Michael Phelps

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Originally posted by zombywoof:
With Phelps' lung capacity, he could probably get pretty stoned on one hit..

That's funny.

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Originally posted by zombywoof:
With Phelps' lung capacity, he could probably get pretty stoned on one hit..

Or as the band The Fraternity of Man sang on the Easy Rider Movie "Don't Bogart That Joint My Friend,"

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Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
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Originally posted by powertoallfields:
Thing is, there is no breathalyzer for pot yet.

That may very well be true power, but there is a tried and true field test to determine if someone has been whiffing the weed...



... if a quick scan of their lips reveals a cheesy orange Cheetos© hue coupled with their inability to answer even simple questions like "where is your left shoe?" or "how come your pocket is full of grape jelly?" it is probable that the person is under the influence.

LOL..How true

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I do agree that we all have a life of our own, and what you do in your "off" time is your business. Unlike MLB, he is not accountable for what he does when not in competition.

TPM I agree in principal but disagree in certain cases. Phelps should be held accountable. Athletes, religious leaders and most police officers need to be held to a higher standard because they have a major influence on the impressionable children of the world. While I personally don't care if an olympic swimmer gets stoned every day or an olympic diver choses an alternative lifestyle, I DO NOT want my son or daughter (while in their formative years) to have either one of those people as a role model! I may pick my kids clothes but they pick their own role models!

It's hollow words to say: "Drugs don't hurt drug users --- it's the drug laws that hurt drug users". Good grief! That sounds like something some of my old drug buddies would say when they were stoned out of their minds and just after they snorted a whiff of amyl nitrate!

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Originally posted by Fungo:
That sounds like something some of my old drug buddies would say when they were stoned out of their minds and just after they snorted a whiff of amyl nitrate!

Amyl nitrate? That's nothing. They should have had a whiff of this Amy...



...Amy Winehouse-"Your One Stop Shop for a Not Too Sly Contact High!"

Woodrow, you need to stop that late night cruising before playbaseball gets wind. There's some higher class girls in Vegas, my friend. You just need to make an appointment.

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Thanks for the advice Bum.

I made an appointment for 9:00am...under the garish neon lights.

I waited around 'til a little after 10:00am...no dame! What a shame!





I had to do the laundry all by myself...didn't have enough quarters until I hit this...





...and fortunately for me it paid out seven of these chits, just enough to finish my load.





It goes without saying (and you know how tough that is for me) that playbaseball was pleased.

woody

you may not have gotten the memo, but what happens in cook county stay's in cook county.... or something like that.

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Gracious sakes let's hope so!

http://www.cleveland.com/sports/index.ssf/2009/02/most_...ticking_with_ph.html

Uncommon,..... no.
Illegal,...... yes.

The law is the law.

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That's amazing OLDSLUGGER...his profile closely matches that lower line on the graph...

Honestly I haven't read everything in this thread. I don't need to read everything in this thread to make up my mind. I made it up years ago.

I am against drug use of any kind and that includes pot. I am against drinking of any kind and I am against cigarettes of any kind. You will never convince me otherwise. In my time on this earth I have seen all three destroy people I care about.

Drugs, alcohol and cigarettes have done more to destroy lives, families and property than they have ever done to help lives, families and property. Nobody knows how this stuff will affect people - some can start / stop whenever they want and others can become addicted on the first time.

You say smoking pot isn't a big deal then tell that to my sister who lost her job, her car, her marriage and custody of her daughter over drugs. She is now clean and sober and rebuilding her life but if you put drugs in front of her she will take them. She got started with alcohol and moved to pot and then finally got hooked onto the big stuff. Pot may not be a gateway drug for all but it is for some.

I grew up with a guy who was killed when a guy who was high shot him in the face. The guy who pulled the trigger got his start with alcohol and pot.

There are countless stories like this and ones that are even worse than mine.

Those who have said they tried drugs back in the day I'm not judging you. I'm not saying you are a bad person or anything. I'm just saying I cannot see the logic in allowing or glamorizing things that can destroy lives just because some aren't affected by it.

