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Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
I just saw that MysticCat posted so I am going to shut up and prepare myself for an evening of consuming green beer with the Conservinator, who better not try to wear an orange shirt again this year. 
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Very impressed!! Most people haven't got a clue about orange on St. Patrick's Day. And of course, the Ian Paisleys and Orange Orders have taken what was once a fairly innocuous symbol and turned it into something of an embarrassment.
I try to compromise by wearing something green
with my orange, but because of the embarrasment already noted, my orange tends to get a little smaller every year.
And yes, as you noted, it's not just Catholics who observe Lent. We Presbyterians, Episcopalians/Anglicans, Lutherans, and many others do as well, though perhaps not in all the same ways as Catholics. And our Greek GreekChatters could, I'm sure, tell us how the disciplines of Eastern Orthodoxy for Great Lent make all of the disciplines of the rest of us pale in comparison.