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So this last week i've been skating a lot, its been pretty sweet.  i also worked a lot last week too. I'm also going to school full time at a community college with all the other bright and shining stars of america. hectic schedule to say the least. that said i'm not working at all this week, so i'm planning on dedicating myself entirely to the hobby/sport/lifestyle we all love and share. 
 
Last week i sustained a really bad bruise on my knee and a stretched/torn ligament in my wrist.  i did this by doing a simple rock to fakie down a 3 foot spine and getting my wheels caught in a near by ramp at the base of the spine.  my knee cap and palm hit ground first stretching my wrist in an upward motion and making me clinch it then lying there for a minute because my knee hurt to bad to get up. after making a scene which i hate to do i skated around doing little lip tricks and shoves until i left roughly 30 min later.  it sucked.  

i tried to upload a picture of my knee but this f*cking website wont load any of my pics which is bullshi*t.  

moving onward i'm really starting to pick up on flip tricks.  i'm not much of a switch skater.  all i can do is switch shove, switch shove rewinds and switch front shoves. weak i know.  anyways i'm  really close to hardflips and yesterday i landed a fs and bs bigspin.  it was really sweet.

minnesota has a really great skate scene.  lots of kids and plenty of old timers.  its to the point where there's a bit of symmetry between skaters. and by that i mean that they all get a long (for the most part) and kinda act like they know each other.  this goes for majority of the parks i've been to.  i've been skating at new hope, mn park a lot lately.  really small.  too small. great practice park though.  3 different sized boxes, a bench, 1 rail but i hate rails so thats fine by me.  couple more things (quarterpipes, fun box, hubba, stairs, and etc.)  its not perfect.  it has a couple big flaws but what do you expect when a skatepark is built by a city council of rule donning adults who just build because of pressure from the citizens.  if you've never stood on a board you shouldnt have any say in its parks.  

i think more places should try to emulate the skate plaza idea.  its more expensive but ramp companies are ridiculous too. i think a skate plaza is nicer looking, better for skating, be less upkeep and would keep more skaters off the streets than a cookie cutter skatepark that looks like one from the next town.  

anyways that was a huge blog post.  

until next time
the mnlocal


Published On: 9/22/2008
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Breaking News: Rep. Barney Frank and NORML Team Up on Federal Decriminalization Legislation
Posted by Ron Fisher to Legalize It - The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws March 24 10:39pm

US Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) has announced that he will shortly introduce legislation in Congress to strip the federal government of its authority to arrest responsible cannabis consumers. Representative Frank made the announcement Friday on the nationally syndicated television show, "Real Time With Bill Maher."

heres a link:
http://blog.norml.org/2008/03/24/norml-partners-with-rep-barney-frank-d-ma-to-introduce-federal-decriminalization-legislation/

“It's time for the politicians to catch up with the public on this [issue],” Frank said. "The notion that you lock people up for smoking marijuana is pretty silly."

Frank's pending bill seeks to eliminate all federal penalties prohibiting the personal use and possession of up to 100 grams (3 1/2 ounces) of marijuana. Under this measure, adults who consume cannabis would no longer face arrest, prison, or even the threat of a civil fine. The bill also eliminates all penalties prohibiting the not-for-profit transfers of up to one ounce of pot.

NORML Legal Counsel Keith Stroup, who worked closely with Frank's staff to draft this legislation, said, "If passed by Congress, this legislation would legalize the possession, use, and non-profit transfer of marijuana by adults for the first time since 1937." The bill incorporates the basic recommendation of the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse (also known as the Shafer Commission).

Currently, 12 states have enacted various versions of marijuana decriminalization, eliminating criminal penalties for minor pot violations. Passage of these laws has not led to increased marijuana use.

In fact, the only U.S. government study ever commissioned to assess whether the enforcement of strict legal penalties positively impacts marijuana use found, "Overall, the preponderance of the evidence which we have gathered and examined points to the conclusion that decriminalization has had virtually no effect either on the marijuana use or on related attitudes and beliefs about marijuana use among American young people."

Similar statewide legislation is pending in New Hampshire and Vermont. Additionally, Massachusetts voters will decide on a statewide decriminalization measure this November.

According to a nationwide CNN/Time Magazine poll, more than three-quarters of American adults favor decriminalizing marijuana.

Alerts will be posted to this page and www.norml.org once this bill is assigned a bill # and committee so that folks can contact their representative urging support of this bill.

For more information, please contact Keith Stroup, NORML Legal Counsel, at (202) 483-5500.

http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7561

Published On: 3/25/2008
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Vaughn Whynot's Blog: Camera Tips - Camera Handle
By: Mr.Whynot


"from the site HDskate.com articles Make Your Own Video Camera Handle"

Make Your Own Video Camera Handle

Alright so you want a better way to film lines and all around, make your filming smoother. The answer is a tripod mount handle. Your end result will look like this.

Camera with finished handle

Your best bet is to start working on a clean, level surface. Try not to use the best table in the house, unless no one is going to care. It’s probably better to work on something fairly high off the ground, seeing as I always work on the floor and cause myself uneeded back pain.

To get started, here’s everything you need and it can all be found at your local hardware store. Luckily I found everything in my basement.

  • One peice of metal, 1 inch wide, 1/8th to 1/4 inch thick and about 20 inches long. More for larger cameras. Less for smaller cameras. Around 20 is average.
  • One quarter inch bolt to screw the handle into the tripod mount hole.
  • One wingnut to screw upside down into the screw to secure it to a camera.
  • A washer or two .

Materials

Materials

The next step is to drill the hole in the piece of metal. To do this turn your camera upside down and grab a tape measure. Measure the distance from the tripod hole to the front of the camera. That’s how far away from the start of your handle your hole should be. Make a mark there with a marker then use a drill to bore a hole through it. A drill press would be much easier if you have accesss to one. On the handle I made here, the hole was already on the piece of metal so I decided to use that and it’s actually fine for the Panasonic GS series cameras.

After you have your hole drilled decide how far along the metal bar you want your bands to be. You should probably have something along the lines of 6 inches for the bottom, 6 inches for the vertical part, and 7 inches for the top, but like I said earlier, if you’re cameras bigger you might wanna make it bigger. You probably won’t have to make it more than 22 inches. Again, using a measure tape and a marker, make marks at the places you wann to bend at.

Measure And Mark

Measure And Mark

Now You want to find something you can use to bend the metal. A couple good choices are:

  • Some heavy weights, about 100 pounds or so. You can wedge the handle under the very bottom one and lift it up at the marked bend location.
  • Vise grip, lock it in so you can just bearly see your markings then pull/push to bend it.
  • A pole, like I did.

Bend The Handle

Bend The Handle

Once You have both the bends done that’s just about it. You might want to paint your handle or put some stickers on it to decorate it. One of the coolest things is to get the infrared remote your camera came with and tape it to the top so you can record without taking your hand off the handle.

Screw the handle on to your tripod mount and you’re done!



Published On: 3/8/2008
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I been through it all
The fails the falls
Im like Niagra
But i got right back up like viagra
I am agriculture
Swagga so mean it might insult ya
(ha)Im like an ultravulture
I f**k around and catapult ya
Torture, Thought ya parents taught ya
You guys is chocha im gone buenos noches
Flow scorch ya and ion even write
No author so harder so smarter
All about a dollar like 4 quarters
Oh father will tonight be my last
and if so make sure my kids see my cash
and i know im solid like an elbow cast
and my future will be better than my past

Weezy

You can love me or hate me
I swear it wont make me or break me
Im goin whereva da money take me
Until the funeral and wake me
And dont wake me cause Im sleepin Im dreamin
I know that there is a better way cause I've seen it Lord
But this faster money is so convenient
and i need it say i need it

C.A.R.T.E.R
I spit movies like a VCR
I spit rounds like the tiki bar
And if I got beef I'm the meat cleaver
And I are
The illest nigga Martin Luther King died for
And I ride for
Hollygrove one seven Eagle street
And Im higher than an eagle's feet but I believe in me
Apple is the car street
I am just the offspring
Born in the ghetto that's why I can't let go
One call will have my dawgs on ya like an echo
Baby I am the real deal no pickleSpit sickle cell physcho
I go off like a mutha f**kin rifle
And I'm from the underground baby like a pipe hole
I will stand tall like a light poles until the light blows

You can love me or hate me
Baby I swear it wont make me or break me
And I be goin whereva da money take me
Until the funeral and wake me
And dont wake me cause Im sleepin and Im dreamin
See I'm just hustlin livin what I believe in dawg
And it's a problem when my homies not eatin
And I'm greedy I'm greedy

Share my blood feed my family
My flow'll have to plead insanity
So sick I need Grey's Anatomy
Acid like a bust open battery
I'm cool like LA nights
I'm tight like ballet tights
Aye Juelz I swear the otha day i pissed Crystal
These bitches tryna kick it like June Tow
I gotta watch my head in the battle
I'm just tryin ta stay ahead of my shadow
And I'm floatin like a boat in the battle
Alligators and rattle snakes
But I promise I will take a nigga off like a Saturday
Got money to validate
I'm icing like carrot cake
Different color diamonds make me look like a salad plate
I'm straight out the alley way
It's the nigga ya daddy hate
Weezy F Baby Great

I know they love me they hate me
But I'm a G it won't make me or break me
And you can find me whereva the money place me
(yea)Until you ridin to the late me
And don't wake me cause I'm sleepin and I'm dreamin
And me and my Lord got an agreement yall
And so I thank him everyday for my achievements
And I'm Weezy I'm Weezy


Published On: 2/17/2008
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Quarter Pipe

Published On: 12/15/2007
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Withywood Skatepark - Withywood

Description
Edit the description of this parkThis park has a 5ft Spine mini, driveway flatbank to quaterpipe combo, street spine, rollin, a couple of quaterpipes and a grind box.