The so called war on drugs we started back in the 80's with Reagan - we are losing badly.

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Well said coach. Thank you for sharing that.


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Originally posted by Fungo:

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I do agree that we all have a life of our own, and what you do in your "off" time is your business. Unlike MLB, he is not accountable for what he does when not in competition.

TPM I agree in principal but disagree in certain cases. Phelps should be held accountable. Athletes, religious leaders and most police officers need to be held to a higher standard because they have a major influence on the impressionable children of the world. While I personally don't care if an olympic swimmer gets stoned every day or an olympic diver choses an alternative lifestyle, I DO NOT want my son or daughter (while in their formative years) to have either one of those people as a role model! I may pick my kids clothes but they pick their own role models!

Fungo, I agree with you 100%, I just brought that up as per another discussion about off season drug testing with MLB. I was comparing that MLB pays your salary (part of the year anyway) as compared to an athlete who doesn't get paid, in this case the IOC. I may not be explaining it right, but I am sure you get my idea. I feel the way you do, I do not want any drug user, whether minor or major to be a role model for any children.

Whether weed use is minor or not, it's use is illegal. Stealing a pack of gum is minor, but it's still stealing.

STAY HOME!

Bad press for USC east as well. This hurts more people than Phelps.

While not condoning smoking pot I think pressing charges against him now is over the top. Some Barney Fife in South Carolina is going to get himself on ESPN. He's already in the news.

Note: Before anyone thinks I'm making fun of the south we have a town full of Barney Fifes in our police force.

Pot charge possible

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Bad press for USC east as well. This hurts more people than Phelps.

I don't know. Maybe they can use it as a recruiting tool. Or for recruiting tools!

RJM, as I was reading that I heard dueling banjos in the background!

He wasn't caught, only on camara.

I heard that USC not too happy with the bad press, no school needs bad press. They are trying to recover from the fire that ocurred last year and some of their students died.

BTW, very strict in SC. No alcohol purchase or consumption in public allowed on sunday (blue law state). Minors caught with alcohol is a serious offense and can include jail time, where in other states it's a misdeanor.

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Originally posted by RJM:
Some Barney Fife in South Carolina is going to get himself on ESPN.

Nip those buds!"

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With Phelps' lung capacity, he could probably get pretty stoned on one hit..

Flip side .... Dennis Miller: "With his lung capacity he could give the entire campus a contact high on exhaling."

Life is crazy isn't it? Our last 3 Presidents have all used drugs illegally and the jails are full of guys who did the same....

Today at our school a woman spoke to our students, she was a survivor of a drunk driving wreck that killed her mom, brother and 2 friends...

just my stream of consciousness flowing; i realize there is nothing original with my thoughts here...

good postings folks, but this topic seems to be like the weather; everyone talks about it but nobody does anything about it.

Blessings to you all

Who's this guy?

slits for eyelids...
looks illegal to me...

Read Jason Whitlock's column of Foxsports.com today

Thanks for the tip TR. Here's the link
Quit Crying...

The King's of the Enema, Professor Kellogg's just dropped the pot smokin olympic hero. They would have been better of helping him on "The Road to Wellville"

Maybe they'll re-hire Mark Spitz? NO?

And, I just read that he is suspended from competitive swimming for three months.

They have the same problem in Japan with some of their top SUMO wrestlers


I do not think he is swimming competitively is he?

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=6816007

Main topic for reply should be this: he threw away millions. Not whether or not he makes mistakes because he's human/a kid. No one will pick him up for indorsements.

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after thinking this over, he could have been doing this for awhile. usually you do it with friends. so how do you think he's feeling about his buddy that snapped the picture? nobody's asking if it's another olympic swimmer. maybe i think differently.

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Nope. Not young Richard. This is a picture of a future community organizer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrjBDbYKGcs

classic!

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Too funny not to post.

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"100% WHOLE GRAIN"...can't be that bad for you...right?

Absolutely, but each bong hit costs you a $1m endorsement deal.