-January.
So my point is this: I've been eating oreos just about every day and my hip pain is returning.
As soon as my body isn't so fragile anymore, I will resume the Ivermectin paste protocol and eliminate sugar.
I just find it amazing that by eliminating sugar and using an anti-parasitic medication, my most severe pain dissipated.
I apologize for the length of this comment and giving you the play-by-play of the last 10 months of my life 😬
The 'near occasion of sin' with Double Stuff.
Oh my gosh!!!
UA-cam notified me that there was a new comment by Kelli Buzzard under John Fisher's post.
Why?? Why did I leave an absurdly long comment with unnecessary details and minutiae under a post about Oreos?!?
I am so sorry - as well as being embarrassed and puzzled.
My best guess is that I was in a sleep-deprived state, coupled with still being very disappointed with the subpar medical care I received from June-January.
Again, I am sorry.😳
One of my happier Ash Wednesdays I couldn’t stop taking bites of things. I finally took a pregnancy test right before dinner. It was positive. I happily went and ate two servings and dessert because I could.
🤣🤣🤣
lol
Congrats!!
OMG CONGRATS!!!!! 😲
@Certa Mentis … not on Ash Wednesday with the fast
I'm a huge seafood nut so I'm happily eating fish all weekend. My wife's like "yeah this lent thing is such a sacrifice" She doesn't know I'm quitting smoking for good this year. Already down to a pack every other week its all part of the plan.
You got this, man! You have my prayers to kick it for good!
Rooting for ya Timbo - you can do this.
@@museluvr thank you! It's been 4 days since I smoked already. I'm thinking by lent my motivation will be pretty robust.
@Timbo Slice
Alan Carr's book on the easy way to quit smoking might also be helpful for some.
Whoo, great about quitting smoking and not making it easy :) Good, keep strong and God bless you!
Deuteronomy 500000 guy
>only eats the Eucharist during Lent
>showers with liquid nitrogen instead of water
>prays 25 hours a day
>probably levitates
Only 25 hours ????? Amateur………….😏
Jesus be like: pharisee 😒
He’s opened his fourth eye
Do Job 401K instead
>invest everything into the stock market
>market crashes on Good Friday
>starts suffermaxxxing arc
repeat for the next 40 years of Lent
Is that levitates part a reference to Saint Thomas Aquinus? Because if so, nice.
Yes! The anger you take out on cookies during Lent is Biblical.
That's one of the best "Sorry not sorry"s I've seen for quite some time!
In every cookie there is a little demon!
I consider the book of Snackariah to be non-canonical.
@@DrinkToTheMighty ... but you can't consider it Dieter-canonical either
“Oh Lord, you smote the cookie in your wrath. Those who tempt your people shall face your justice!” -Psalm 153:1-2
"Is it spending 20 minutes in the bathroom?" 💀 ☠️ 💀
That one killed me
I appreciate the shoutout to Eastern Catholics! And yes, the only thing in my kitchen is shrimp, peanut butter, jelly, bread, cereal, and almond milk :')
Is milk not allowed? New to being Catholic and only my 2nd lent... my 1st I didn't do well on.
@@museluvrif you are roman rite milk is all good. It’s just eastern Catholics that have a lot more “fasted foods”
@@museluvr Don't worry too much about keeping the exact letter of the fast since the point of it is to bring you closer to God and relying more on His mercy. But if you ever doubt or are confusef about something, just ask your priest :)
@@museluvr Hey, don't bring yourself down! Lent isn't about doing well or making great spiritual progress or fasting, it's about getting closer to God and doing something for Him. So even if you don't see your first try as a success, the fact that you started believing and did as good as you could for God must mean the world to Him who loves you so much!
@@wiktoriarynkun3673 Ty for those encouraging words. I tend to analyze more than I should. God bless!
I love imagining Eastern Catholics rolling their eyes when us Roman Catholics make a big deal out of eating slightly less food and no meat only on Fridays
The teen boy one was too real 💀
Been there
Teen boys in the house over here! You hit the nail on the head, haha.
"you know what we don't have to abstain from?" 😉🤣
There’s an interesting theme that runs thru your videos - that of being pushy in our self-righteousness. Aside from being funny, it’s very useful as a mirror for self-examination. Thanks for your wisdom but also your delicate hand in bringing this out. You are building the Church.
Many cookies, and Trent's heart, were harmed during the production of this video.
As someone who is eastern orthodox seeing what looked like an oreo make me laugh because we all know oreos are technically vegan ;)
Exactly!
I'm the perpetually pregnant or breastfeeding mom. 😂 Our eldest is six and we have six kids. I don't have to be the "trying to get out of fasting woman"!
Poor cookies at the end, and poor Trent! I think he was looking forward to having those cookies before Lent starts.