Thanks to Lisa at GBH for the info and photos.
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Hengrove Skatepark - Hengrove

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Edit the description of this park1.2m high bowl linking to a 1.5m high bowl, bowled street area consisting of large fun box with grind block, 0.9m high jump box.
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St.George Park Skatepark - St.George

Description
Edit the description of this parkFlowing non lit but free concrete park in St George’s park which is in the middle of St George. The skatepark includes with inter-linked bowls and very little lip a few other hips and concrete doubles. got resurfaced recently so its really smooth.

Thanks to Jack Guy for the update.
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Dame Emily Smyth Park Skatepark - Bedminster

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Edit the description of this parkLarge pyramid, large bowled corner, flat bank, 1.8m quarter pipe, descending grind block
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Published On: 11/24/2007
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So I may not be the best skateboarder by far, very far..... And my gear might be startin' to look a little worn, but hey guess what! I enjoy doing it. Boardin' with my friends and just goofin' around on the streets and getting beat down looks from old people and showing you don't care is and awsome way to spend an afternoon. This year at PeaceFest Frontline set up there quarter on the street right infront of the shop, With a live band playing some heavy metal. I skated for 4 hours and roasted like a wiener and was so tired and dehydrated that it only took 7 drinks to get me to the point were I couldn't read a text messages on my phone, in the middle of the crowd, during Nazareths set (Hair of the Dog, great song)! It was great. Skate is great, what elsa can I say?

Published On: 10/22/2007
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Ahhh alas all good things come too an end, my weeks holiday has come to an end back to work in 6 hours.

Has been a good hol beaten my record for most stoned and drunk skatin went to southbank with a quarter ounce came back with a joints worth and a skate board with two wheels had to get my mate too find my wheels which were two miles away on a statue.

Have decided im gonna go to newquay possibly permanently, flash decision no idea where it came from but will be worth it.

anyway back to order at work beatings galore next event comin up is 19th cant wait for the celebrations too start

hope you enjoyed readin laters people



Published On: 4/1/2007
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WHAT GOING ON PEOPLE, CHECK OUT THIS TRACK THAT QUARTER KEYS FROM LOUISIANA DID FOR HUH CLOTHING....LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
 
YOU CAN FIND HIM IN OUR TOP8 ON MYSPACE
 
 
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Published On: 3/2/2007
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hey slam!!! and all the cool skaters that read your mag!, i just went to the perth baker demo at manning skatepark and it was awesome Andrew Reynolds was fully sick he performed a massive hardflip over the fun box and a tre flip off the bank and T.K also ripped it up so did everyone else well except for on person and i know some people might think im crazy saying this and know it's probably only in this one time that this will ever happen but Dustin Dollin sucked it took an hour to get him to skate he tried the same trick 3 times landed it and that was it, I am so pissed off about that but the rest of the demo was awesome. Midway through the demo some New Zealanders puleed up on the top off the quarter pipe in a thriffy van and a little bit later one of the New Zealander's dogs ran through the skatepark mid demo it was hillarious, later near the end of the demo the commentators said that everyone that brought some rubbish to the van would get a free deck so everyone rushed over to the van with hands full of rubbish yelling at the kiwis for free decks and started throwing bottles it was great. When BAKER were giving away decks two guys got into a massive fight over one. i know i said that the rest of the demo was awesome earlier but one thing really bad happened this guy had a massive stack on the bank and had passed out for half an hour and had broken his arm...that was gnarly but other than that the demo was awesome, Bye.



Published On: 1/28/2007
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The rain miraculously stayed away today and skaters, neighbours, bikers, babies, dogs and grandmas showed up and partied down at China Creek this afternoon. Parks Board politicians Spencer Herbert, Al De Genova, Loretta Woodcock and Korina Houghton also came by and checked out the action.

Thanks to everyone that helped out, showed up, or sent good vibes. Keep those positive letters and emails flowing to the Parks Board though — the rainless sky today was a good omen, but the battle for China Creek is not yet won. Email the commissioners at: pbcomments@vancouver.ca



Miss Kim from Downspace and two supporters.


Chris gave the quarter-to-fence a beatdown. Here he takes a blunt in to fakie. Nightfighters M.C. represent!

Photos courtesy of George Faulkner.





Published On: 11/20/2006
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INAUGURAL "ARBY’S® ACTION SPORTS AWARDS" TO PREMIERE ON FOX, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10
 
X Games Champion Travis Pastrana Nominated Four Times;
Olympic Gold Medalist Shaun White Up For Three Awards;
Olympians Hannah Teter, Gretchen Bleiler and Lindsey Jacobellis Compete for Female Snowboarder of the Year

Fans to Begin Voting Online Now at
www.fuel.tv
 
The top action sports performances of the year will be honored at the inaugural Arby’s® Action Sports Awards presented by FUEL TV, airing nationally on FOX, Sunday, December 10. The ceremony will bring together the biggest names in skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, BMX, freestyle motocross and more along with dozens of celebrities from across the entertainment spectrum for one star-studded, high-flying show!
 
FMX star Travis Pastrana received four nominations following his double backflip performance at this summer’s X Games. Jamie Bestwick, one of the top BMX vert riders in the world, also received four nominations. Shaun White is up for three awards coming off his Olympic Gold Medal and Winter X Games Gold Medal snowboard runs. Lindsey Jacobellis contends for Female Snowboarder of the Year with fellow Olympians Hannah Teter and Gretchen Bleiler. The competition continues out of the water for surfers Andy and Bruce Irons, Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, Sofia Mulanovich, Rochelle Ballard and Chelsea Georgeson, among other top pros.
 
“Being nominated for one award would be special, but four awards is truly unbelievable,” said Pastrana. “I’ve had just an amazing year and to be recognized by the industry is an honor.”
 
Winners will be determined by the combination of fan balloting and a panel of expert judges, then announced during taped ceremonies on November 30. FOX will air the show nationally on December 10, at 2:30 PM ET/PT or 4:30 PM ET/PT either preceding or following local NFL coverage that afternoon (check local listings). FUEL TV, the only 24/7 network dedicated to the lifestyle of action sports, is hosting online voting now for fans and viewers at www.fuel.tv.
 
"FOX Sports is happy to be working in conjunction with our brethren at FUEL to bring the Arby's Action Sports Awards to the entire country," said FOX Sports President Ed Goren. "Action sports are growing in popularity every year, and this show highlights the best of the best."
 
The Arby’s Action Sports Awards is produced by Future Mainstream Productions and the award-winning team of Bob Bain and Mike Burg, veterans of such events as the "Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards" and the "Teen Choice Awards." FUEL TV is supporting the event with its signature red carpet series "Blue Carpet Special," a special preview show premiering November 6, and will re-telecast the Arby’s Action Sports Awards throughout December.
 
"The growth and popularity of action sports is at an all-time high and it is time to honor such amazing feats as Shaun White’s Olympic Gold Medal and Travis Pastrana’s double backflip at the X Games," said Bain. "Not only do children aspire to be the next Pastrana or White, but the music and entertainment industries have a true affinity for these sports, so we look forward to putting together a memorable event for viewers."
 
Arby’s has signed on to be the presenting sponsor and other major sponsors include Jeep®, Activision and Nike. "Through this event, we’ve been able to create an unprecedented integrated marketing platform to reach the highly sought-after male 14-34 demo in the fourth quarter," said Burg. "For a creative and aggressive marketer, the opportunities to work with the show are endless"
 
"This was a fantastic opportunity for us to partner with a brand new awards program that recognizes young athletes for extraordinary talents," said Debra Mager, Senior Vice President of National Advertising, Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc. "These kids take risks and excel at being different, which is something we at Arby’s have always prided ourselves on."
 
A panel of industry experts nominated the top athletes in 20 different categories. Many of the awards are sport and gender specific such as Skateboarder of the Year (male and female) and FMX Rider of the Year. Achievements that transcend the genre have been nominated in categories such as Rider of the Year, Huevos Grande and Performance of the Year.

Go to www.fuel.tv to vote now!


Published On: 11/14/2006
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i found these all over tha net, so i brought them tougther here
 

10 questions that have confused mankind

1.Q- Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?"
2.Q- Who was the first person to say"See that chicken there...I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta it's butt."
3.Q-If the professor on Gilligan's
Island
can make a radio out of conconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?
4.Q-If quizzes are quzzical, what are test?
5.Q-Can blind people see their dreams? Do they dream??
6.Q-What do you call male ballerinas?
7.Q-Does pushing the elevator buttom more than once make it arrive faster
8.Q-Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?
9.Q-Qhy do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?
10.Q-If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?

