Pip Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Please tell us all Trescoletto ! Will, you'd better close your eyes - you know what they say about eavesdroppers ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 trescowhy is it always catholics that "lapse"? we don't talk about a lapsed protestant, do we? or, more specifically, how about a lapsed presbyterian or lapsed methodist, or any of the other non-catholic christians?are there lapsed muslims, budhists, hindus, sikhs, jews? or even a lapsed atheist?this may not be about returning to the uk, but there ARE any number of these "lapsed" folk in france or (indeed the uk) and, perhaps, they'd all like to return to ...er..their roots and stop being lapsed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Sorry Pips, its an intuitive thing and hard to explain. Jayj may be able to help though. I bet people didn't know about her secret past as a novelty wear demonstrator. Sorry Jayj.[kiss] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 [quote user="sweet 17"]trescowhy is it always catholics that "lapse"? we don't talk about a lapsed protestant, do we? or, more specifically, how about a lapsed presbyterian or lapsed methodist, or any of the other non-catholic christians?are there lapsed muslims, budhists, hindus, sikhs, jews? or even a lapsed atheist?this may not be about returning to the uk, but there ARE any number of these "lapsed" folk in france or (indeed the uk) and, perhaps, they'd all like to return to ...er..their roots and stop being lapsed?[/quote]Would prostitutes become pro-lapsed.............................[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 bugbearTHAT is definitely below the belt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Usually..................................[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJay Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Yes Pip, tis me. Sorry Jean Luc, the disguise was to protect the innocent!Tresco, what can I say? [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 [quote user="sweet 17"] trescowhy is it always catholics that "lapse"? we don't talk about a lapsed protestant, do we? or, more specifically, how about a lapsed presbyterian or lapsed methodist, or any of the other non-catholic christians?are there lapsed muslims, budhists, hindus, sikhs, jews? or even a lapsed atheist?this may not be about returning to the uk, but there ARE any number of these "lapsed" folk in france or (indeed the uk) and, perhaps, they'd all like to return to ...er..their roots and stop being lapsed?[/quote]Sorry Sweets, I missed your post.I thought about changing it to 'recovered/recovering Catholic' after posting. I think 'lapse' is used because a lapse is a temporary thing, and many of those of us brought up in that manner who do 'lapse', tend to recant at the drop of a hat when faced with evidence of approaching death?.This is just a guess, and I'm not suggesting that hat dropping should be banned, either. [:)]By the way, I read today that officially France is no longer a 'Catholic' country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 I suppose I must be a lapsed nonconformist then.I have my eyes shut, but my ears are wide open.[:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Phrases such as 'lapsed Jews' or 'lapsed Muslims' are indeed used, and relatively common, having exactly the meaning you would expect. I don't think there is any temporary connotation, once you lapse you are lapsed and you stay lapsed unless you re-engage, so I am in some dubiety about your thesis here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 My thesis is that 99% of 'lapsed' Catholics 'repent' on their death beds. As long as they are sincere, (scared witless) they are welcomed back into the bosom of the church, just as they leave it (in a corporeal sense).I thought only Catholics had this great good luck, but now, I'm wiser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 [quote user="Tresco"]My thesis is that 99% of 'lapsed' Catholics 'repent' on their death beds. As long as they are sincere, (scared witless) they are welcomed back into the bosom of the church, just as they leave it (in a corporeal sense).I thought only Catholics had this great good luck, but now, I'm wiser.[/quote]"Lapsed Catholic" is the phrase used by some members of my family in the hope that I will do this, Tresco! I refer to myself, however as an "ex-Catholic"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumziGal Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 As long as the Angsouchongs remain lapsed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerise Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Does that mean Lapsa Apso's are the breed of dog for ex-catholics[geek] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted January 11, 2007 Author Share Posted January 11, 2007 [quote user="Cerise"]Does that mean Lapsa Apso's are the breed of dog for ex-catholics[geek][/quote]ExclusivelyIan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Is that anything like a lapsed ASBO? [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 I guess this thread is now totally off topic [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumziGal Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 I would agree that it has lapsed lamentably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Which beggars the fact that the excuse given for deleting all those previous posts on this thread was....................................wait for it...................Off subject.I have no problems with anything going off subject but as a lapsed personne interdite I feel an affinity with the subject [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 I think everything necessary, and a lot that's not, has now been said about going to England - so if the mods want to move us to another bit of the forum, why not?Then we can freely get back to the serious stuff about mini-habits [Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumziGal Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Mini-habits?Is that if you only smoke one cigarette a week? Or bite only two of your nails? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pip Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 LOL SB !Will, I hate to burst your bubble but you do realise that the 'mini-habits' are still well below the knee [:P][:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Not in my imagination, they aren't [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert the InfoGipsy Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 What have I done????The thought of Sister Mary Basil in anything other than full, all-enveloping tenue pinguin is quite terrifying. Think 'Nuns on the run' (Robbie Coltrane). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Aha! Hagrid in a habit![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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