Eckshually... St. Alphonsus figured that parents and caregivers of young kids could be given dispensations. Because they might need their strength. (IIRC.)
When I am at the worst morning sickness it feels like I’m fasting with my 4th that was the first and second trimester so that is way more than 40 days. Currently expecting my 8th😊
Yes I am too! We have 7! 😂
Here in New Orleans we deal with tourists who think it's Mardi Gras year 'round. So the Catholics are like "Only people who don't get it party like that during Lent. Except for St. Patrick's day. But at least they only throw old cabbages from the floats. And you might get hit."
At least it's not the Zulu parade.
@@TheBurningWarrior I love seeing people's faces when they learn about Zulu.
I want to know about the Zulu parade, we just had the pride Mardi gras in Sydney last weekend 😢 thank goodness a thunderstorm came through!
@@michsims123 I'll leave the description up to Google image search.
Pleasure club says it all 😟
So that's where me and trent differ. Cookies on the floor ain't gonna stop me from me from eating them. Most people have a five second rule. As a catholic I have a five decade rule. 😉
I laughed too hard at this 🤣🤣
Good for the immune system
Not having to fast when you're pregnant or nursing is so fantastic.....because I had twins. Which means you're STARVING.
I was a level of ravenous I have never experienced at any other time. I once ate an entire sleeve of unsalted saltines slathered with unsalted butter standing at my counter in like a fugue state and then came out the other side of it covered in crumbs,
like Lon Chaney transforming back into a human.
I was like, "that's gross! why would I even choose to eat that??"
Because CALORIES, that's why!
we did Exodus 90 this year and me and my roommate had what we dubbed the "don't be that guy clause" ie if someone gives you meat and it's wednesday shut up and eat it, if someone gives you sweets and it would be impolite to decline, don't decline, basically "don't be that guy" don't be like "HEY GUYS I'M DOING EX-O-DUS 90. DO YOU KNOW WHAT EX-O-DUS 90 IS. YOU SHOULD BE DOING THIS." don't be that guy
On Ash Wednesday a few years ago we visited my Grandma and she made a lot of fried fish in batter. I enjoyed it too much and gave myself a stomachache and couldn't go to mass. Abstaining from meat is hard, abstaining from Grandma's food is harder.
Abstaining from Grandma food is impossible 😅😅😅
LOL that ending! I love it. Also I love that you include Eastern Catholics. “We have shrimp...and peanuts... and that’s it.” Yes, pretty much!! 😂😂😂
Should be called "Too funny with Laura Horn"! Also Trent's voice acting is fantastic!
Who here thinks that Trent still ate the cookies that Laura smashed onto the floor?
5 second rule...uhhh 5 minute rule :)🙃
@@harryfrancis3532
Wasn't it 5 days or something?
@@royalsoldierofdrangleic4577 5 fortnights.
🤣🤣 “I’m gonna do *blahblah*… when YOU pack my lunch tomorrow, can you pack me healthy me stuff?” 😅 soo funny cuz it’s truly how it is.
Haha then you smashed his cookies 😅🤣 you’re soo adorable. I loved the face Woman Trying To Get Out Of Fasting made😂 “in two weeks, I COULD be pregnant!”
🤣🤣🤣 I remember the first Lent I *had* to fast since I first got married. That was a shock!
Laura! Your giggle is SO Contagious!!!
Your are completely adorable!
Perfection 😂 👌
A lil too close to home though, I don’t want to admit which one I am 💀
A friend of mine and I were talking about all our food allergies and intolerances and then we looked at each other and asked, "soooo...what are you giving up for Lent?" I think being gluten-intolerant during Paczi season fulfills any and all Lenten obligations. ;-)
You need a dispensation from your parish priest in order to be released from days of fasting and abstinence. My whole family has multiple food intolerances (I can only eat 12 foods) but the law of the Church says we cannot make this decision on our own. But maybe you were just joking.
Easterners don’t get to choose, but I did have to give up milk, oats, & peas for 2½ years to nurse my baby who has FPIES & got rashes (well, apparently it’s all almost outgrown now), & at the most, she was allergic also to green beans, blueberries, pumpkin, zucchini, beef, brown mustard, oyster mushrooms, & the Lenten staples potatoes, onions, & lentils (1 gram of lentils made the stomach acid eat away her skin for 2 wks so she had a diaper rash of 3rd-degree burns). A few shreds of ham, a few pieces of popcorn shrimp, & her hypoallergenic formula are the only thing she likes & can have & that have a lot of protein. And I have an intolerance of all meat (fish included-have always had an intolerance of most meat), lettuce, & raw cabbage, can’t have spinach b/c it caused kidney stones, & am allergic to sumac/zataar (spice sometimes in hummus). And we have a hyperactive 7-yr-old who is still picky. (The good aspect is the only meat she doesn’t hate is shrimp.) She had FPIES too, & wouldn’t or couldn’t chew anything until 20 mos old. So cooking & meals have been exhausting for several yrs.