20 Things To Do In A Drive Through Lane

1. Stand close to the speaker and yell your order, using colorful expletives in ways which would embarrass the patrons inside.
2. Drive through backwards.
3. Belch your order.
4. After ordering, cover the speaker and mic with transparent tape. Watch as customers and order-takers are unable to hear each other and, thus, each raises his/her volume.
5. Barter. Offer a Whopper for a Big Mac.
6. Walk through.
7. Speak a foreign language (make one up if you have to). When the manager comes to the mic, speak English and inquire as to why the order taker had such difficulty understanding you.
8. Repeat everything the order-taker says.
9. Attempt to take the order-takers order ("Hi, may I take your order?") before they get a chance to take yours.
10. Order confusing items, i.e., "Hi, I'll have a large orange Coke and a small medium fries, please." 11. In a crowded drive-thru line, place a HUGE order, then slip out of line and watch the fun as the person behind you is handed 40 bags of food.
12. When you arrive at the window to pick up your food, hand them several bags of garbage & ask if they'll dispose of it for you. Make sure it smells.
13. Drive through with a carload of naked people.
14. Speak in such a garbled fashion that the order-taker will think there is a problem with the speaker and ask you to order at the window. When you arrive at the window, speak in the same garbled, incomprehensible fashion.
15. Drive through with someone on the hood to accept the food.
16. Bring along a Mr. Microphone. When the order-taker speaks, aim the mic at their speaker but do so while aiming the Mr. Microphone speaker at the mic to produce excruciating feedback of their own voice.
17. One word: Flatulence!
18. Have a friend hide in the trunk. When you approach the window to pickup your order, have him start yelling and banging his fists on the trunk.
19. If you are a male, have a female friend place the order by speaking VERY seductively and suggestively into the speaker. When she finishes, have her hide and pull up to accept your order. See how many of the order-takers fellow employees have been called over to the window to "check out the babe".
20. Change a flat tire in the drive-thru lane.

 30 Ways to Mess With People in a Computer Lab

1. Log on, wait a sec, then get a frightened look on your face and scream "Oh my God! They've found me!" and bolt.
2. Laugh uncontrollably for about 3 minutes & then suddenly stop and look suspiciously at everyone who looks at you.
3. When your computer is turned off, complain to the monitor on duty that you can't get the damn thing to work. After he/she's turned it on, wait 5 minutes, turn it off again, & repeat the process for a good half hour.
4. Type frantically, often stopping to look at the person next to you evilly.
5. Before anyone else is in the lab, connect each computer to different screen than the one it's set up with.
6. Write a program that plays the "Smurfs" theme song and play it at the highest volume possible over & over again.
7. Work normally for a while. Suddenly look amazingly startled by something on the screen and crawl underneath the desk.
8. Ask the person next to you if they know how to tap into top-secret Pentagon files.
9. Use Interactive Send to make passes at people you don't know.
10. Make a small ritual sacrifice to the computer before you turn it on.
11. Bring a chainsaw, but don't use it. If anyone asks why you have it, say "Just in case..." mysteriously.
12. Type on VAX for a while. Suddenly start cursing for 3 minutes at everything bad about your life. Then stop and continue typing.
13. Enter the lab, undress, and start staring at other people as if they're crazy while typing.
14. Light candles in a pentagram around your terminal before starting.
15. Ask around for a spare disk. Offer $2. Keep asking until someone agrees. Then, pull a disk out of your fly and say "Oops, I forgot."
16. Every time you press Return and there is processing time required, pray "Ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease," and scream "YES!" when it finishes.
17. "DISK FIGHT!!!"
18. Start making out with the person at the terminal next to you (It helps if you know them, but this is also a great way to make new friends).
19. Put a straw in your mouth and put your hands in your pockets. Type by hitting the keys with the straw.
20. If you're sitting in a swivel chair, spin around singing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" whenever there is processing time required.
21. Draw a picture of a woman (or man) on a piece of paper, tape it to your monitor. Try to seduce it. Act like it hates you and then complain loudly that women (men) are worthless.
22. Try to stick a Nintendo cartridge into the 3 disc drive, when it doesn't work, get the supervisor.
23. When you are on an IBM, and when you turn it on, ask loudly where the smiling Apple face is when you turn on one of those.
24. Print out the complete works of Shakespeare, then when its all done (two days later) say that all you wanted was one line.
25. Sit and stare at the screen, biting your nails noisily. After doing this for a while, spit them out at the feet of the person next to you.
26. Stare at the screen, grind your teeth, stop, look at the person next to grinding. Repeat procedure, making sure you never provoke the person enough to let them blow up, as this releases tension, and it is far more effective to let them linger.
27. If you have long hair, take a typing break, look for split ends, cut them and deposit them on your neighbor's keyboard as you leave.
28. Put a large, gold-framed portrait of the British Royal Family on your desk and loudly proclaim that it inspires you.
29. Come to the lab wearing several layers of socks. Remove shoes and place them of top of the monitor. Remove socks layer by layer and drape them around the monitor. Exclaim sudden haiku about the aesthetic beauty of cotton on plastic.
30. Take the keyboard and sit under the computer. Type up your paper like this. Then go to the lab supervisor and complain about the bad working conditions.

40 Things Do to At School

1. Walk into the library and ask if they carry books when they say yes say hmm I see.
2. Ask your language teacher to recite the ABCs for the class.
3. While in the lunch line ask if the Cheeseburgers have cheese on them.
4. Put underwear and your head and run through the halls screaming i am captain underpants obey me.
5. When a teacher asks you an obvious question give the wrong answer.
6. If the teacher asks if something is true or false and it's obviously true say false when she says no have your friend answer "What is False?"
7. Drop a Laptop on the ground and claim your mind powers weren't working correctly.
8. While in the lunchline claim to the person next to you that you have clean underwear on.
9. Tell the person next to you that you got so high last night that you thought you were floating.
10. Drop your pencil and when someone goes to pick it up scream "Hey that's mine"
11. If people consider you to be a nice person have an outrage with no point.
12. Proclaim you saw your least favorite teacher with your other least favorite teacher on a date.
13. Pretend to not speak english the first day you go to a new school.
14. If you having been going to your school for a while ask your teacher where the bathroom is.
15. Walk into a class that your easily passing and say my parents are so dissapointed in me for having a B+ Ms. Hull I just don't what to do and begin to fake cry.
16. In the lunch line take forever to choose your food.
17. Drive to school in the crappiest car ever and claim that it is your pimp car.
18. If your teacher asks you to get something from the office ask her if she wants fries or a drink with that.
19. Deliberately answer a science question with a math answer i.e. Which atom has a positive charge? 5!
20. If you white claim that you sound very black if you are black claim that you sound very white. 21. Tell every that you are from the future and that school is evil and must be destroyed.
22. Tell every that you are a pscho and you see the future.
23. Tell the person next to you that they smell very pretty, like garbage.
24. Ask your teacher for your own phone number so that you can call home to get your homework.
25. Ask your teacher if you can burn your books one day to show the effects of fire.
26. For all you inliners out there wear a Senate shirt to class and ask your Civics teacher for extra credit becuase you are supporting the
US
government.
27. When paying for your lunch if the lunch lady asks for 3 dollars give her 3 dimes.
28. When the announcements come on scream "AH the voices leave me alone leave me alone"
29. In the middle of Class stand up put your arms out straight and say "I am the waling dead must leave school" like a zombie and walk out of class.
30. Ask the teacher for her phone number.
31. Walk in late and proclaim that you are sorry but you had a very important meeting with the voices.
32. Pretend your a deaf the whole day.
33. Scream every time you speak.
34. Walk in the mornig screaming i saw it i saw it it's huge round pink and fluffy.
35. Take a random person and proclaim to the school that they are your new best friend.
36. When they take attendance say not here.
37. Proclaim that the printer or copier is your best friend.
38. Make photocopies of your butt and stick em on the walls.
39. Tell everyone that you have lice and scratch your head next to them.
40. Do all in one day.

44 Things to do at a movie theatre

1. Throw popcorn in the air and yell, "It's snowing!"
2. Go, "Oooooh..." whenever anyone kisses.
3. Clap when the good guy gets killed.
3. Starting wheezing and ask the person next to you if you can have some Juicy Fruits for you asthma.
4. During the previews, yell, "Can you fast-forward it?"
5. Whenever the bad guy is doing something devious, say, "Watch out!"
6. Laugh very loudly at all the corny jokes.
7. Tell the man selling popcorn that the bathroom is flooding.
8. Yell out what is going to happen.
9. Wear a cape and when its your turn to get popcorn yell, "I'm Batman! Hahaha!" and run away.
10. Say that they cannot sit next to you because you invisible friend already is.
11. Dress for every movie as if it were the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
12. Use empty chairs next to you as catapults with candy. Aim at specific people behind you and see if you can hit anyone in the back row.
13. Wear 3d glasses. Complain loudly how bad the effect are.
14. Bring a flashlight. In the middle of the film do shadow puppets on the ceiling.
15. Bring a remote control. Complain that you can't change the channel.
16. Run out of the theater screaming, "Oh my goodness, I forgot, Webster is on now!"
17. Every time a character's name is mentioned do the Richmeister. (for a guy named Nick say, the Nickmeister, the Nickenator, Nickarino...)
18. Bring a beach ball. Toss it around.
19. Try to start a wave.
20. Become a bookie. Take bets on who will die first.
21. Sit in the back and throw eggs at the projection window.
22. Every time someone curses cover your ears and scream, "No profanity!"
23. Sing with the theme music.
24. Whenever a fat guy comes in the movie, stand up and do the truffle shuffle. Include the sound effects.
25. At the ticket booth, request tickets for really old movies, "I'll have two tickets for the Goonies."
26. Throw spit wads on the screen. Try throwing them on the upper part of the screen so they can't get scraped off.
27. Ask your neighbor if Mr. T. is in the movie, and ask often.
28. Point a laser pointer at the screen. Give the audience a laser light show.
29. Bring a book and a bright light. Start reading the book with the light on. When someone asks you to turn out the light, yell, "Shh, I'm trying to read!"
30. Use binoculars. Stare at the audience rather than the movie.
31. Bring a Nintendo laser gun. Shoot at the screen.
32. Clap loudly every time a person walks into the theater late.
33. When someone kicks the back of your chair, scream, "Ahhh, whiplash!"
34. Ask what the theater's return policy on popcorn is.
35. Ask the person at the ticket window, "Do you work here?"
36. Start a standing ovation at the end of the movie.
37. Quote all dialogue 4 seconds after it is said on the screen.
38. Do the running man every time a rap song is played.
39. Every time there is a gun shot scream, "Hit the floor!", jump on the floor, and cover your head.
40. Wear one of those "cat in the hat" top hats.
41. Get 3 people together and act like you are Crow, Tom Servo, and Joel from Mystery Science Theater 3000.
42. Before the movie starts, stand up, and imitate the Truth commercial saying, "The makers of this film couldn't find any way to make their characters rebellious, rockin`, or cool so instead, they'll just smoke."
43. When someone walks by you in the aisle scream, "Ahhhhhh! Bad Touch!"
44. Stand up in front of the projector and yell "Hey where is the movie"

