From: martinharran@gmail.com   
      
   On Sat, 7 Feb 2026 11:37:04 -0600, DB Cates    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 2026-02-07 8:36 a.m., Martin Harran wrote:   
      
   […]   
      
   >>>> Have you never heard the expression "Remember man that thou art dust   
   >>>> and unto dust shalt return"? It will be said to me later this month as   
   >>>> it is every Ash Wednesday.   
   >>>>   
   >>>    
   >>> WOW.   
   >>   
   >> Did you never wonder why Catholics go around on Ash Wednesday with   
   >> dirty marks on their forehead?   
   >   
   >Here's a little personal info so yuou might take your head out of your ass.   
   >I grew up in a protestant household (call it Christianity lite) and   
   >married into a large French-Canadian family (very Catholic). Lots of   
   >Catholic weddings and funerals; quite a few Midnight Masses (loved the   
   >music). So I am not ignorant of Catholic ritual.   
      
   Apologies if I came across as trying to teach my grandma to suck eggs,   
   that's the last thing I would try to do but what was behind the double   
   blink and WOW when I referred to "Remember man that thou art dust …"?   
   That is what I was responding to.   
      
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