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DavidChel
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

474 Posts

Posted - 2009-02-05 : 08:51:03
I've had aquarium fish that were smarter than Michael Phelps.

Discuss.

tosscrosby
Aged Yak Warrior

676 Posts

Posted - 2009-02-05 : 09:11:48
Who among us haven't imbibed or partaken in something illegal/immoral in some sort of manner? While I admit it was foolish on his part, I was young and stupid at one time too. The only thing that saved me was no cell phones with cameras or the tiny digital cameras or FaceBook or YouTube, etc back then (heck, there weren' even PCs!). Technology has made it soooo easy to have any transgression(s) to be publicly available almost instantly! Again, he was foolish for doing what he did but, IMO, it was done privately, and I'm assuming with friends. Who would expect that to get out in the open? And what kind of friend would do that to him??

Terry

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spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master

11752 Posts

Posted - 2009-02-05 : 09:44:55
so he smoked pot... who cares.

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tosscrosby
Aged Yak Warrior

676 Posts

Posted - 2009-02-05 : 10:00:36
quote:
Originally posted by spirit1

so he smoked pot... who cares.

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My point exactly. It's not like he beat his wife (or dog) or was involved in lewd behaviour. He was a little foolish, but, as I stated, who among us hasn't done something along those lines in our lifetime?? I know I'm guilty.

Terry

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TG
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

6065 Posts

Posted - 2009-02-05 : 10:16:57
yeah - a total non-issue. Unfortunately for him he now has to play out the "game" between his sponsors, the media, and the "collective public".

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TG
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jimf
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2875 Posts

Posted - 2009-02-05 : 10:45:03
Never share your pot with someone that has the lung capacity of a dolphin!

Jim

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TG
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

6065 Posts

Posted - 2009-02-05 : 11:01:09
>>Never share your pot with someone that has the lung capacity of a dolphin!

I had a friend that had one of those 6 foot plexi-glass bongs that even someone with arms like Michael Phelps couldn't light by themshelves. I suppose if you were more than six feet tall you could use your foot to light it but that was never an option for me. But anyway - he had outfitted it with a regular party bowl which could hold about 10 times more than a bong bowl. He could take several deep breaths, exhale everthing then take a very slow (about 5 minutes long) bong hit and finish the entire thing in one breath - which was truly impressive to a bunch of 20 year old pot-heads. His eyes would turn a shade of red I've never seen before.

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tosscrosby
Aged Yak Warrior

676 Posts

Posted - 2009-02-05 : 11:21:44
quote:
Originally posted by TG

>>Never share your pot with someone that has the lung capacity of a dolphin!

I had a friend that had one of those 6 foot plexi-glass bongs that even someone with arms like Michael Phelps couldn't light by themshelves. I suppose if you were more than six feet tall you could use your foot to light it but that was never an option for me. But anyway - he had outfitted it with a regular party bowl which could hold about 10 times more than a bong bowl. He could take several deep breaths, exhale everthing then take a very slow (about 5 minutes long) bong hit and finish the entire thing in one breath - which was truly impressive to a bunch of 20 year old pot-heads. His eyes would turn a shade of red I've never seen before.

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TG



Hmmm...seems SOMEONE has experience in the dark world of illicit-drugs (although, it's always a "friend", isn't it)!! - My bong was only three feet and plexi (red if I remember correctly). Confiscated by two cops in the local park, along with my dope. They never did take me in but I'm sure they put my stash to good use, either sold it or smoked it themseleves, the bastards!

Terry

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jimf
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2875 Posts

Posted - 2009-02-05 : 11:39:46
I had a friend who had a friend whose cousin had a double-chambered 3-foot US Bong. but I never smoked pot, Mom, I'm too busy studying and can't afford it anyway!


Jim
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DavidChel
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

474 Posts

Posted - 2009-02-05 : 14:21:54
I don't particularly care that he smokes the herb, but that he is stupid enough to risk millions of endorsements by doing it in front of a party full of people with camera phones.
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revdnrdy
Posting Yak Master

220 Posts

Posted - 2009-02-05 : 14:55:54
I heard he smoked it with Barack Obama.
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tosscrosby
Aged Yak Warrior

676 Posts

Posted - 2009-02-05 : 15:20:05
quote:
Originally posted by DavidChel

I don't particularly care that he smokes the herb, but that he is stupid enough to risk millions of endorsements by doing it in front of a party full of people with camera phones.



Amen. And didn't he smoke it with Clinton, but didn't inhale????

Terry

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jezemine
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2886 Posts

Posted - 2009-02-05 : 15:31:22
quote:
Originally posted by tosscrosby

And what kind of friend would do that to him??



a soon-to-be-former friend.




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blindman
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2365 Posts

Posted - 2009-02-06 : 10:22:40
quote:
Originally posted by tosscrosby

Who among us haven't imbibed or partaken in something illegal/immoral in some sort of manner?

I've never even puffed a cig. Always figured that I am unstable enough as it is.

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TG
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

6065 Posts

Posted - 2009-02-06 : 11:00:31
quote:
Originally posted by blindman

quote:
Originally posted by tosscrosby

Who among us haven't imbibed or partaken in something illegal/immoral in some sort of manner?

I've never even puffed a cig. Always figured that I am unstable enough as it is.

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blindman,
What - were you home-schooled or something?

Terry,
illegal is pretty easy to quantify - care to define immoral? I'm confident many of my actions will have met the criteria I'm just curions which ones

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TG
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jimf
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2875 Posts

Posted - 2009-02-06 : 11:25:51
Illegal is the stuff the gov't says you can't do, immoral is the stuff you think somebody else shouldn't do.

Jim
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elwoos
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2052 Posts

Posted - 2009-02-06 : 11:30:49
quote:
care to define immoral? I'm confident many of my actions will have met the criteria I'm just curions which ones


You must have tried the purity test, though my score has probably improved since I last did


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Transact Charlie
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

3451 Posts

Posted - 2009-02-06 : 12:01:23
quote:
You must have tried the purity test, though my score has probably improved since I last did


Improved is an... interesting... way to put it.

Must say -- my first whitey killed it for me. Never again. Probably allergic or something


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tripodal
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

259 Posts

Posted - 2009-02-06 : 17:15:07
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS

It means the counselors were lying when they told us you cannot achieve anything if you smoke pot.

He did pretty well I think.
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Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)

7020 Posts

Posted - 2009-02-06 : 17:56:39
That turned out to be a very expensive smoke:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_sp_ot/swm_phelps_suspended;_ylt=AimLvQESELIqr1_Y4BsmRAILMxIF
"The photo also cost Phelps a sponsor — Kellogg Co."




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blindman
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2365 Posts

Posted - 2009-02-09 : 09:01:18
quote:
Originally posted by TG

quote:
Originally posted by blindman

quote:
Originally posted by tosscrosby

Who among us haven't imbibed or partaken in something illegal/immoral in some sort of manner?

I've never even puffed a cig. Always figured that I am unstable enough as it is.

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blindman,
What - were you home-schooled or something?

Terry,
illegal is pretty easy to quantify - care to define immoral? I'm confident many of my actions will have met the criteria I'm just curions which ones

Be One with the Optimizer
TG


I was afraid of losing lucrative endorsements from corporate sponsors.

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