Not to rain on anyone’s parade, but somehow it seems to me that eating lobster on Fridays is keeping to the letter of the law but not the spirit. Not that I don’t do the same thing. But in the spirit of penance, wouldn’t it be more appropriate to have a box of that macaroni with the orange cheese sauce? Except, that probably would be no penance for the kids…
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