 50 fun things to do at Wal-Mart

 1. Take shopping carts for the express purpose of filling them and stranding them at strategic locations.
2. Ride those little electronic cars at the front of the store.
3. Set all the alarm clocks to go off at ten-minute intervals throughout the day.
4. Start playing Calvinball; see how many people you can get to join.
5. Contaminate the entire auto department by sampling all the spray air fresheners.
6. Challenge other customers to duels with tubes of gift-wrap.
7. Leave cryptic messages on the typewriters.
8. Re-dress the mannequins as you see fit.
9. When there are people behind you, walk really slowly, especially in thin aisles.
10. Walk up to an employee and tell him in an official tone, "I think we've got a code 3 in housewares,"
and see what happens.
11. Turn all the radios to polka stations; then turn them off and turn the volume up to full blast.
12. Play with the automatic doors.
13. Walk up to complete strangers and say, "Hi. I haven't seen you in so long." etc.
See if they play along.
14. While walking through the clothing department, ask yourself loud enough for all to hear,
"Who buys this crap anyway?!"
15. Repeat #14 in the jewelry department.
16. Ride a display bicycle through the store; claim you are taking it for a test drive.
17. Follow people through the aisles, staying about 5 feet behind them. Do this until they leave the store.
18. Play soccer with a group of friends, using the entire store as your playing field.
19. As the cashier runs your purchase over the scanner, look mesmerized and say, "Wow, magic!"
20. Take off your shoes and tell them you want to return it and when they say you didn't buy it there
say "Hmmmm....I thought
the customer was always right!"
21. Move "Caution : Wet Floor" signs to carpeted areas.
22. Set up a tent in the camping department; tell others you will only invite them in if they bring pillows
from Bed and
Bath.
23. Test the fishing rods and see what you can catch from other
aisles.
24. Ask other customers if they have any Grey Poupon.
25. Drape a blanket around your shoulders and run around saying,
"I'm Batman. Come Robin, to the Batcave."
26. TP as much of the store as possible.
27. Randomly throw things over into neighboring aisles.
28. Play with the calculators so that they all spell "hello"
upside down.
29. When someone asks you if you need help, begin to cry and
say, "Why won't you people just leave me alone?"
30. When 2 or 3 people are walking ahead of you, run between
them yelling "Red Rover."
31. Make up nonsense products and ask employees if there are any
in stock. (i.e.: Shnerples)
32. Take up an entire aisle in toys by setting up a full-scale
battle with G.I. Joe vs. X-men.
33. Take bets on the battle from above.
34. Test the brushes and combs in cosmetics.
35. While handling guns in the hunting department, suddenly ask
the clerk where the anti-depressants are. Act as spastic as
possible.
36. Hold indoor shopping cart races.
37. Dart around suspiciously while humming the theme from
Mission Impossible.
38. Attempt to fit into very large gym bags.
39. Attempt to fit others into very large gym bags.
40. Say things like, "Would you be so kind as to direct me to
your Twinkies."
41. Set up a "Valet Parking" sign in front of the store.
42. Two words: Marco Polo.
43. Leave Cheerios in lawn and garden, pillows in the pet
Section, etc.
44. "Re-alphabetize" the CD's.
45. In the auto department, practice your Madonna look with
Various funnels.
46. When someone steps away from his or her cart to look at
Something, quickly make off with it without saying a word.
47. Relax in the patio furniture until you get kicked out.
48. When an announcement comes over the loudspeaker, drop to
your knees and scream, "No, no, its those voices again."
49. Pay off layaways 50 cents at a time.
50. Drag a lounge chair over to the magazines and relax. Go to
The food courts, buy a drink, and explain that you don't get out
Much and ask if they can put a little umbrella in it.
*BONUS*
1. Attempt to do all of the above in the same visit, without
getting kicked out.
2. Try to hold up customers with the toy guns. See how much youcan make.

 50 Fun Things To Do During An Exam
1. Bring a pillow. Fall asleep (or pretend to) until the last 15 minutes. Wake up, say "oh geez, better get cracking" and do some gibberish work. Turn it in a few minutes early.
2. Get a copy of the exam, run out screaming "Andre, Andre, I've got the secret documents!!"
3. If it is a math/science exam, answer in essay form. If it is long answer/essay form, answer with numbers and symbols. Be creative. Use the integral symbol.
4. Make paper airplanes out of the exam. Aim them at the instructor's left nostril.
5. Talk the entire way through the exam. Read questions aloud, debate your answers with yourself out loud. If asked to stop, yell out, "I'm so sure you can hear me thinking. " Then start talking about what a jerk the instructor is.
6. Bring cheerleaders.
7. Walk in, get the exam, sit down. About five minutes into it, loudly say to the instructor, "I don't understand any of this. I've been to every lecture all semester long! What's the deal? And who are you? Where's the regular guy?"
8. Bring a Game Boy. Play with the volume at max level.
9. On the answer sheet (book, whatever) find a new, interesting way to refuse to answer every question. For example: I refuse to answer this question on the grounds that it conflicts with my religious beliefs. Be creative.
10. Bring pets.
11. Run into the exam room looking about frantically. Breathe a sigh of relief. Go to the instructor, say "They've found me, I have to leave the country" and run off.
12. Fifteen minutes into the exam, stand up, rip up all the papers into very small pieces, throw them into the air and yell out "Merry Christmas. "If you're really daring, ask for another copy of the exam. Say you lost the first one. Repeat this process every fifteen minutes.
13. Do the exam with crayons, paint, or fluorescent markers.
14. Come into the exam wearing slippers, a bathrobe, a towel on your head, and nothing else.
15. Come down with a BAD case of Turet's Syndrome during the exam. Be as vulgar as possible.
16. Do the entire exam in another language. If you don't know one, make one up! For math/science exams, try using Roman numerals.
17. Bring things to throw at the instructor when s/he's not looking. Blame it on the person nearest to you.
18. As soon as the instructor hands you the exam, eat it.
19. Walk into the exam with an entourage. Claim you are going to be taping your next video during the exam. Try to get the instructor to let them stay, be persuasive. Tell the instructor to expect a percentage of the profits if they are allowed to stay.
20. Every five minutes, stand up, collect all your things, move to another seat, continue with the exam.
21. Turn in the exam approximately 30 minutes into it. As you walk out, start commenting on how easy it was.
22. Do the entire exam as if it was multiple choice and true/false. If it is a multiple choice exam, spell out interesting things (DCCAB. BABE. etc..)
23. Bring a black marker. Return the exam with all questions and answers completely blacked out.
24. Get the exam. Twenty minutes into it, throw your papers down violently, scream out "Forget this!" and walk out triumphantly.
25. Arrange a protest before the exam starts (i. e. Threaten the instructor that whether or not everyone's done, they are all leaving after one hour to go drink)
26. Show up completely drunk. (Completely drunk means at some point during the exam, you should start crying for mommy).
27. Every now and then, clap twice rapidly. If the instructor asks why, tell him/her in a very derogatory tone, "the light bulb that goes on above my head when I get an idea is hooked up to a clapper. DUH!"
28. Comment on how sexy the instructor is looking that day.
29. Come to the exam wearing a black cloak. After about 30 minutes, put on a white mask and start yelling "I'm here, the phantom of the opera" until they drag you away.
30. Go to an exam for a class you have no clue about, where you know the class is very small, and the instructor would recognize you if you belonged. Claim that you have been to every lecture. Fight for your right to take the exam.
31. Upon receiving the exam, look it over, while laughing loudly, say "you don't really expect me to waste my time on this drivel? Days of our Lives is on!!"
32. Bring a water pistol with you.
33. From the moment the exam begins, hum the theme to Jeopardy. Ignore the instructor's requests for you to stop. When they finally get you to leave one way or another, begin whistling the theme to the Bridge on the River Kwai.
34. Start a brawl in the middle of the exam.
35. If the exam is math/science related, make up the longest proofs you could possibly think of. Get pi and imaginary numbers into most equations. If it is a written exam, relate everything to your own life story.
36. Come in wearing a full knight's outfit, complete with sword and shield.
37. Bring a friend to give you a back massage the entire way through the exam. Insist this person is needed, because you have bad circulation.
38. Bring cheat sheets for another class (make sure this is obvious.. like history notes for a calculus exam.. otherwise you're not just failing, you're getting kicked out too) and staple them to the exam, with the comment "Please use the attached notes for references as you see fit."
39. When you walk in, complain about the heat.
40. After you get the exam, call the instructor over, point to any question, ask for the answer. Try to work it out of him/her.
41. One word: Wrestlemania.
42. Bring balloons, blow them up, start throwing them around like they do before concerts start.
43. Try to get people in the room to do the wave.
44. Play frisbee with a friend at the other side of the room.
45. Bring one pencil with a very sharp point. Break the point off your paper. Sharpen the pencil. Repeat this process for one hour.
46. Get deliveries of candy, flowers, balloons, telegrams, etc.. sent to you every few minutes throughout the exam.
47. During the exam, take apart everything around you. Desks, chairs, anything you can reach.
48. Complete the exam with everything you write being backwards at a 90 degree angle.
49. Bring a musical instrument with you, play various tunes. If you are asked to stop, say "it helps me think." Bring a copy of the Student Handbook with you, challenging the instructor to find the section on musical instruments during finals. Don't forget to use the phrase "Told you so".
50. Answer the exam with the "Top Ten Reasons Why Professor xxxx is a Terrible Teacher."

