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Wanda Sykes: "When they see me, they don't know which way to hate." ): (Original Post) pinboy3niner Feb 2013 OP
I love Wanda Sykes.. one_voice Feb 2013 #1
I felt the same way in the south Warpy Feb 2013 #2
Wanda would love you pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #3
Excellent place to lose it. Catholic school did it for me. Warpy Feb 2013 #6
The best part of Catholic school Tumbulu Feb 2013 #11
And, funny.. :) Cha Feb 2013 #4
Love Wanda Sykes ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #5
She cracks me up libodem Feb 2013 #7
Wanda! So many times jazzimov Feb 2013 #8
She is hilarious. I love her! catbyte Feb 2013 #9
I love Wanda. nm rhett o rick Feb 2013 #10
"I think you dislocated my vagina." Kennah Feb 2013 #12

Warpy

(111,319 posts)
2. I felt the same way in the south
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 11:13 PM
Feb 2013

There I was, a Yankee from an Irish Catholic family turned atheist in a sea of Southern Baptists. It's a good thing they didn't know about my dubious ancestry, they'd have had a couple of other directions to run away.

It didn't help that I was gawky, wore jar bottom glasses, and was a math shark.

Warpy

(111,319 posts)
6. Excellent place to lose it. Catholic school did it for me.
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 11:42 PM
Feb 2013

I'm convinced Catholic schools were an institution dedicated to the production of atheists. Most I know in real life survived Catholic school.

Tumbulu

(6,292 posts)
11. The best part of Catholic school
Wed Feb 20, 2013, 02:02 AM
Feb 2013

Was that it was a sort of spiritual immunization against falling for fundamentalism. I know of not one of my classmates that became "born again". And so, that is a pretty amazing feat, really.

jazzimov

(1,456 posts)
8. Wanda! So many times
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 11:54 PM
Feb 2013

her little remarks as a "throwaway" hit so close to the mark - there are so many movies that wouldn't be the same if Wanda wasn't there!

Kennah

(14,299 posts)
12. "I think you dislocated my vagina."
Wed Feb 20, 2013, 03:17 AM
Feb 2013

I have to wonder if Wanda Sykes ad libbed that line in "Monster In Law" to try and make Jane Fonda break up laughing.

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