ode to a fish sandwich

with lent underway, look forward to seeing more commercials for mcdonald's filet-o-fish sandwich. i think they've been running the same one for a few years now, and you never see it until lent starts. i bet if you go into mcdonald's in say, november, and ask for a filet-o-fish, they don't even have them. anyways, this seems strange, because, as a catholic, i feel like less and less catholics live by the no-meat-on-fridays-during-lent rule. old-schoolers, definitely. the people who grew up pre-vatican ii, and couldn't eat meat on any friday ever. but i think the new generation of catholics are more flexible about forcing down fish on fridays.



so i've come to the conclusion that catholics who eat filet-o-fish (or fish sandwiches from white castle, they are basically interchangeable) are actually using lent as an excuse to enjoy a tasty, greasy, fried fish sandwich. i mean, what other time does that sound good, except for the time that you can't eat any beef, chicken, turkey or pork?