# I apoligize to all Wiccans on behalf of my friends **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2007, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-apoligize-to-all-wiccans-on-behalf-of-my-friends/421012 "2007-09-30T06:11:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-apoligize-to-all-wiccans-on-behalf-of-my-friends/421012/41 "2007-10-02T13:07:08Z")
I picked up a pretty young Wiccan hitch-hiker only last week. She made no bones about her religion, and she claimed to be able to cast magic. Of course, being an educated 21st-century man, I politely expressed scepticism, so she volunteered to prove it. Murmuring some words into my ear which for modesty’s sake I shall not repeat, she undid the first few buttons on her blouse to reveal a rack the like whereof you don’t see every day, and ran her hand up the inside of my thigh from knee to crotch… Whereupon I instantly turned into a lay-by. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-apoligize-to-all-wiccans-on-behalf-of-my-friends/421012/42 "2007-10-02T14:22:16Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] So that time I dropped my parents’ camera, I actually hexed it? [/QUOTE] Only if you said the proper words while carrying the right color candle. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-apoligize-to-all-wiccans-on-behalf-of-my-friends/421012/43 "2007-10-02T15:36:33Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] I picked up a pretty young Wiccan hitch-hiker only last week. She made no bones about her religion, and she claimed to be able to cast magic. Of course, being an educated 21st-century man, I politely expressed scepticism, so she volunteered to prove it. Murmuring some words into my ear which for modesty’s sake I shall not repeat, she undid the first few buttons on her blouse to reveal a rack the like whereof you don’t see every day, and ran her hand up the inside of my thigh from knee to crotch… Whereupon I instantly turned into a lay-by. 😃 [/QUOTE] You forgot to start that post with the words, “Dear Penthouse”. One of the main Wiccan redes is “harm none”. Messing up someone’s camera phone might qualify as harm. A Wiccan wouldn’t do that because then the problem could come back threefold on them and that would be mildly annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Pandora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pandora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandora)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-apoligize-to-all-wiccans-on-behalf-of-my-friends/421012/44 "2007-10-02T16:30:56Z")
To the OP… I certainly can’t speak for all wiccans, but for myself, thanks for the apology, and thanks for caring. I’m sure the young cat lady in question appreciated your willingness to talk to her intelligently rather then make stupid jokes… or mock the personal choices of total strangers in a public place. Don’t worry too much about your friends, we’re used to not being understood. (Oh, and wearing cat ears in public on non-costume occassions has nothing to do with Wicca. However, there are certainly wierd wiccans, just like there are wierd protestants, and wierd jews and wierd muslims… wierdness truely trancends boundries of all kinds, including religious, ethnic and geographic, but it can be a lot of fun 🙂 ) Pandora ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-apoligize-to-all-wiccans-on-behalf-of-my-friends/421012/45 "2007-10-02T16:44:10Z")
[QUOTE=Derleth] Yeah. It’s almost as stupid as faith. [/QUOTE] I’m not even sure what this is supposed to mean. _shrug_ People should be free to believe they are Special Magic Kitties, and I should be free to find that inane. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-apoligize-to-all-wiccans-on-behalf-of-my-friends/421012/46 "2007-10-02T16:55:25Z")
[QUOTE=hotflungwok] So your friends believe it’s possible to hex a camera so that it doesn’t work? Gosh what an interesting belief. Do they leave out food for the pixies & carry cold iron just in case? [/QUOTE] Well, it’s the pixies that make the cameraphone work. Millions of 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Dunawake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dunawake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunawake)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-apoligize-to-all-wiccans-on-behalf-of-my-friends/421012/47 "2007-10-02T16:59:54Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] Well, it’s the pixies that make the cameraphone work. Millions of 'em. [/QUOTE] No, it’s just a single imp, who can draw really, really fast. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-apoligize-to-all-wiccans-on-behalf-of-my-friends/421012.md?page=2)