There are these rules: “During fasting seasons, avoiding prohibited foods poses no health risk as long as adequate amounts of other foods are taken. Calcium intake and adequate calories may be a concern for growing children and pregnant and nursing mothers. Calcium-fortified orange juice is an easy way to guarantee plentiful calcium intake while avoiding dairy products. Nuts and nut butters are a good source of calories for those who need to maintain weight on a Lenten diet.” (From “The Fasting Rules in the Orthodox Church”, which I linked to in my prev. comment.) But also this from a priest: “One thing that I always say to pregnant women is that they still have to fast. We all do! But their fast is eating as healthily as they can, which is a discipline in and of itself. If it is healthy-eat it; if it is not-do not eat it, even if it does not contain meat or dairy. This does not mean that a pregnant woman should stuff herself on meat at every meal. This would not be healthy, especially if we are talking about processed meats full of sodium and nitrates. But the season of pregnancy is not the time for only bread and water after vespers.” www.pravmir.com/fasting-non-monastics/ So I agree it’s right to get dispensations for medical reasons akin to that.
You know what, respect to the teen for even participating in Lent, and trying to do something to improve their life
Laura is such a great physical comedian. And yeah that exodus90 guy is so dang accurate.
I was going to do Exodus 90 for Lent but now I'm too embarrassed.
I was going to give up all the junk 😳so am I 😅
Trent, you are a happy man. She's comedy gold. God bless you both! Laura, you're killing it! But not in like breaking a commandment way. LOL
“We have shrimp and peanuts aaaaand that’s it”
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I can’t stop replaying the awkward teen boy one - it gets me every time 😂😂😂
This is the very first video of yours that I saw - and I was immediately hooked. Thank you not only for your levity and dedication to editing these well-done skits, but also how clearly joyful you and your family are. (Side note: my wife and I are currently watching your Pints With Aquinas interview when we get the chance and it's making us so happy - usually I don't care what podcasters have to say, but I admit it's refreshing to hear someone as articulate and charitable as you.) God Bless!
“Spend 20 minutes in the bathroom?”
That one’s way relatable
Not pictured: the one who spends half of Lent trying to work out what to give up and if it's enough or if it's too trivial to matter (me)
My kids laughed so hard when you screamed at the oreo. It's the little things 🤣
I need to examine my motives now; nice roll into blooper reel at the end 😆
That awkward teen!
The Dieter looks like Gollum with his Precious.
It's painfully accurate.
Hi Laura! I love your channel. I'm always excited when a new video pops up on my feed. Keep up the hilarious and at the same time insightful commentary!
Trent upset that Laura threw food on the floor at the end, on a channel called "too far" w/ Laura Horn
I'm not even religious (nor is my family) but this is inexplicably hilarious.
Be strong this year. Be strong this year.
I was hoping you'd do a Lent video! This is great!!! I also would love to see you cover the Friday Fish Fry Controversy, as well as the Catholics who don't believe you can take Sundays "off" (because "Jesus didn't leave the desert on Sundays") vs. the Catholics who hardcore take Sundays "off" :D
Oh, yeah, Eastern Catholics agree, “Jesus didn’t leave the desert on Sundays”, but ALSO, Holy Week is separate from Lent! 😁 And instead of Mardi Gras, we have the Sunday of the Last Judgement, the end of meat-eating, like turning back to Eden, then Maslenitsa (in the case of northern Slavs), 1 wk pancake festival (Cheesefare Week in the case of Greeks & I think southern Slavs-not sure exactly what others have), but never R-rated like Mardi Gras, only G-rated, then Clean Monday (not that any foods are unclean), when the liturgical readings DO go back to the beginning of Genesis. We do know what Ash Wednesday is, that part was just satire, but our theology is very different, so, no ashes.
I’m rolling at you yelling at the cookies 😂😂
I remember the first Lent I have up something .... chocolate, and excuse to exert autocontrol that was uncontrollable... then my bday came... BOOM... HUGE CHOCOLATE CAKE.... I LAUGHED, then CRIED lol Breathe in and out I didn't eat it. And for a non practicing family, they behaved and supported me.
Excellent as always.
How about the "I post my ashes on every social media platform" person?
Whenever Laura does that Laura scream in any of her videos that is what always gets me 😂😂 I just find it so funny
I’m the Catholic who’s not that religious but tries to at least give up something.
And I’m not telling what it is, so I sorta relate to the awkward teen boy except I’m a girl.
