My 'Jewish' grannie used to eat pork chops on Fridays so the catholics would have enough fish! She ate bacon a couple of times a week too, come to think of it.
My granddad - her man was an Atheist in a foxhole.

I used to be Catholic. I think the church did away with the no meat requirement a while back.

Don't feel bad about fish on the menu. In my town we have a lot of Muslims and many restaurants advertise halal food. It doesn't bother me.

Hey man!

I used to be a Catholic. I ate the body and drank the blood of Christ, I confessed my sins and did my penance to purify my soul, I smeared ashes on my forehead to represent whatever that was supposed to represent, I ate no meat on Fridays so as not to offend God's delicate sensibilities.

So, yeah, Catholics do really stupid shit.

I can never remember which way round it is (and couldn't give a rats ass) . I eat fish whenever I feel like it and frequently haven't a clue what day it is anyway. Thou shalt NOT eat fish on a Friday would make more sense, it'd give the righteous another harmless sin to confess.

I grew up surrounded by catholics. Fish on Friday was part of my life until I was out of my mother's house.
I remember going out to dinner with my grandparents on a Friday night and ordering a steak. That was the night I came out as an atheist to them.
Still had my steak though.

I totally get you, but ever since I moved to Cali I kind of miss fish fries. It was a good deal and they made it a hell of a lot better in WI than CA.

When I was in the army (a long time ago) the standard Friday fare was a choice of fish or Liver and Mac and Cheese. It pissed me off because the pope had given a dispensation for service members allowing them to eat meat on Fridays. So I ended up eating Mac and Cheese every F....ing Friday. Piss on cat licks.

I actually kind of like it, lol. I like fish and it's always on special on Fridays during lent. Even Taco John's and McDonalds have specials!! Not that they serve "good" fish but still.

Plus it's fun to make fun of the dorks on Ash Wednesday lol

You can't make imaginary things happy.

wow, that practice was supposed to have ended a few popes ago! it was never part of the actual religion (until whatever pope it was said so). it was strictly to help the fishing economies of greece and italy. political, not religious. is there a big fishing industry near where you live?

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You know, I grew up catholic and still welcome a good fish special. I'm a dyed in the wool atheist now but I don't mind fish. There's actually no rule that one must eat fish on Fridays, it's more of a fast day than a fish day. You know beaver's qualified as fish on Fridays.

Hehe. I always gave up brussel sprouts for Lent. Made about as much sense as the fish thing. Now I give up housework, but I'm not Catholic anymore.

Catholics (all religions) have a lot of weird ideas and depending on how devoted they are to the cult they belong to is shown by the silly things they do and how had they push their own beliefs on (or into as the case may be) others...

Hey, I've always been an Atheist so I'll eat red meat ANY time I choose and it has gotten me some very fierce and disapproving looks from the Faithfools especially on the times, rare times I might say, that I've dined out on a Friday and deliberately ordered a red meat dish instead of fish.
Piss and blood I say to the Faithfools, eating fish on Fridays is NOT a commandment in the Goat-Herders Guide to the Galaxy, it IS an edict passed down from one the Popes, i.e. Protectors of Paedophile Employees.

That's just one of the ridiculous things about Catholicism. How about confessions? Or priests that are born with balls but are unrealistically expected to ignore them? Or nuns born with a uterus but they are to remain alone and childless! Or the trans-something-or-other they believe changes the cracker and juice or wine into the actual flesh and blood of Jesus! Seriously? That's just absurd! And gross! Of course, they, along with all the other Christians in their various incarnations all believe in the immaculate conception, a common occurrence nowhere!

The catholic church commanded fastening but that was in the begging, then they changed it to "no red meats" only so then the fish thing started. I like fish but I don't care about the church and her pope!

I have never seen the entire menu changed to fish

Fish on Friday has not been a Roman Catholic obligation for decades.

I love the absurd idea of the Catholic fear of not eating fish on Friday. As if there isnt enough angst around their practices. I have had a few Catholic associates in the past and there is still this Sword of Damacles for many situations even for the lapsed ones. Brilliant conditioning techniques. Go Cathos!

I often have fish on a Friday. Our local pub/restuarant does a two for the price of one on fish and chips on a Friday. I couldn't care less about the silly RC rule although RC's did take it seriously at one time. I was tucking in to my steak and chips in the works canteen one Friday many years ago ( it must have been pay day) when a colleague and good friend sat down beside me with his fish and chips and said to me "how dare you eat meat at my table on a Friday" It annoyed me at the time but I had to smile later.

I used to be catholic and I never had or heard about this tradition, It is probably a local tradition than a general religious one.

There’s not a steakhouse where you live?

People should be thoughtful about their food choices, and local restaurants should accommodate that. We'd all be healthier if that happened. Sorry you personally don't like fish, but this is better than "Cheetos with liquid lunch Fridays" or whatever the food biz would try to get away with if they could. Btw lots of people pack their lunch for money or health or taste reasons. You should try it.

Sounds a little foolish of management to only offer fish on Fridays. Is there only one restaurant or cafeteria from which to choose? Living in a city of 270,000, I've never been forced to eat fish on Fridays when I dine out. Maybe it's just part of living in a tiny, mostly Catholic town?