merryb wrote:
> I'm so disgusted by the treatment by Kelloggs towards Michael Phelps.
> He made a mistake by letting someone take a picture of him while he
> was taking a bong hit, but this is ridiculous! It didn't enhance his
> performance, and it had nothing to do with his swimming abilities. I
> guess it's the image thing, but still, I'm boycotting Kelloggs.
> Kelloggs is a food manufacturing company, so I didn't label this as
> OT...Do any of you agree with me?


I think I already am. I can't think of any of their products that I buy.
The only cold cereal I buy is Shredded Wheat. While the price of that
has increased over the last year or so, others have got ridiculously
expensive..... for mushed up and dried cereal grains. I am back into
oatmeal and cream of wheat for expensive. A 1 kg bag of oatmeal costs
about half the price of a box of cereal and lasts 4 times longer.

I don't understand why athletes get sanctioned for smoking pot. No one
worries if they get drunk. Some say they call it dope because it makes
you stupid and impairs performance. Sports organizations ban performance
enhancing drugs. Does this mean that marijuana is a performance
enhancing drug?

Dave Smith > wrote in news:498ca55c$0
:


>
> I don't understand why athletes get sanctioned for smoking pot. No one
> worries if they get drunk. Some say they call it dope because it makes
> you stupid and impairs performance. Sports organizations ban performance
> enhancing drugs. Does this mean that marijuana is a performance
> enhancing drug?
>


No. It's an *illegal* substance.

It's called 'dope', because you have to be one to use it.


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

On Feb 6, 1:24*pm, PeterL > wrote:
> Dave Smith > wrote in news:498ca55c$0
> :
>
>
>
> > I don't understand why athletes get sanctioned for smoking pot. No one
> > worries if they get drunk. Some say they call it dope because it makes
> > you stupid and impairs performance. Sports organizations ban performance
> > enhancing drugs. *Does this mean that marijuana is a performance
> > enhancing drug?
>
> No. It's an *illegal* substance.
>
> It's called 'dope', because you have to be one to use it.
>
> --
> Peter Lucas
> Brisbane
> Australia
>
> Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are.
>
> Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Give me a break!

"merryb" > wrote in message
...
On Feb 6, 1:24 pm, PeterL > wrote:
> Dave Smith > wrote in
> news:498ca55c$0
> :
>
>
>
> > I don't understand why athletes get sanctioned for smoking pot. No one
> > worries if they get drunk. Some say they call it dope because it makes
> > you stupid and impairs performance. Sports organizations ban performance
> > enhancing drugs. Does this mean that marijuana is a performance
> > enhancing drug?
>
> No. It's an *illegal* substance.
>
> It's called 'dope', because you have to be one to use it.
>
> --
> Peter Lucas
> Brisbane
> Australia
>
> Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are.
>
> Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Give me a break!

Lucas is a dope without the pot.

merryb > wrote in news:4caead20-c94d-428f-901d-de11d09e3f88
@p2g2000prn.googlegroups.com:


>
> Give me a break!



Get some talent, and I'll give you a break.


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:07:59 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:

> merryb wrote:
>> I'm so disgusted by the treatment by Kelloggs towards Michael Phelps.
>> He made a mistake by letting someone take a picture of him while he was
>> taking a bong hit, but this is ridiculous! It didn't enhance his
>> performance, and it had nothing to do with his swimming abilities. I
>> guess it's the image thing, but still, I'm boycotting Kelloggs.
>> Kelloggs is a food manufacturing company, so I didn't label this as
>> OT...Do any of you agree with me?
>
>
> I think I already am. I can't think of any of their products that I buy.
> The only cold cereal I buy is Shredded Wheat. While the price of that
> has increased over the last year or so, others have got ridiculously
> expensive..... for mushed up and dried cereal grains. I am back into
> oatmeal and cream of wheat for expensive. A 1 kg bag of oatmeal costs
> about half the price of a box of cereal and lasts 4 times longer.

And a damned sight better for you.

Anything Kellogs shoves in a box (with the unnaturally long shelf-life
and all that goes with that) is little more than denatured empty carbs
made infinitely worse with added sugar.

> I don't understand why athletes get sanctioned for smoking pot. No one
> worries if they get drunk.

Therein lies the hypocrisy...