 

50 fun things to do in an elevator
1. Make race car noises when anyone gets on or
off.
2. Blow your nose and offer to show the contents
of your kleenex to other passengers.
3. Grimace painfully while smacking your forehead
and muttering, 'Shut up, dammit, all of you just
shut UP!'
4. Whistle the first seven notes of 'It's a Small
World' incessantly.
5. Sell Girl Scout cookies.
6. On a long ride, sway side to side at the
natural frequency of the elevator.
7. Shave.
8. Crack open your briefcase or purse, and while
peering inside ask: 'Got enough air in there?'
9. Offer name tags to everyone getting on the
elevator. Wear yours upside-down.
10. Stand silent and motionless in the corner,
facing the wall, without getting off.
11. When arriving at your floor, grunt and strain
to yank the doors open, then act embarrassed when
they open by themselves.
12. Lean over to another passenger and whisper:
'Noogie patrol coming!'
13. Greet everyone getting on the elevator with a
warm handshake and ask them to call you Admiral.
14. One word: Flatulants!
15. On the highest floor, hold the door open and
demand that it stay open until you hear the penny
you dropped down the shaft go 'plink' at the
bottom.
16. Do Tai Chi exercises.
17. Stare, grinning, at another passenger for a
while, and then announce: 'I've got new socks on!'
18. When at least 8 people have boarded, moan from
the back, 'Oh, not now, damn motion sickness!'
19. Give religious tracts to each passenger.
20. Meow occasionally.
21. Bet the other passengers you can fit a quarter
in your nose.
22. Frown and mutter 'gotta go, gotta go' then
sigh and say 'oops!'
23. Show other passengers a wound and ask if it
looks infected.
24. Sing 'Mary had a little lamb' while
continually pushing buttons.
25. Holler 'Chutes away!' whenever the elevator
descends.
26. Walk on with a cooler that says 'human head'
on the side.
27. Stare at another passenger for a while, then
announce, 'You're one of THEM!' and move to the
far corner of the elevator.
28. Burp, and then say 'mmmm...tasty!'
29. Leave a box between the doors.
30. Ask each passenger getting on if you can push
the button for them.
31. Wear a puppet on your hand and talk to other
passengers 'through' it.
32. Start a sing-along.
33. When the elevator is silent, look around and
ask 'is that your beeper?'
34. Play the harmonica.
35. Shadow box.
36. Say 'Ding!' at each floor.
37. Lean against the button panel.
38. Say 'I wonder what all these do' and push the
red buttons.
39. Listen to the elevator walls with a
stethoscope.
40. Draw a little square on the floor with chalk
and announce to the other passengers that this is
your 'personal space.'
41. Bring a chair along.
42. Take a bite of a sandwich and ask another
passenger: 'Wanna see wha in muh mouf?'
43. Blow spit bubbles.
44. Pull your gum out of your mouth in long
strings.
45. Announce in a demonic voice: 'I must find a
more suitable host body.'
46. Carry a blanket and clutch it protectively.
47. Make explosion noises when anyone presses a
button.
48. Wear 'X-Ray Specs' and leer suggestively at
other passengers.
49. Stare at your thumb and say 'I think it's
getting larger.'
50. If anyone brushes against you, recoil and
holler 'Bad touch!'

 

 

 

51 ways to piss every1 off

1) Pretend to be one of the Bush family. Doesn't matter which.
2) Have an uncontrollable lusting for someone else every five minutes.
3) Pretend to be from different ethnic backgrounds every hour, and when people ask you about it, answer like a hillbilly would.
4) Act like a hillbilly. Period.
5) Improvise Italian operas.
6) Gossip about someone to their face.
7) Answer every question with a question.
8) Repeat yourself constantly.
9) Act like a member of the opposite sex.
10) Repeat yourself constantly.
11) Act like Mr. Flanders from The Simpsons.
12) Repeat yourself constantly.
13) Change what you repeat every now and then.
14) Use homonyms in your e-male that the spell cheque would knot sea as miss steaks.
15) Change what you repeat every now and then.
16) Talk to someone while looking at somebody else.
17) Employ in your casual banter extensive vocabulary that will befuddle thy contemporaries.
18) Change what you repeat every now and then.
19) One word: Caffeine.
20) Another word or two: Caffeine and Sugar.
21) stringwhateveryousayintoonelongwordsoitshardtomakeoutwhatyou'resaying.
22) Using non-existent words like George Bush would.
23) Change what you repeat again.
24) Speak in rapid Spanish.
25) Pretend not to know about the rule of personal space.
26) When doing number 25, pretend to have a heavy nose cold causing you to breathe heavily through your mouth. Sneeze occasionally.
27) Change what you repeat again.
28) You are better than everybody else. Let them know so.
29) Rudely correct everybody's grammar.
30) Don't proper grammar use while you are correcting them.
31) Pretend to be drunk.
32) Groom yourself while standing backwards (towards everybody) in an elevator.
33) Change what you repeat again.
34) Pretend your name is Cletus-Atkins-Wheatherby-Percival-Smith, and don't answer to anything else.
35) Call everybody you know Bob or Georgia. Bob for girls,
Georgia
for boys.
36) Fine people for stupid things, like being too popular, or having to many teeth.
37) Change what you repeat again.
38) For those who wish to annoy, riddles is that in which you should speak.
39) Lick your lips constantly, acting as if doing so is pleasurable.
40) Pretend to be high.
41) Become severely narcoleptic in the middle of a conversazzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
42) Change what you repeat again.
43) You ARE the lord of the dance. Never forget that.
44) Speak in Gaelic.
45) Blink rapidly and constantly.
46) Scratch yourself constantly. I am not saying where.
47) Strut.
48) Start repeating what you say as soon as you say it.
49) Start repeating what you say as soon as you say it.
50) Become "The Masked Wedgie Giver."
51) Have this list printed on a T-shirt and write above it "Check list for Today." Don't let anybody forget that you have it on.

75 Ways to Order Pizza

1. Belch directly into the mouthpiece; then tell your dog it should be ashamed.
2. Make up a charge-card name. Ask if they accept it.
3. When they repeat your order, say "Again, with a little more OOMPH this time."
4. Order a Big Mac Extra Value Meal.
5. Terminate the call with, "Remember, we never had this conversation."
6. Tell the order taker a rival pizza place is on the other line and you're going with the lowest bidder.
7. When they ask for your phone # give them theirs and see if they notice.
8. Answer their questions with questions.
9. Tell them to put the crust on top this time.
10. Sing the order to the tune of your favorite song from Metallica's "Master of Puppets" CD.
11. Do not name the toppings you want. Rather, spell them out.
12. Stutter on the letter "p."
13. Make a list of exotic cuisines. Order them as toppings.
14. Put an extra edge in your voice when you say "crazy bread."
15. Change your accent every three seconds.
16. Ask if you get to keep the pizza box. When they say yes, heave a sigh of relief.
17. Ask what the order taker is wearing.
18. Move the mouthpiece farther and farther from your lips as you speak. When the call ends, jerk the mouthpiece back into place and scream goodbye at the top of your lungs.
19. Say hello, act stunned for five seconds, then behave as if they called you.
20. Say "Are you sure this is (
Pizza Place
)? When they say yes, say "Well, so is this! You've got some explaining to do!" See how they respond.
21. Tell the order taker you're depressed. Get him/her to cheer you up.
22. Imitate the order taker's voice.
23. Tell them to double-check to make sure your pizza is, in fact, dead.
24. Order 52 pepperoni slices prepared in a fractal pattern as follows from an equation you are about to dictate. Ask if they need paper.
25. Act like you know the order taker from somewhere. Say "Bed-Wetters' Camp, right?"
26. Put the accent on the last syllable of "pepperoni." Use the long "i" sound.  

