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A woman whose religious beliefs forbade her from getting a divorce took the only reasonable, rational alternative that anyone would under such circumstances: she tried to hire a hit man<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Which, of course, reminds me of the Catholic couple Margie knew in college who were sleeping together, but wouldn’t use a condom because, y’know, that’s a sin <\/i>…<\/p>\n

(Via JillMatrix<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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