> Some say they call it dope because it makes
> you stupid and impairs performance. Sports organizations ban performance
> enhancing drugs. Does this mean that marijuana is a performance
> enhancing drug?

Therein lies the hypocrisy...


The REAL problem with marijuana is that it is a naturally occurring
product, and thus GovCo (government-big business) cannot gain exclusive
control of it via patents and other intellectual rights protection
mechanisms.


Notice how natural products gets a hard time - especially in the U.S?

The FDA puts tight controls on *any* natural product that is harmless,
and competes with GovCo, especially if it starts to become popular.

One that always springs to my mind is Stevia. Its *completely* harmless
but the FDA has come up with all manner of ridiculous bullshit to curb
it's sale and distribution.

On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:24:40 +0000, PeterL wrote:

> Dave Smith > wrote in
> news:498ca55c$0 :
>
>
>
>> I don't understand why athletes get sanctioned for smoking pot. No one
>> worries if they get drunk. Some say they call it dope because it makes
>> you stupid and impairs performance. Sports organizations ban
>> performance enhancing drugs. Does this mean that marijuana is a
>> performance enhancing drug?
>>
>>
>
> No. It's an *illegal* substance.

Oh. And this somehow is suddenly a problem for you peter?
LOL, your hypocrisy still stuns me sometimes.

> It's called 'dope', because you have to be one to use it.

Brain dead robotic response repeating corporate dogma without a shred of
evidence to back it up.

On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:28:28 -0800, merryb wrote:

> On Feb 6, 1:24Â*pm, PeterL > wrote:
>> Dave Smith > wrote in
>> news:498ca55c$0 :
>>
>>
>>
>> > I don't understand why athletes get sanctioned for smoking pot. No
>> > one worries if they get drunk. Some say they call it dope because it
>> > makes you stupid and impairs performance. Sports organizations ban
>> > performance enhancing drugs. Â*Does this mean that marijuana is a
>> > performance enhancing drug?
>>
>> No. It's an *illegal* substance.
>>
>> It's called 'dope', because you have to be one to use it.
>>
>> --
>> Peter Lucas
>> Brisbane
>> Australia
>>
>
> Give me a break!

It's sad, isn't it?





--
"Some days we don't let the line move at all. We call those weekdays"
Patty and Selma Bouvier, 1996

On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:44:57 +0000, PeterL wrote:

> merryb > wrote in
> news:4caead20-c94d-428f-901d-de11d09e3f88 @p2g2000prn.googlegroups.com:
>
>> Give me a break!
>
> Get some talent, and I'll give you a break.

I'm sure that if merryb had kids, he/she would keep them WELL away from
you, mr-ostracised-from-the-Boys-Brigade.

On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:58:48 GMT, Lois wrote:

> "merryb" > wrote in message
> ...
> On Feb 6, 1:24 pm, PeterL > wrote:
>> Dave Smith > wrote in
>> news:498ca55c$0
>> :
>>
>>
>>
>>> I don't understand why athletes get sanctioned for smoking pot. No one
>>> worries if they get drunk. Some say they call it dope because it makes
>>> you stupid and impairs performance. Sports organizations ban performance
>>> enhancing drugs. Does this mean that marijuana is a performance
>>> enhancing drug?
>>
>> No. It's an *illegal* substance.
>>
>> It's called 'dope', because you have to be one to use it.
>>
>> --
>> Peter Lucas
>> Brisbane
>> Australia
>>
>> Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are.
>>
>> Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
>
> Give me a break!
>
> Lucas is a dope without the pot.

i suppose it's cheaper in the long run. but at some point you come down
from smoking dope.

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 21:24:40 +0000 (UTC), PeterL wrote:

> Dave Smith > wrote in news:498ca55c$0
> :
>
>>
>> I don't understand why athletes get sanctioned for smoking pot. No one
>> worries if they get drunk. Some say they call it dope because it makes
>> you stupid and impairs performance. Sports organizations ban performance
>> enhancing drugs. Does this mean that marijuana is a performance
>> enhancing drug?
>>
>
> No. It's an *illegal* substance.
>
> It's called 'dope', because you have to be one to use it.

yeah i'd hate for it to prevent me from being an intelligent guy like you.
oh, wait.

blake