@Tarnagh @killingfloorman
I can't remember which pope it was, but one of them designated (among other things) seabirds and aquatic mammals as "fish" meaning that it's actively encouraged to eat beaver* on Fridays.
*pun VERY intended
@stueytheround @Tarnagh @killingfloorman
and now the upper echelons can justify eating lobster while feeling virtuous, as i heard from an insider.
@stueytheround @Tarnagh every day is a church day 😇
@killingfloorman @stueytheround in North America, they don't consider beaver to be meat either. it was decreed to be a "fish".
@killingfloorman @stueytheround
More or less exactly how it happened. I forget which Pope but they were from a country with a flagging fishing industry. To help support it he made up the fish on Friday thing.