# Who should be a patron saint? What activity needs a patron saint?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-a-patron-saint-what-activity-needs-a-patron-saint/212815>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 12, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-a-patron-saint-what-activity-needs-a-patron-saint/212815 "2003-11-12T15:10:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Kristen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c4cdca/32.png) [@Kristen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kristen)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-a-patron-saint-what-activity-needs-a-patron-saint/212815/21 "2003-11-14T16:11:07Z")

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Guess this is **Patron Saint Week** in the comics.

Here’s another one: todays’ Speed Bump

[http://home.overzealous.com:8080/comics/speedbump/20031114](http://home.overzealous.com:8080/comics/speedbump/20031114)

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-a-patron-saint-what-activity-needs-a-patron-saint/212815/22 "2003-11-14T16:40:30Z")

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\<hijack=slight\>  
So who should be the patron saints of George Bush and John Ashcroft?  
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😃

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**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-a-patron-saint-what-activity-needs-a-patron-saint/212815/23 "2003-11-14T16:47:02Z")

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Paul Reubens-patron saint of masturbation  
Rush Limbaugh-patron saint of hypocrites  
The Fleshtones-patron saints of American rockandroll  
Ron Jeremy-patron saint of fat ugly slobs who get laid a lot  
Jon

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**Author:** ![teleute12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@teleute12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teleute12)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-a-patron-saint-what-activity-needs-a-patron-saint/212815/24 "2003-11-15T08:20:50Z")

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How about a patron saint of haircolor? Especially do it yourself haircolor.

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**Author:** ![SkiChick33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SkiChick33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkiChick33)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-a-patron-saint-what-activity-needs-a-patron-saint/212815/25 "2003-11-15T17:04:57Z")

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**teleute12** - Bet you were hoping to get Jaclyn Smith, the former Breck Girl who won fame on Charlie’s Angels?

Well, she’s under contract to take Arnold Schwarzenegger’s roles while he’s playing California governor.

So we got [Phyllis Diller](http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Events/1081/diller_phyllis7)

Now who can give me a patron saint of political patronage?

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