Ok I laughed so hard at the end 🤣
😂 That last part with the Oreo cookie 🍪 😅Too good. 😂
0:14 When a husband thinks his wife really loves intimacy with him or wants an abundance of children, when actually she just hates fasting.
Here’s one you forgot: The hangry faster. That was me.
This is so funny! As a Catholic I can relate to some of these things. Just found your channel, and I already love you so much! ❤
"NO, It's for Jesus! I can do anything for Jesus!" That one is me. I am so thankful that He is so patient with us. Do you think He ever laughs (in a loving father sort of way) when looking at our little struggles?
The vegetarian catholic during lent: Oh shit lent? Last week? Oh well, I could've went the whole lent period without knowing and still make it.
Me with cold showers 😂😂💀
The "Exodus90 for lent" sent me 🤣😂💀
This is honestly my favorite channel 😂
As an Eastern Orthodox I can definitely relate to the eastern Catholic bit 😂 Peanut butter and all things nutty are the dream! Saying that, being English I still understand what Ash Wednesday is 😉
That Eastern catholic thing got me.
Thanks for including the fun interaction at the end after you threw the pancakes!
This is so true most of us half the time 😂 thanks for sharing!
That ending!!! 😂
orthodox christians looking at this:💀(look up fasika)
Has a 17-year-old first time Exodus 90 guy I feel personally attacked and I love it also one of my last days before no UA-cam glad to be enjoying your videos Laura
Since you guys go to Divine Liturgy, could you make a video on the different kinds of people at a Byzantine parish? For example: the one that hates Aquinas for no discernible reason, the one that should just become Orthodox already!, the mad trad that escaped the motu proprio, the one who actually became devout when they changed rites, the one that says their Byzantine spirituality is sooooo different from your Latin spirituality but can’t explain how, the edifying ones that don't have a beef with Latins and make us all happy that the Byzantine Catholics exist (they’re awesome!), the one that’s a little too into the Great Fast, the hoity toity former Baptist with a pocket watch that confuses being English and being Greek, the ones that are the most lovable Jesus freaks ever, the actual Eastern immigrant who just smiles and nods at all theses other types, etc. I think it could be really funny!
You are amazing Laura!!
Orthodox here☦️
Haha I didn't know I needed this content! My history teacher said he used to give up sarcasm for Lent.
ALSO THE TEENAGE BOY IS SO ON POINT HKDSFLSKSAJDFLKSFD
No kidding, Laura might be the funniest lady I know. All these skits are gold.😂
The too far at the end was perfect. 😂
This was my first year being exempt from fasting due to health issues and I felt so guilty lol
I’ll never forget the year I gave up being mean to my brother 😂
Catholics assembled again ✝ ❤️🙏
St. Alphonsus de Liguori, man. He is my low blood sugar friend.
Especially if you work at several of the categories of work that were exempted or discouraged from fasting.
Of course this doesn't solve the low blood sugar, but it cuts down on the headaches, shivering, and tuneless singing/screaming,heh!
What are you talking about in reference to that Saint? I'm not very familiar with him.
I laughed entirely too hard at all of these! :)
When the pastor starts talking about how you shouldn’t show off that fact that you’re fasting for lent : 🙉🧏♀️👩🦯
2:13 Looks like Mr. Horn doesn't appreciate Mrs. Horn's style of Method Acting. 😄
I'm that forever pregnant or breastfeeding Mom 🤣🤩
Married 17 years and 9 kiddos!
Lol🤩🥴🤠
Been married 7 years and have 6 kids here. It's a wild ride, lol 😁😉 I'm perpetually pregnant or breastfeeding, often at the same time. Breastfeeding isn't a birth control, lol!
Peter Dimond and The Awkard Teen Boy are eerily similar. 😂
🤣 I can relate to smelling the cookies 🍪
This is hilarious! Love your energy😄
1:18 sounds like my boyfriend except for the last part she said 🤣 Thats for marriage lol!
Meanwhile, we protestants are in the corner, smoking our cigarettes and drinking our wine watching you guys thinking "Damn."
I'm 12 days late here, but you just earned yourself a plus one. Subscriber, that is. 😉😂
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teen boy is spot on. LOL
This is the first year I am participating in Lent since I'm old enough now. I lowkey failed... 👀
I think Trent was speaking directly to me in this skit.
Why did she even get the Oreo out?!
She was just going to look at it, no harm in that, right?
When she yelled no at the Oreo😂😂
This is the most adorable person on UA-cam 😂😂😂
You are my favorite 🤣🤣🤣
Very funny..thank u so much for the good laughs
0:40 That is a super old-school controller. Is it Trent's? I love it.
Those poor cookies deserved better 😂
OG Super Nintendo controller is nice Easter egg.