{"id":8273,"date":"2013-12-17T13:25:32","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T13:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/12\/17\/a-slip-of-the-tongue-and-a-bit-about-me-and-mary-jane\/"},"modified":"2013-12-17T13:25:32","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T13:25:32","slug":"a-slip-of-the-tongue-and-a-bit-about-me-and-mary-jane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/12\/17\/a-slip-of-the-tongue-and-a-bit-about-me-and-mary-jane\/","title":{"rendered":"A Slip of the Tongue and a Bit about Me and Mary Jane"},"content":{"rendered":"

One morning recently I was talking with a thirtysomething woman about Obamacare.  "If you like your period, you can keep your period" came out of my mouth.  I was intending, "If you like your plan, you can keep your plan, period<\/em>."<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks to Obama, the period is one punctuation mark that will never be the same.  From now on, no one will be able to say 'period' without conjuring up the great man, just as words like 'inhale' and 'is' conjure up the first black president, Bill Clinton, along with images of chubby star-struck interns.  "But I didn't inhale."  I suppose it all depends on the meaning of 'inhale.'<\/span><\/p>\n

Presidents need to realize that there is such a thing as videotape and that lies are easily exposed.  In this clip<\/a>, Bubba say that he tried marijuana a time or two, didn't like it, didn't inhale, and never tried it again.  But obviously, there is no way to tell if you like it without inhaling it, and quite a bit of it, over several sessions.  The man was obviously lying, and he must have known that we knew he was lying.<\/span><\/p>\n

I tried it, and from '68-'72 smoked my fair share of it, inhaling deeply as one must to get any effect, but I did not like it.  I'm an intense guy whose life is already plenty intense.  My reaction was similar to Lenny Bruce's:  "I've got enough shit flying through my head without smoking weed."  (Quoted from memory from How to Talk Dirty and Influence People<\/em> which I read around '66.  My copy is long gone, my mother having confiscated it and thrown it away.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Having just checked<\/a> the quotation, I was pretty close.  What Bruce actually said was this:<\/span><\/p>\n

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"I don't smoke pot, and I'm glad because then I can champion it without any special pleading.
The reason I don't smoke pot is because it facilitates ideas and heightens sensations.
And I got enough shit flying through my head without smoking pot."
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