TTP | Michael Phelps

We are revisiting some of the biggest stories of 2009 through the end of the year. This was originally published on February 3, 2009.

What is it with Olympic athletes putting long cylindrical objects in their mouths?  First Greg Louganis, now Michael Phelps. By the time you read this, every late night talk show host will have used every other joke in the book regarding Phelps and his pot use (the calories he eats, his lung capacity, etc…). So we thought it appropriate to make fun of innocent Greg Louganis.  Sorry Greg, it’s a cruel world.

Phelps busting some lettuce is not the story here, rather where did he get that killer bong?  The makers have got to be thrilled with the clarity of the photo. They should market a Phelps bong: The Snorkel. Their slogan: Forget the water, who’s got the gold?

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noun.     1. Marijuana cigarette, a plump joint.

Supposedly the term originated from the baby boomer generation kid’s show Romper Room, where the good children were called the "Do-Bees." Also popularized by seventies hit-makers, The Doobie Brothers.

Cannabis sativa, aka marijuana, has been used for centuries as a popular pain killer and sedative. However, the introduction of the hypodermic needle slowed the use of cannabis in the mid-1800s. During the Civil War, wounds were so horrific that soldiers needed a faster-acting numbing agent. Injecting morphine became the treatment of choice and opiate addiction became known as “the soldier’s disease”. Some say it was a myth.

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