The Seven Deadly sins
I have always known them off by heart. I even made up my own mnemonic at far too early age to keep me on the straight and narrow. GAPWELS should be our watchword.
This could also be called 7 things about me as “Suzy” over at “identity crisis” prefers to call it. She tagged me with a meme, but I only ever manage to seem to be able to get around to these things at the weekend as I am bloggy challenged and all the linky do dahs steam up my bifocals.
Sloth or being lazy, is probably the only one that doesn’t apply to me. I am probably allergic to lazy. I am simply not capable of remaining still for long enough. I am a constantly moving target so the arrows of sloth can’t tag me. There again ‘busy’ and ‘productive’ are not necessarily the same thing.
Lust or lechery. I shall have to skip this one as I can’t get my spouse to sign the waiver.
Covetousness or avarice, the insatiable desire for wealth or gain, isn’t really my thing. Envy is another one that I mislaid when I changed from a youngster into an old fogy, or possibly just foggy, but the wrinkles are only thinly disguised under a thick layer of Ponds facial cream.
I have oodles of wrath or anger, which is quite disproportionate to the cause. Wrath manifests itself in the form of irritation and annoyance, which covers just about every waking moment. Even as the flames of hell tickle my toes, I shall be cross that I left my flameproof socks at home.
I debating with having Pride declassified as a deadly sin, since it appears that we womenfolk are in dire need of a healthy dollop of self esteem, but I don’t want to split hairs about definitions.
Gluttony is probably the best deadly sin around. Under normal circumstances [fully functioning gnashers] I would have a chance at a fairly reasonable score at this one, as everyone knows that salted peanuts are made with the sole purpose of tempting the dentally challenged.
Ideally I should like to tagged 7 similarly lapsed Roman Catholics but they’re a bit thin on the ground, so instead I’ll tag “Suzy” right back just to see if she has a holy chance of getting into the Convent.
“Lori” over at “Spinningyellow” seems to have her own unique way of wading through the religious options, so I’ll be interested to see her take.
“Melody” over at “slurping life” is another one that has her hands full to over flowing, so she’s bound to have something helpful to aid lesser mortals such as myself.
“Stompergirl” over at “Stompergirl” always get my vote as she admits to the vice of grumpiness, which always makes me feel so much better.
“Liv” over at “madnessmadnessisay” because she’s good at huge memes, uses strange unfamiliar words and also wants to change the world. I’d also be jolly glad to see her sitting in the lotus position on a nice hard wooden pew.
“Furiousball” is bound to bounce back with something to rattle my cage.
Number seven would have to be “I am Bossy” because I know that I’m going to love the pictures and have a “giggle,” hopefully at her expense.
So off you toddle now and see if you can offer me some insight into the world of sin from around the globe, sort of antidote to “nice matters.”
Maybe you could just pick one, the one that’s really bad for you and post 7 items just on that? Wouldn’t it be fun to find out what wickedness lurks beneath the outer shell of the blogs that you love?
You don’t have to be tagged to join in, but if you post let me know so I can pop along and hand out penance. Do I have a touch of the “God Complex” or maybe just a little devilment?
Cheers dearies
Stumble it!
December 2nd, 2007 at 3:13 am
You make me laugh so hard. Great 7.
December 2nd, 2007 at 3:17 am
Great post!!
December 2nd, 2007 at 4:16 am
Oh Sloth is my worst. I really am a lazy cow! My bathroom finally got cleaned yesterday, last time I did it was 3 months ago!
December 2nd, 2007 at 5:51 am
I’m so sloth I’m losing 2 fingers on each hand!
The Nice award came back to you, check my last post!
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:17 am
When I get my list DOWN to seven, I’ll get back to you…
December 2nd, 2007 at 8:07 am
Anger, envy, vanity—–guess they’ll be no Nice Blogger awards sent my way!
December 2nd, 2007 at 8:15 am
BWAHAHA!
Once again, I’m safe. I’m not Catholic. ;o)
December 2nd, 2007 at 8:45 am
This is awesome! I am LOL…great seven.
Julie
Using My Words
December 2nd, 2007 at 9:11 am
We are Catholics who should not really be considered Catholics anymore. I love the tag, very interesting. Those bracelets are wild. Are those for real?
December 2nd, 2007 at 11:25 am
Ahhh a lapsed Catholic eh? No wonder I feel so comfortable over here!
December 2nd, 2007 at 11:31 am
LOL how much do I love this post?
December 2nd, 2007 at 11:31 am
Good answers, a well thought out post.
Crystal xx
December 2nd, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Love the ‘anti-nice-matters’.
After hours and days sitting in a studio chair trying to meet deadlines, the only activity that doesn’t take away too much time is SNACKING. To a glutinous level… One really can get sick of chocolate… I need a new studio recreation…
December 2nd, 2007 at 4:28 pm
I’m a lapsed Catholic too! What fun!
December 2nd, 2007 at 5:16 pm
LOL this is a great post! And, I second your thoughts on pride. That sin should apply only to husbands who ignore the smell of a baby until their wives pick him up.
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Lets see, do I have a chance of getting into a convent?
Unless they’re really lowered their standards, I think not…
I’m gay, hate what the priests have done to children, don’t think the Pope has a clue, didn’t like my mother, much less love her, I am really lazy and love tv so unless a convent can get every cable station known to mankind, I wouldn’t enter it.
I like Buffalodicky’s comment…..
I think the movie that best describes my Catholic upbringing and religious fears and practices was “The Exorcist”. The movie says it all.
I rest my case.
LOVE YOUR POST!!
LMAO!!!
Love,
Suzy
December 2nd, 2007 at 8:25 pm
I love what you did with this 7 things about me meme… As a catholic, deadly sins are part of the “culture”!!!
I did post a comment about this 2 hours ago and it didn’t post… weird, I would have swore…
Anyway, this is my 2nd try!!!
December 2nd, 2007 at 8:39 pm
I’ve always known the sins, too! Except my mnemonic is SLEWGAP. Yours sounds nicer.
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Very funny presentation. Not being Catholic, I can’t say I’m lapsed on any of these particularly. The only thing that’s “sin” in my mind is something that hurts someone else.. which totally justifies my tendency to both sloth and gluttony.
December 3rd, 2007 at 5:22 pm
It’s an odd list, really, for sins. Shouldn’t it be “the seven deadly motives” or “the seven unfortunate personality traits”? I mean, most of these things don’t seem exactly sinful by themselves.
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