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Bill Maher vs. the "talking snake"

The HBO host and comedian talks about "Religulous," his onslaught against the religious idiocy that threatens to deliver America to Sarah Palin and her fellow "space god" worshipers.

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  • Thursday, October 2, 2008 08:22 AM

    My funniest experience with one of the "believers" was:

    I've spoken about this before however, this is the best place for this true story.

    I have several elderly customers who ctually cannot afford to have an appliance repaired, etc.

    This is what my business is~~appliance repair.

    I have one certain customer like this for whom I've done several things and have never charged her.

    The last time I went there, as I was packing up my service truck, one of those two axe handle wide hausfrau neighbor ladies waddled over to tell me that she knew what I did for her neighbor and that I would surely go to heaven as, I was so "xtian" like.

    I looked her in the eyes and told her that I am an atheist.

    With wide startled eyes, she looked at me and actually said, "You're going to go to hell."

    It was all I could do to not crack up laughing in her face.

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