27. If they repeat the order to make sure they have it right, say "OK. That'll be $10.99; please pull up to the first window."
28. Eliminate verbs from your speech.
29. Say it's your anniversary and you'd appreciate if the deliverer hid behind some furniture waiting for your spouse to arrive so you can surprise him/her.
30. Amuse the order taker with little-known facts about country music.
31. Ask to see a menu.
32. Have your pizza "shaken, not stirred."
33. Ask if they have any idea what is at stake with this pizza.
34. Ask what topping goes best with well-aged Chardonnay.
35. If using a touch-tone, press random numbers while ordering. Ask person taking the order to stop doing that.
36. Order a slice, not a whole pizza.
37. Doze off in the middle of the order, catch yourself, and say "Where was I? Who are you?"
38. Psychoanalyze the order taker.
39. Ask what their phone number is. Hang up, call them, and ask again.
40. Order two toppings, then say, "No, they'll start fighting."
41. Call to complain about service. Later, call to say you were drunk and didn't mean it.
42. If he/she suggests anything, adamantly declare, "I shall not be swayed by your sweet words."
43. Wonder aloud if you should trim those nose hairs.
44. Try to talk while drinking something.
45. Start the conversation with "My Call to (
Pizza Place
), Take 1, and. . . action!"
46. Ask if the pizza is organically grown.
47. Ask about pizza maintenance and repair.
48. Be vague in your order.
49. Use CB lingo where applicable.
50. If using a touch-tone press
9-1-1
every 5 seconds throughout the order.
51. After ordering, say "I wonder what THIS button on the phone does." Simulate a cutoff.
52. Start the conversation by reciting today's date and saying, "This may be my last entry."
53. State your order and say that's as far as this relationship is going to get.
54. Learn to properly pronounce the ingredients of a Twinkie. Ask that these be included in the pizza.
55. Ask if they're familiar with the term "spanking a pizza." Make up a description to go with the term. Ask that this be done to your pizza.
56. Say "Kssssssssssssssht" rather loudly into the phone. Ask if they felt that.
57. When listing toppings you want on your pizza, include another pizza.
58. Ask if they would like to sample your pizza. Suggest an even trade.
59. Put them on hold.
60. Teach the order taker a secret code. Use the code on all subsequent orders.
61. Mumble, "There's a bomb under your seat." When asked to repeat that, say "I said 'sauce smothered with meat'."
62. Make the first topping you order mushrooms. Make the last thing you say "No mushrooms, please." Hang up before they have a chance to respond.
63. When the order is repeated, change it slightly. When it is repeated again, change it again. On the third time, say "You just don't get it, do you?"
64. When you've given the price, say "Ooooooo, that sounds complicated. I hate math."
65. Haggle.
66. Order a one-inch pizza.
67. Order term life insurance.
68. When they say "Will that be all?", snicker and say "We'll find out, won't we?"
69. Ask how many dolphins were killed to make that pizza.
70. While on the phone, fake entering puberty. Fluctuate pitch often; act embarrassed.
71. Dance all around the word "pizza." Avoid saying it at all costs. If he/she says it, say "Please don't mention that word."
72. Have a movie with a good car chase scene playing loudly in the background. Yell "OW!" when a bullet is fired.
73. If he/she suggests a side order, ask why he/she is punishing you.
74. Ask if the pizza has had its shots.
75. Order a steamed pizza.

9 things I hate about everyone

1.) People who point at their wrist while asking for the time..I know where my watch is pal, where the f*ck is yours? Do I point at my crotch when I ask where the bathroom is?
2.) People who are willing to get off their ass and search the entire room for the TV remote because they refuse to walk to the TV and change the channel manually.
3.) When people say “oh you just want to have your cake and eat it too!” damn right!! What good is cake if you can’t eat it!?
4.) When people say “it’s always the last place you look” of coarse it is. Why the f*ck would you keep looking after you’ve found it? Do people do this? Where are they? I’m going to kick their ass!
5.) When people say while watching a film “did you see that?” no loser, I paid $12 to come to the cinema and stare at the f*cking floor!
6.) People who ask “can I ask you a question?” didn’t give me a choice, did you sunshine?
7.) When something is ‘new and improved’ which is it? If it’s new, then there has never been anything before it. If its improved, then there must have been something before it.
8.) When people say “life is short” what the f*ck?? Life is the longest damn thing anyone ever does!! What can you do that’s longer?
9.) When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks, “has the bus come yet?” if the bus came would I be standing here, dumbass?

 



Published On: 10/17/2006
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  • Hometown Heroes Qualifier 6:30–9:30

Friday October 20: GvR Practice & Bowl Contest

  • Open Street Practice 12:pm–7:00
  • Women’s Bowl Practice 11:00–12:00
  • Bowl Open Practice 12:pm–2:00
  • Women’s Bowl Contest 2:00–3:00
  • Grand Masters Bowl Qualifying 3:00–4:30
  • Pro Bowl Qualifying 6:00–7:30
  • Grand Masters Bowl Finals 7:45–Jam
  • Pro Bowl Finals 8:30–Jam
  • The Clay Wheels in park 7:45–9:00
  • Awards Immediately Following

Saturday, October 21: etnies Girl PUSH Jam, GvR Qualifying

  • Registration 10am–4:00
  • Women’s / HH Practice 10am–11:30
  • etnies Girl PUSH JAM Contest 11:30–1:00
  • GvR Open Practice 1:00–3:00
  • Opening Ceremonies 2:45–3:00
  • GvR Qualifiers Heat 1 Goofy 3:00–3:45
  • GvR Qualifiers Heat 1 Regular 3:45–4:30
  • GvR Qualifiers Heat 2 Goofy 4:30–5:15
  • GvR Qualifiers Heat 2 Regular 5:15–6:00
  • “Doors” open for etnies Parking Lot 7:00
  • Beastie Boys in etnies Parking Lot 8:00–9:10
  • etnies Parking Lot closes to Public 10:00

Sunday, October 22: Hometown Heroes Finals and GvR Finals

  • Hometown Heroes Practice 9:00–11:00
  • Hometown Heroes Finals 11:00–12:30
  • GvR Open Practice 12:30–2:00
  • GvR Finals: First Half 2:00–3:45
  • Halftime 3:45–4:15
  • GvR Finals: Second Half 4:15–6:00
  • Awards in park 6:30

SLAP Magazine’s Mark Whiteley and Joe Brook are the Team Captains for the Regular team while The Skateboard Mag’s Dave Swift is Team Captain for the Goofy team. Each Team Captain picks five skaters to pre-qualify for their Team. These five pre-qualified skaters—the Starting Five—will go straight into the GvR Finals on Sunday.

On Saturday, qualifiers for the rest of the Goofy and Regular Team skaters take place. The Goofy and Regular skaters will compete to make the cut of ten for each Team. The ten from each Team then join the five pre-chosen skaters and these fifteen skaters then comprise each Team for the Finals on Sunday.

During Sunday’s Finals, skaters on both Teams will compete in two distinct sessions. In the first half, a coin toss will determine which Team skates first. Each of the three heats will feature five different skaters from both Teams who will skate one introductory run followed by a five-minute jam. In the second half, each team, goofy and regular, will skate in two 10-minute jams.

Each team may substitute freely after five minutes of the heat, however, the starting five for each jam must be different. Injury substitutions are allowed at any time. There will be two Heats for each team, Regular and Goofy. Finally, if less than 25 points separates the two teams, the Team that is behind in overall score will challenge the other Team to a game of SKATE in any area or on any obstacle in the skatepark they choose. Each Team will pick two skaters to go head-to-head and the winning team will receive an extra 25 bonus points towards their overall score.

Prize Purse Breakdowns
etnies Bowl Jam Purse: $7,500 Total

Pro total: $4700

  1. $2,000
  2. $1,000
  3. $600
  4. $400
  5. $300
  6. $200
  7. $100
  8. $100


Grand Master Total: $2,800

  1. $1000
  2. $750
  3. $400
  4. $200
  5. $150
  6. $100
  7. $100
  8. $100

etnies Girl PUSH Jam
Women’s Bowl Purse Total: $1,500

  1. $500
  2. $400
  3. $250
  4. $150
  5. $100
  6. $100

Women’s Street Purse Total: $10,000

  1. $3,500
  2. $2,500
  3. $1,500
  4. $1,000
  5. $600
  6. $400
  7. $300
  8. $200

etnies GvR of Skateboarding Purse: $51,500 Total

SLAP Magazine and The Skateboard Mag each pick 5 pre-qualified skaters for their team that advance directly to the GvR Finals. Each skater automatically receives $1,000. Total: $10,000.

Each skater on the losing team receives $500. Total: $7,500.

The winning team receives $31,000 as follows:

  1. $10,000
  2. $5,000
  3. $2,500
  4. $2,000
  5. $1,500

6th through 15th–$1,000 each

The MVP of each team (as voted on by members of the team) receives $1,500. Total: $3,000

Chill Time at GvR: Band Schedule

Friday, October 21

  • Skatepark: DJ RS2 2:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
  • Skatepark: Clay Wheels 7:45 p.m.–9:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 22

  • Skatepark: DJ RS2 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
  • etnies VIP Area: DJ TBD 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
  • etnies VIP Area: Beastie Boys 8:00 p.m.–9:10 p.m.

The Beastie Boys show is open to the public, but you must have a ticket to get in. No exceptions!

