19 Stupid Questions About the Fast
1. If I stay up
all night watching movies and eating popcorn, eat a good breakfast before
sunrise, and sleep all
day, am I a good Bahá’í?
2. If I smoke marijuana, but do
not inhale, am I breaking the Fast?
3. If I eat
something by mistake, but then go to the bathroom and throw it up, am I
breaking the Fast?
4. If I just stand
over the stove and smell the cooking for just fifteen minutes, am I breaking
the Fast?
5. If I eat just
to please the non- Bahá’ís in my company to show that I am not a fanatic, does this count?
6. If I just eat while keeping my eyes closed,
is this eating during daylight?
7. If I think I might be pregnant, can I just
eat until I get the results of my pregnancy test?
8. If I cough up phlegm, then swallow it, am I
going to hell?
9. If I take to subway to work, can I have a
coffee and doughnut before I enter into the daylight?
10. Can my best friend just fast for me today?
11. I get bad breath during the Fast. Can I just use a little wine as a mouthwash?
12. I just turned fifteen on March 3 – do I get
to wait until next year?
13. I’m time travelling for a school project, and
I’m sure it will take more than nine hours.
14. My cat just died. I don’t want its leftover food to go to
waste.
15. For my 60th
birthday March 13, my family is flying in for the weekend, but have to leave on the 5:00
plane. No cake for me?
16. I’ve been
waiting all year for the lobster 2-for-1 lunch special! I’m a poor guy and it’s
my girlfriend’s
favourite, and it’s our anniversary!
17. I want to celebrate the Guardian’s birthday
in style – he deserves it! Well?
18. If I don’t
gain five pounds in these last three days of the Fast, I won’t fit into my
special Naw-Ruz dress –
now we wouldn’t want that, would we?
19. The expiry
date on my yogourt is already one day past.
What shall I do?
