how do you eat....

**zelazny** · August 25th, 2003, 12:48 AM

_Every_ friday?

you poor poor thing!
I was originally reformed, which means people try to be sober, simple and quite ..eeh.. attached to their money. Resulting in us never eating fish [img]frown.gif[/img]

So i'm pretty happy i choose my own diet nowadays so i can have fish at least once a week [img]redface.gif[/img]

**SHATOUSHKA** · August 25th, 2003, 01:06 AM

Originally posted by zelazny:
_Every_ friday?

yeah... my folks were strict about the... er... 'rules'
my mom tried to dice it up with oysters and other
sorts of disgusting *treats*... i grew to liking
shellfish (no oysters)... but fried clams were ok!

we also had one friday a month reserved for 'going
out to eat'... and we'd not visit a place unless
fish was served on the menu.... [img]graemlins/sure.gif[/img]

Originally posted by zelazny:
I was originally reformed, which means people try to be sober, simple and quite ..eeh.. attached to their money. Resulting in us never eating fish [img]frown.gif[/img]

i'm not sure what this means. people who eat
fish spend alot?

**zelazny** · August 25th, 2003, 12:04 PM

Naah, well.. the typical 'dutch' reformed religion usually implies that people are down-to-earth, should do their work, and not grump a lot about life, yet go on and find pleasure in the simpleness and not do anything frivolous.
Now seeing how fish was something my parents never got as children, they saw it as somewhat frivolous (not that they didn't like it, but it was sort of.. 'extra') and being extra it would be a shame to waste money on that if you can have perfectly good 'normal' food.

**diluted** · August 25th, 2003, 12:08 PM

yeah the dutch philosophy dont spend money if you dont HAVE to why do you think we are up their with the irish as tight arses???

**zelazny** · August 25th, 2003, 04:44 PM

Originally posted by shatzy:
er... but thats a contradiction.

money is meant for spending... sooner or later. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Yes, i know, but in old calvinistic reformed religion it was considered very good not to foolishly spend money.

**zelazny** · August 25th, 2003, 04:45 PM

Originally posted by The 4 Horsemen 11:
yeah the dutch philosophy dont spend money if you dont HAVE to why do you think we are up their with the irish as tight arses???

Wasn't that scots? As opposed to irish?
Seems that greed rules supreme in that little corner of the world here [img]smile.gif[/img]