Sunday, October 23

  • Skatepark: DJ RS2 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Band Bios

San Jose, California’s Clay Wheels are a three-piece skate-rock combo whose motivation and inspiration have always been seeking, finding and having fun (preferably with a skateboard.) The band, Ray Stevens II on lead bass and vocals, Jonny Manak on lead guitar and vocals, and Eric Powers on Fibes Drums, has a solid base in surf, punk and heavy blues.

Directions To GvR! Parking Map!

In case you need to know how to get here, because we don’t want you to miss a second of the action!

Directions and Parking:

From San Diego and all points south, via Interstate 5:

Take the Lake Forest Dr. exit and go right, east (towards the mountains) for approximately 5.5 miles. Turn right on Rancho Parkway. Street parking is available on Rancho Parkway, Lake Forest Drive, Vista Terrace, Windrow and Hermana Streets. There will also be parking signs directing traffic to GvR parking lots. Please do not park in the Home Depot Shopping Center, as your car will be towed!

From Long Beach, Los Angeles, Anaheim, and all points north, via Interstates 5 or 405:

Take Bake Parkway exit from either the 5 or 405, and turn left, east (towards the mountains), approximately 5 miles. Turn right on Rancho Parkway and drive a quarter mile to Lake Forest Drive. Parking is available on Rancho Parkway, Lake Forest Drive, Vista Terrace, Windrow and Hermana Streets. There will also be parking signs directing traffic to GvR parking lots. Please do not park in the Home Depot Shopping Center, as your car will be towed!

From the 241 Toll Road:

Going south, exit Lake Forest Dr. Go left at the light and look for parking signs. Turn right on Town Center Drive, there will be parking on your left. Going north, exit Portola and go right at the light. Drive approximately one mile, then turn left at Town Centre Drive. Follow the road and watch for signs for the parking lot on your right.






Published On: 10/10/2006
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CANADIANS RULE IN WEST 49 CANADIAN OPEN PRESENTED BY XBOX QUALIFYING ACTION...Meanwhile Jake Brown Beats Out Skateboarding Legend For 'Highest Air' Title

Day two of the West 49 Canadian Open presented by Xbox at Hamilton's Copps Coliseum saw high-flying Jake Brown take first place in the KD Quarter Pipe Invitational 'Highest Air' competition while Canadians swept first place in their respective heats in qualifying in the Billabong Street Course competition. 

Jake Brown took first place over 43-year old Tony Magnuson and Buster Halterman who finished tied for second.  Copps Coliseum was buzzing during the competition, which also featured fan favourite Shaun White, as the professional skateboarders battled for every inch of air high above the KD Quarter Pipe. 

Meanwhile, Eric Mercier of Montreal and Chris Haslam, Ryan Decenzo and Paul Machnau, all from British Columbia, each finished first in their respective heats to advance to tomorrow's Billabong Street Course Semi Final action.

"Hamilton fans, along with the great field of pro skateboarders, have made today one of the most exciting days in the five-year history of the West 49 Canadian Open," said Mark Taylor, Vice President of Event Properties for IMG Canada.  "Jake Brown fought hard and won the Highest Air contest over some very tough competitors, and the fans were thrilled to see the Canadians do so well in the street competition.  We're looking forward to the fans coming out tomorrow to cheer the Canadian men on in the street finals."

The West 49 Canadian Open continues tomorrow with women's finals in the Billabong Street competition kicking the day off at 10:30 a.m. before the Canadians attempt to advance to tomorrow's men's finals at 3:30 p.m.  The Canadian men will be facing stiff competition from defending West 49 Champion Greg Lutzka as well as top pro Chad Bartie.  Fans are also reminded to be in their seats at 2:30 p.m. when the 'Best Trick' contest takes place at 2:30 on the KD Quarter Pipe.

Fans at home are also reminded that they are able to tune in to the event via the West 49 Canadian Open live webcast on Sympatico MSN at www.CanadianOpenSkateboard.com



Published On: 10/1/2006
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Wednesday September 20, 2006

‘RISE AGAINST’ HEADLINES DC SHOES LAUNCH PARTY AT WEST 49 CANADIAN OPEN

…Punk Rock Bands ‘Boys Night Out’, ‘Hostage Life’ and ‘Richmond Hill’ Round Out Lineup

The West 49 Canadian Open presented by Xbox will get off to a rockin’ start in two weeks with the DC Shoes Launch Party presented by MTV Overdrive featuring headlining act ‘Rise Against’.  The launch party, taking place at The Hamilton Convention Centre at 8 p.m. on Thursday, September 28, is an all ages event with a designated licensed area for those 19 or older.

Fellow punk rock acts ‘Boys Night Out’, ‘Hostage Life’ and ‘Richmond Hill’ will join Rise Against on the bill.  Tickets for the launch party are priced at $26 in advance and are available through Ticketmaster, or they can also be purchased at the door for $28.

“With the event moving to Hamilton this year, and the participation of snow and skate superstar Shaun White, we’re expecting this year’s West 49 Canadian Open to be a big hit,” said Mark Taylor, vice president of event properties for IMG Canada.  “It’s fitting to have the weekend of World Cup Skateboard competition kick off with a great launch party with Rise Against and some other great acts.”

With the release this past summer of their fourth album, “The Sufferer & The Witness”, the Chicago-based Rise Against has been redefining punk rock’s rules and captivating both fans and critics.

The West 49 Canadian Open presented by Xbox, one of the premier stops on the World Cup Skateboarding Tour, features the sports top skateboarders competing for $75,000 US in prize money in the Billabong Street Course, Rail Rumble, and the KD Invitational Quarter-Pipe competitions.

White, one of the biggest names in the world of Action Sports, will compete in the KD Quarter-Pipe Pro Invitational ‘Highest Air’ competition on Saturday, September 30 at 1p.m.  White took home gold medals in the snowboard halfpipe at both the 2006 Winter Olympics and Winter X Games and recently won two ESPY Awards for “Best Olympian” and “Favourite Male Action Sports Athlete.”

Tickets for both the concert and the competition are currently on sale for the West 49 Canadian Open through Ticketmaster by calling (905) 546-7666 in Hamilton or (905) 481-4444 outside of Hamilton, or by visiting www.canadianopenskateboard.com or www.ticketmaster.ca

In addition to the appearance by White, many of top names in the world of professional skateboarding are expected to attend including Canadian Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Ryan Sheckler, Eric Koston, Chris Haslam, Lyn-Z Adams and Lacey Baker.


Published On: 9/22/2006
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hey well iv been skating since 2004 but in the middle i quit for a while then had to learn to ollie again.rite now i can 900piv(somtimes),nollie 180,ollie to my knees,old school impossibe,50-50,cave man,finger flip,nose grab aswell as inde out of the quarter and some other stuff i cant name but any wayz
 
 


Published On: 9/21/2006
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The first day of Slam City Jam went off with the DC Nationals, Es game of S-K-A-T-E and tons of pros warming up.
 
The DC Nationals is a Non-Profit Canada-Wide skateboard contest and the only event of its kind that gives Canadian amateur skaters a chance to showcase their talent on a National level.
 
Even though Sacha Daley had a wildcard entry into Slam's steet qualifier he needed to throw it down to pay his rent. With moves like a fontside boardslde and a clean swith kickflip over the loading dock he assured himself another 1st place DC national championship and $1000 cash. 
 
Colin Nogue from Vancouver BC secured 2nd place and $750 with consistency and his fast skating style.
 
Josh Clarke got third with a solid run and a large ollie, he got creative and ollied off the stage and over the 4 set, making for one big 5.
 
Last years girls DC champion; Tamara Dryborough wasnt able to hold her title this year, but she did land herself in third place with a manly size nollie flip down a drop.
 
Kelsy Smith represented Alberta and held her 2nd place with fronside 180's and a tight frontside 360 indy out of the larger quarterpipe.   
 
Kristin Zurwick from Castlegar Alberta took home the girls DC chamionship with a clean cosistent technical run.
 
Sascha Daley, Two time DC Nationals Champion
 
 
 
 
The Es Game of Skate was won by Micky Papa. He won a tight battle against east coast game of skate winner Will Cristofaro. These kids are definitely the future of skateboarding!!
 
Stay tuned for more coverage of Slam City Jam day 2!!
 
 
 


Published On: 8/25/2006
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  ACTION SPORTS SUPERSTAR SHAUN WHITE TO COMPETE AT WEST 49 CANADIAN OPEN PRESENTED BY XBOX AT HAMILTON’S COPPS COLISEUM THIS FALL

Each fall, The West 49 Canadian Open presented by Xbox brings the world’s best professional skateboarders to Southern Ontario, and this year it will bring one of the biggest names in the world as Shaun White competes on the KD Quarter-Pipe in the ‘highest air’ competition when the event comes to Hamilton’s Copps Coliseum September 29-October 2.

Shaun White, the two-sport athlete (snowboarding and skateboarding) is quite simply the biggest name in the world of Action Sports. White took home gold medals in halfpipe at both the 2006 Winter Olympics and Winter X Games and recently won two ESPY Awards for “Best Olympian” and “Favourite Male Action Sports Athlete”.

