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Bonnie McFarlane encouraging broken-heart break-up My sister is also retarded. Across the board. She's a one hundred per cent, honest to goodness, born that way retard. I learned a long time ago that if you're going to tell a story about your retarded sister, you need to mention she's retarded right off the bat or inevitably, at the end of the story, someone will say, What... is she, retarded? And then you have to go, Uh... yeah, she is. Followed by a lengthy, awkward silence. Bonnie McFarlane awkward silence long If you really are superior, you don't go around saying you're superior - unless you're Jewish. Bonnie McFarlane superiors ifs You know, women are burdened with all this other crap all the time, like looking good. You need to be really superhuman to be successful as a woman. Bonnie McFarlane looking-good successful needs Well I grew up in Canada in a really small town. We didn't have running water for a long time and we didn't have TV. 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