# And Packs Of Renegade Nuns Roam Our Streets, Terrorizing The Populace. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-packs-of-renegade-nuns-roam-our-streets-terrorizing-the-populace/167762 "2003-04-10T12:33:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-packs-of-renegade-nuns-roam-our-streets-terrorizing-the-populace/167762/1 "2003-04-10T12:33:36Z")
And Packs Of Renegade Nuns Roam Our Streets, Terrorizing The Populace. > **[Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines](https://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=%2Fnm%2F20030409%2Fod_nm%2Fodd_italy_nuns_dc)** > > The latest news and headlines from Yahoo! News. Get breaking news stories and in-depth coverage with videos and photos. Damn renegade nuns! Can’t trust “nun” of 'em. 😃 Shootin’ up the town, runnin’ crooked bingo parlours, sellin’ pieces of “the one true cross”. Rustlin’ cattle next, no doubt. I’m switchin’. ;j 😉 ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-packs-of-renegade-nuns-roam-our-streets-terrorizing-the-populace/167762/2 "2003-04-10T12:46:20Z")
i never realised [nuns on the run](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0100280) was based on a true story. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-packs-of-renegade-nuns-roam-our-streets-terrorizing-the-populace/167762/3 "2003-04-10T12:49:57Z")
You’ve got to wonder how many Citroen driving packs of nuns there are in that area. Probably drunker than skunks as well. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-packs-of-renegade-nuns-roam-our-streets-terrorizing-the-populace/167762/4 "2003-04-10T13:58:22Z")
That’s a terrible habit to get into. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-packs-of-renegade-nuns-roam-our-streets-terrorizing-the-populace/167762/5 "2003-04-10T14:07:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*That’s a terrible habit to get into. \*\* Where’s the rimshot smiley when you need one? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-packs-of-renegade-nuns-roam-our-streets-terrorizing-the-populace/167762/6 "2003-04-10T14:34:24Z")
it was a “hit and nun” ---
**Author:** ![MissSwish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@MissSwish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissSwish)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-packs-of-renegade-nuns-roam-our-streets-terrorizing-the-populace/167762/7 "2003-04-10T17:44:31Z")
Maybe they were just taking Hamlet’s advice? “Get thee to a nunnery” ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-packs-of-renegade-nuns-roam-our-streets-terrorizing-the-populace/167762/8 "2003-04-10T17:54:37Z")
they couldn’t stop - they were on a mission from god. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-packs-of-renegade-nuns-roam-our-streets-terrorizing-the-populace/167762/9 "2003-04-10T19:14:33Z")
Just be glad they weren’t crotchety old ladies instead of nuns. and if I could remember any lines from that MPFC skit, I’d say them now, so that somebody would know what I was talking about… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-packs-of-renegade-nuns-roam-our-streets-terrorizing-the-populace/167762/10 "2003-04-10T19:29:00Z")
**White Lightning** , you mean the one about the gangs of grannies beating up defenseless young men, and popping wheelies on their motorcycles? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-packs-of-renegade-nuns-roam-our-streets-terrorizing-the-populace/167762/11 "2003-04-10T19:37:09Z")
It’s crazy nuns we’re supposed to be lambasting, not grannies! Stop dissing old ladies! They can be very [sub] I think I’d better leave this thread I’m sure everyone understands[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-packs-of-renegade-nuns-roam-our-streets-terrorizing-the-populace/167762/12 "2003-04-11T03:11:27Z")
Next thing you know, we’ll be hearing about attacks by vicious gangs of “Keep Left” signs. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-packs-of-renegade-nuns-roam-our-streets-terrorizing-the-populace/167762/13 "2003-04-11T04:53:25Z")
Someone call the General. This is getting silly. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-packs-of-renegade-nuns-roam-our-streets-terrorizing-the-populace/167762/14 "2003-04-11T05:44:19Z")
I just had a mental image of the nuns being caught and performing the police lineup scene from “Usual Suspects.” ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-packs-of-renegade-nuns-roam-our-streets-terrorizing-the-populace/167762/15 "2003-04-14T02:17:03Z")
This just in from News of the Weird: > [@](#): > > Sister Mary Catherine Antczak (Order of Dominican Sisters), armed with financial backers’ money and aiming to raise even more for an elementary school in South Los Angeles, won about $200,000 by picking six straight winners at Santa Anita racetrack ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-packs-of-renegade-nuns-roam-our-streets-terrorizing-the-populace/167762/16 "2003-04-14T12:30:33Z")
This just in from News of the Weird: ## quote: ## Sister Mary Catherine Antczak (Order of Dominican Sisters), armed with financial backers’ money and aiming to raise even more for an elementary school in South Los Angeles, won about $200,000 by picking six straight winners at Santa Anita racetrack Dey fed dem Micky Finn’ed Bake Sale cookies to da ponies… ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-packs-of-renegade-nuns-roam-our-streets-terrorizing-the-populace/167762/17 "2003-04-14T12:44:57Z")
“Sister Mary Catherine … throw the ruler Out of the car window. Now all of you get out with your hands where we can see them…” ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-packs-of-renegade-nuns-roam-our-streets-terrorizing-the-populace/167762/18 "2003-04-15T03:45:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by quietman1920 \* > \*\*“Sister Mary Catherine … throw the ruler Out of the car window. Now all of you get out with your hands where we can see them…” \*\* I’d hate to be the police who have to round up a band of nuns. Wear your body armor, boys. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-packs-of-renegade-nuns-roam-our-streets-terrorizing-the-populace/167762/19 "2003-04-15T08:28:35Z")
“Can you describe the driver of the car that hit you sir?” “Well…”