Why did the coke can stink?

[mdmc]

I guess they used it as an ashtray.
Al Gore's Son Arrested for Pot Possession
December 20, 2003 : Filed at 9:40 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The son of former vice president and 2000 Democratic
presidential candidate Al Gore has been charged with marijuana
possession.

Albert A. Gore III, 21, was arrested Friday night after he was stopped
for driving a vehicle without its headlights on.

Two passengers were also arrested and charged with misdemeanor marijuana
possession. They were identified as Yann V. Kumin, 21, and Marc G.
Hordon, 22, both of Cambridge, Mass.

A Montgomery County, Md., police officer stopped the car, a dark-colored
Cadillac, in Bethesda, a Washington suburb, around 11:30 p.m. Friday.

The officer noticed the car's windows and sunroof were open, despite
cold temperatures Friday night. There was also a smell of marijuana
coming from the vehicle, according to a news release from the police
department.

A search of the vehicle turned up a partial marijuana cigarette, a
cigarette box containing suspected marijuana, and a soft drink can that
also smelled of marijuana.

All three were released pending trial.

In September 2002, the younger Gore was ticketed for driving under the
influence. He was pulled over and ticketed by military police just
outside Fort Myer in suburban Virginia, but was not taken into custody.

In the summer of 2000, Gore was cited by the North Carolina Highway
Patrol for driving 97 mph in a 55-mph zone. Under an agreement with
prosecutors, a reckless driving charge was dropped in the North Carolina
case, but he was fined $125 for speeding and his driving privileges in
the state were suspended.

[Nlighten1]

1. makeshift bong

I used to make them all the time.

[Syncronaut Seven]

6. I say we take up a collection

and buy Al's son some proper paraphenalia! Aluminum can pipes are just not befitting of a Vice President's son.

[JVS]

7. I wish I could find proper paraphenalia

[latebloomer]

2. I would guess ashtray

since they had a rolled joint.

[GregW]

3. The really funny thing is ...

... if this was one of Bush's daughters, or DeLay's son, or the child of any of the Pugs ... we'd be all over this like flies on shit.

But because it's a Dem ... we just give him a pass.

:eyes:

[Robb]

14. Well, to be fair

...it's usually the irony that gets us, if a Repub gets caught doing something they rail against in their public life. I don't remember Gore's central issue being the evils of pot, but when a Repub gets nailed for gambling after writing about how evil gambling is, well... :shrug:

[HEyHEY]

4. can't wait to see the hypocrisy break out

Compared to Bush's daughters...we'll see how this gets dealt with

[LanternWaste]

5. trick we did in high school

Trick we did back in high school: take an empty (and preferably clean) soda can, poke about a dozen holes on close proximity to each other on one side near the bottom as an 'ersatz' screen, draw in from the original opening and presto, you have an instant pipe!

My pal's and I thought we invented that. Little did we know it was common knowledge in the Green Community...

Ah, youth...lol

[Andyjunction]

9. You forgot to add a carb

They work much better with that extra hole :hippie:

[HEyHEY]

11. only it's not a good idea to smoke aluminum

We used to do that until we learned how bad it was.

[OneBlueSky]

8. maybe it had a pubic hair in it . . .

no, wait . . . that was Clarence Thomas . . . geez, I always get these public figures confused . . . :shrug:

[MadMike]

10. I always look for an empy beer can in my car to make a bong....

[Syncronaut Seven]

15. The kitty is hillarious!

Can I distribute that? :)

Harrad.

[MadMike]

16. Sure......

There's a credit to the copyright owner built in.

[Interrobang]

12. My fiance told me how to make an apple pipe...

That sounds better than a nasty old can anyway, although using a Coke can (or a Jolt bottle) is a very geeky thing to do.

Compare and contrast this article with the measly little squib on the Bush twins' pot parties. Maybe we should get them together and tell them to tell their parents to stop being such hard-liners when it comes to pot anyway. (Ten states -- including NY and OH -- already have some form of decriminalization, so no biggie anyway!)

[Kat45]

13. We used to use the cardboard tube from a toilet paper roll

to make a "carburator." It wasn't a bad pipe.

[Bertha Venation]

17. DECRIMINALIZE DRUGS AND LEGALIZE MARIJUANA NOW!

Al Gore III gets busted for pot possession. BIG FUCKING DEAL.

Didn't this godforsaken country learn anything from Prohibition?

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