“Lenten Catering: The fishy conspiracy in March”

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By Joe Arentz: Proud Catholic

I never realized this before, but I am part of a powerful church. So powerful, that our 40 days of awesome bring the collective restaurant chains to our knees.

Now, Catholics are currently in “Lent”. The only info you need to know about Lent for this article is that we Catholics are not to eat meat (Excluding fish; I guess if you can’t breathe air you don’t count as a living creature) each Friday during these forty days until Easter Sunday. Lent is like Casey Kasem’s Top 40 Countdown, sacrificing something each day until we get to number 1. These days of abstinence are like Mr. Kasem mixing it up with those touching letters from listeners. Usually he’ll play a blast from the past as per request. It’s not what we want to hear, but we listen to it anyways.

Now, fast food chains don’t want to get punked by Red Lobster on Fridays, so they decide it’s time to premier fish sandwiches. Enter, Fillet-O-Fish!

Don’t worry Pope Benedict, Ronald McDonald and Co. has you covered!

Here are the restaurants which are either featuring fish products for the season (Or no meat items).

• McDonald’s- Choose between a combination of 2 Fillet-O-Fishes or Large Fries for $3.33

• Burger King- 2 fish sandwiches for 3 dollars in select areas

• Wendy’s-  I haven’t noticed a special price, but they’re hawking their fish sandwich like they have more class than their competitors.

Taco Bell- (See Image) At least they don’t beat around the bush, Eh?

What’s sad here? Is it how corporations can’t respect self-sacrifice (“we can’t abstain from profit, that’s unfair Jesus, you never owned a business”), or is it that some Catholics really can’t handle one day of modesty (“If I’m forbidden to have meat, I want the next best thing”). If you’re that desperate for a Big Mac, just wait until midnight like me.

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