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August 01, 2006
Impractical jokes
Playing with real cigarettes in order to upset the anti-smoking Nazis is one thing, but why would anyone would want to spend nearly $200.00 each on fake marijuana plants? I don't know why, but they're for sale: Get a rise out of the neighbors with these fake pot plants, made out of realistic-looking silk by pro-pot activist Joseph White. They even have buds on them. White's New Image Plants offers a variety of sizes from 2 feet to 6 feet, and you can order them as hemp plants without buds, or as marijuana plants with luxuriant and realistic-looking buds that have been dusted with polyurethane to simulate that gooey, sticky, flower top look.The idea so annoyed one Gizmodo commenter that he snapped: What a brilliant idea! Show your disdain for Americas anti-drug laws by giving 'the man' a reason to storm your home! Sit back and watch the hilarity unfold as those 'jackbooted thugs' realize that they broke down your door and ransacked your home because of a plastic marijuana plant. Yessiree, the joke would certainly be on anyone who came to your house with a warrant at 2:00 AM and handcuffed you and your family while they search your home only because you thought it would be funny to buy one of these fake plants!Har! Better yet, make a tar baby, then whoop it up while they get stuck trying to save it! I wouldn't recommend it; child protective services people are not known for having a sense of humor. Playing at serious things can be risky in today's nanny state. Anyone who thinks government bureaucrats have any imagination at all (much less a sense of humor) should think again. I knew a woman who had an alarm which sounded just like an aggressive, growling barking dog, which increased in decibels the closer anyone got, or the louder they knocked. It sounded utterly convincing, so much so that a nosy neighbor complained, and this generated a visit from animal control, followed by record check and a summons that she get the nonexistent dog licensed. She called and tried to explain that she didn't have a dog, but the answer was "tell it to the judge." Another fun-filled idea for the next time you go on vacation. Stuff some ordinary flour into condoms, then pack them into your suitcase. You'll have a ball when the customs agents fall for the prank and bust you for drugs. Or if you're at a dull party, you can always find a mirror somewhere, throw a little flour onto it, get a razor blade and form it into little white lines. It always gets a reaction from guests, and cops love checking it out! If you're really bored, you can go out in the street and pretend to sell flour-filled balloons to coconspirator friends, then laugh yourselves silly all the way to jail. Who knows? If enough people did these things, they'd probably be made as illegal as the real thing! posted by Eric on 08.01.06 at 07:06 PM
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I'm sure its against some law to intentionally fool cops into thinking a crime is being committed. Adam · August 1, 2006 11:51 PM Adam-I wouldn't be surprised. As I've said, we have laws such that, essentially, with the will to do so, damn near anything can get you locked away. Jon Thompson · August 2, 2006 02:09 AM I think a good case can be made that satire and ridicule as forms of political protest are protected self expression under the First Amendment. Also, criminalizing the appearance of crime has dangerous constitutional implications. Eric Scheie · August 2, 2006 09:07 AM Better idea: get real pot seeds, and plant them in the flower gardens of your local police offices and court houses. Once they've grown a bit, call the local media. Beck · August 2, 2006 03:57 PM The reason you would place the fake plants in a comprimisng place ,say a corn field would be to wake-up! those government bureaucrats and the rest of the 51% of people like Eric .Gas for an auto $3.00 gal. chopper fuel guess. So on average they piss away $1,000 -$1500 an hour to find a street vaule of $0,also true 9 out of 10 times for the real stuff too. Go fight some real crime ,"leaf" the weeds for the farmers to deal with.Sure the stuff's not good for you,but chocolate cake and whoppers aren't either ;our current "addiction crisis" not being able to see your private parts. Get off your asses remove your heads from there and wake up!! America remember why we left? you know that 1776 thing oh yeah taxes ,tyrants,kings and democracy .Voting does'nt work that's evident,how about something called accountability,from the individual to the official. gregory · August 3, 2006 07:28 PM Gregory-I assume you are a new visitor. As a regular, I recommend you look around a bit before assuming that Eric is in favor of the drug war. I know I should let him speak for himself, but he spoke in my defense once, so I'm just getting him back. Jon Thompson · August 3, 2006 10:47 PM But I don't have to wake up! Eric Scheie · August 5, 2006 02:09 PM |
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They are as illegal as the real thing. It is a crime to have phoney drugs at school. And i am on the opposite side of this issue. Jackbooted thugs should not be entering my home to protect me from my own property - even if they mistake the property for a prohibited drug. We should have learned a lifetime lesson from prohibition.