Beginning this Saturday, August 5 at noon, fans will be able to purchase tickets to see White compete along with other fan favourites Bucky Lasek, Canadian Pierre-Luc Gagnon Ryan Sheckler, Chris Haslam, Eric Koston, Lacey Baker, Lyn-Z Adams and a full field of the best skateboarders in the world. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster by calling (905) 546-7666 in Hamilton or (905) 481-4444 outside of Hamilton, or by visiting www.canadianopenskateboard.com or www.ticketmaster.ca

New this year is a special Edge 102.1 ‘West 49 Canadian Open Edge Pass’ which includes weekend admission to the West 49 Canadian Open presented by Xbox, a limited edition West 49 CO t-shirt, exclusive access to a special autograph session on Friday, September 29th, and a slice of pizza all for $58.50 plus taxes. In addition, five lucky ‘Edge Pass’ holders will be randomly selected to win an exclusive back stage ‘meet and greet’ with Shaun White.

The annual professional skateboarding event, one of the premier stops on the World Cup Skateboarding Tour, features the sports top skateboarders competing for $75,000 US in prize money in the Billabong Street Course, Rail Rumble, and the KD Invitational Quarter-Pipe competitions. 

“The West 49 Canadian Open gets bigger and better each year, and having Shaun White compete, along with the move to a bigger venue at Copps Coliseum, takes the event to a whole new level,” said Mark Taylor, vice president of IMG Canada event properties. “I know that all of the skaters are excited to show off their stuff for the fans in Southern Ontario this fall.”



Published On: 8/10/2006
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Grow More Pot
by Jello Biafra
From I Blow Minds for a Living, recorded at Slim's, San Francisco, Nov 21, 1990


Does anybody out there know that for the first time in American history the U.S. Army was used in a war operation against the American people? Right near here, up in Humboldt County about 200 miles north of San Francisco right near a town called Shelter Cove, get this: three- to four-hundred American G.I.s dressed with automatic rifles and fully armed for battle, fanned out on maneuvers through the woods, backed up by a dozen Blackhawk attack helicopters. The mountain people up there were frightened out of their wits! They thought there was a war going on, especially the ones that had soldiers kicking in the doors to their cabins and putting guns to their heads in front of their children.

Why!? Who was the enemy in this war? Not the communists! Not Saddam Hussein! Not Earth First! or even the spotted owl. No! The enemy they called out the army to put down, secretly, so few people outside of Humboldt would get alarmed as possible, it wasn't even a person or an army or a terrorist group! It was a plant, the marijuana plant.

And they actually did manage to find a few for the G.I.s to pull up, and then they had to fly in more from the government stash so the pile would look big enough when they lit the bonfire for the network TV news cameras, so that they could say "Yes! Another triumph in the Drug War!"

Drug War. War. The American army sent to war against the American people. And we're supposed to feel relieved and secure and protected. Protected from what?!

A lot of people with more guts than I'll ever have risked their life and limb all last summer at the Earth First! Redwood Summer Action up in Humboldt County. They were chaining themselves to redwoods that were three times wider than they were, 800 years old, they were spread-eagled, as the saws buzzed right over their heads. They stood in the dirt as the bulldozers charged them and stopped right at their toes. Or people waved clubs at them, charged them with logging trucks, shotguns, you name it. All to try to save some of the last unspoiled virgin forest we have left anywhere in this country from being chopped down and turned into toilet paper, TV Guides and the Weekly World News.

On the other side the loggers saying "What about our jobs!? What about our families!? What about our lives?! You needed wood and cardboard to make those protest signs!"

We need fuel! We need paper! It's almost gone! Where are we gonna get more? The answer, for centuries, has been right under our nose: grow more pot!

If we're serious about saving the earth, saving the ozone and our freedom to go about saving the earth and the ozone, we should start by paying all those dirt-poor coca farmers in South America and out-of-work loggers in Fortuna and Eureka, and Midwest family farmers and rust-belt families too, to all get together and grow more pot!

Why? Get ready for this...! There's a book out called The Emperor Wears No Clothes. The author's name is Jack Herer. It's published by Queen of Clubs, and I think there's ads for it in High Times, or NORML, the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws, could direct you to a copy I'm sure, and in this book, among other places, it is written that before the 20th century, the marijuana plant provided almost all the world's paper, all the world's clothing and textiles, and almost all the world's rope.

According to none other than the U.S. Department of Agriculture you can make four times as much paper from one acre of hemp plants as you can from an acre of trees. And instead of chopping down all the redwoods in Humboldt County and turning Northern California, Oregon and Washington and Appalachia into the Sahara Desert, if you do it with hemp plants, you can just grow another crop a few months later and make more paper! At one-quarter the cost of making paper from wood pulp and only one-fifth the pollution. The ancient Romans knew this and grew it, Henry VIII made each farmer in old England grow their share, because they knew if you want the strongest natural fiber there is, you all have gotta do your part for the King and grow more pot!

And we did, too! Guess what Levi jeans were originally made out of? And guess what American flags used to be made out of? And guess what the early drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were written on? And if that's too un-Christian for you, guess what they made Guttenberg and King James Bibles out of? Guess what you can use to power a car? You can get at least four times as much cellulose to make gasohol or methanol from hemp stems as you can from a corn stalk. Which along with solar energy would be a great way to avoid dying for oil in Saudi Arabia.

In the 1920s and 1930s most American cars and farm machinery had the option of running on gas or on methanol; most racing cars still do run on methanol. And George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew cannabis on their plantations and smoked it, too!

In the 1760s in the American colonies you could even be jailed for not growing pot! Because that was part of the key to becoming economically independent from Britain. Hemp was legal tender in the Americas, a substitute for money, from 1630 clear up to the early 1800s. And hemp seeds are a great source of protein, better than soybeans, and it's cheaper than soybeans, too. Or so says the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Marijuana is legal for medical use in 34 states used to treat glaucoma and pain caused by cancer, and you can digest more protein from a hemp seed than a soybean seed. It's even shown some signs at being able to combat herpes. And, guess what kind of a parachute Mr. Drug War Junta-Man himself George Bush used when he bailed out of that bomber in World War II?

Hemp was illegal by then, but farmers were briefly ordered to grow it again in this country for the war effort and all, and the U.S. Army had their own stash all along in the colonies in the Philippines.

So, how did everything get turned around so damn bad? Doesn't it strike you as a little dumb that we burn oil and choke ourselves and chop down all our trees and ruin innocent people's lives by branding them criminals and throwing them in jails, or sending them off to drug camps, or taking all their property and selling it before they're brought to trial? In the process, making crack and heroin cheaper and easier to get than pot? Why do we do this when we don't have to?

Meanwhile the Police Chief of L.A., Darryl Gates gets front page approval for telling a U.S. Senate committee that pot smokers should be shot on sight. Because smoking pot is treason because, after all, it's illegal.

Why was marijuana cracked down on? And why was it done so violently? Well ... Ready?!

In 1936 Popular Mechanics magazine hailed the invention of a new machine to process hemp, predicting that marijuana/hemp would once again become the world's largest cash crop. This did not at all sit well with people like Hearst Paper Manufacturing or Kimberly-Clark or other cutthroat multinationals who happen to have large timber holdings. It didn't sit to well with tobacco barons for obvious reasons, and it sure as hell didn't sit too well with old buddies DuPont. Hemp processing uses only one-fifth the chemicals need to process wood pulp, and DuPont had just patented a new wood pulp sulfide process, and DuPont's patented plastic fibers had just passed up hemp as the No. 2 fiber, next to cotton, and they wanted to keep it that way!

And the last thing the big drug companies wanted was to lose their share of the ever lucrative disease industry market, to more affordable medicine made from marijuana or other natural ingredients because, check this out, you can't own and make money off a patent for medicine in this country, unless the medicine has chemicals in it. If it's all natural ingredients, you can't patent it. Maybe that's why we don't have access to a cure for cancer or AIDS, or why the health food store I go to keeps getting harassed by federal authorities for selling herbal medicines.

Meanwhile, guess who owns Congress? So marijuana was outlawed in 1937 and they fanned the racism fires playing the racism card just like they do when they want to crack down on rock-and-roll or rap or hip hop or something like that. They said that smoking marijuana might cause you to fall under the influence of listening to jazz! I believe that it was even said on the floor of Congress that marijuana had to be banned because smoking it might make a black man look at a white woman twice. And let's not forget that U.S. Treasury Department funded documentary film, called, "Reefer Madness!" So marijuana was outlawed as devil weed in 1937. Only 53 years ago it was legal. Need I say more, on why our beloved fearless leaders go out of their way to censor our access to information so damn much? Can you imagine the mass outrage if this kind of stuff ever really got out? And people knew that this big drug problem that they keep reading about and hearing about is being caused by the government themselves? And people knew how easily each one of us individually could turn our ecological and human crisis around without resorting to Nazi bullshi*t like oil wars and drug wars by just saying no! to George Bush.

And if people knew that the very companies that provide us with such crucial conveniences as Kleenex, paper towels and junk mail, have systematically and brutally rearranged every single one of our lives so that we are literally wiping our ass with out own future?

And it doesn't have to be this way! I mean, I'll tell you, I do feel kind of funny saying all this because I used to be a pothead and I hate smoking the stuff, and the whole low-energy stoner Deadhead vibe that comes with it. But, you don't need to smoke pot to realize that the real drug problem in this country is not the drugs. And we can help solve drug problems, crime problems, environmental problems - even our racial problems if we say no to George Bush and get together and grow more pot!


Published On: 8/5/2006
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