Sharing an Ashtray with Kinky Friedman

[indigobusiness]

http://www.cigarwise.com/artman/publish/article_172.shtml

Kinky is a trip worth taking.
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JL: Do you smoke more when you're writing?

KF: Yeah, without as doubt. When I'm writing and there's no time I may write up to 2 or 3 in the morning, or later. Then I may smoke not quite up to the Winston Churchill level but I would smoke probably more the Thomas Edison/Mark Twain level, of twelve cigars maybe. I'm either waiting to die of throat cancer or something like that. That could happen. But now that I'm a vegetarian, I think I'm much healthier. Although that's not the reason why I became a vegetarian, I'd just like to say that now. I'm a vegetarian because I wanna be kind to animals, and to be morally superior to other people.

JL: Tell me about the day you were invited to dinner at the White House.

KF: We just did a Dutch documentary that's coming out called 'Proud to be an Asshole from El Paso ', in which they interviewed Clinton about me and my books, and he read some passages from the books. And he recounted the time I went to the White House for dinner and how I gave him a Cuban cigar. And he said, 'Uh, you know, that's illegal in this country'. And there were a lot of people around and all that, and he said, 'You can't do that here.' And I said, 'Just remember, Mr. President, don't think of it as supporting their economy, think of it as burning their fields.' I'm going to see President Bush in the first week of October, and do a reading for him. We're Pen-Pals now.

JL: Does George smoke?

KF: George does smoke - he smokes cigars. I don't know if he smokes Cubans, or not. We'll find out what he smokes. I've never smoke with him really - but I guess I will. I'm a friend of friend of Presidents. I belong to a very small group - including Bernard Beruch, Jesse Jackson and Billy Graham. None of them is in very good shape at the moment, I think. I guess it goes with the territory.

JL: You're working on a book with your pal Willie Nelson. Does Willie Nelson still smoke, or has he packed it in?


http://www.kinkyfriedman.com/

KF: Willie still smokes an occasional cigar. He still smokes enough dope, it's just incredible... I was on the bus with him last week and I was standing back to back with this very attractive young woman, and I told him, 'I'm not sure which of us is taller, but her ass is six inches higher than mine.' To which Willie responded, 'My ass is higher than both of your asses.' At any rate, yes, Willie definitely smokes enough marihuana to choke an iguana.
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[indigobusiness]

1. This should, probably, have been posted in the Editorials, etc section...

oh well...

[el_gato]

2. I'll vote for 'em

[indigobusiness]

5. The campaign will be the best part

even if he does win.

He would make a groovy guv.

[kentuck]

3. "They don't make Jews like Jesus anymore.."

Kinky said. :)

[indigobusiness]

4. Good song...

and a great guy.

[Gothmog]

6. I will vote for Kinky also

My wife has seen another Kinky bumperstick that read something to the effect" Kinky for Gov., why the hell not.

My law partner is good friends with Richard Friedman aka Kinky and refuses to call him Kinky.

Kinky could be a funny candiate for governor.