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Shakespeare was a pothead
Posted on 8/9/15 at 2:10 pm
Posted on 8/9/15 at 2:10 pm
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South African scientists have discovered that 400-year-old tobacco pipes excavated from the garden of William Shakespeare contained cannabis, suggesting the playwright might have written some of his famous works while high.
Residue from early 17th century clay pipes found in the playwright’s garden, and elsewhere in Stratford-Upon-Avon, were analysed in Pretoria using a sophisticated technique called gas chromatography mass spectrometry, the Independent reports.
Of the 24 fragments of pipe loaned from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust to University of the Witwatersrand, cannabis was found in eight samples, four of which came from Shakespeare's property.
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Posted on 8/9/15 at 2:10 pm to Jim Rockford
Jesus was black. What about it?
Posted on 8/9/15 at 2:11 pm to Jim Rockford
And according to some, a fraud.
Posted on 8/9/15 at 2:13 pm to jimbeam
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Jesus was black. What about it?
Shut your whore mouth. Everybody knows Jesus was a white dude. Check all them pictures of Jesus from your youth. You ever see a painting of a black jesus? No.
Posted on 8/9/15 at 2:15 pm to jimbeam
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Jesus was black
Posted on 8/9/15 at 2:20 pm to Jim Rockford
He was probably a pedophile too
Posted on 8/9/15 at 2:23 pm to Pavoloco83
Posted on 8/9/15 at 2:24 pm to yellowhammer2098
word
Posted on 8/9/15 at 2:24 pm to Jim Rockford
Wait a minute, last I checked we weren't even 100% sure that William Shakespeare wasn't just somebody else's nom de plume.
Did that get settled somewhere along the way?
Did that get settled somewhere along the way?
Posted on 8/9/15 at 2:27 pm to Jim Rockford
guess we now know how he spent those missing seven years
Posted on 8/9/15 at 2:30 pm to yellowhammer2098
quote:That cat looks like one of poon hounds from around Convent on the east bank.
yellowhammer2098
Posted on 8/9/15 at 2:36 pm to Jim Rockford
in my opinion, you cant discover pipes with weed residue and make the assumption it was only his pipes or that he was high everytime he wrote his masterpieces.
But then again, he very well could have been in cloud 9 whilst writing. We will never know.
But then again, he very well could have been in cloud 9 whilst writing. We will never know.
Posted on 8/9/15 at 2:38 pm to Walking the Earth
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Wait a minute, last I checked we weren't even 100% sure that William Shakespeare wasn't just somebody else's nom de plume.
Did that get settled somewhere along the way?
This issue has long been settled.
Posted on 8/9/15 at 2:40 pm to Jim Rockford
Maybe, but this is of the dumbest literary interpretations I have ever seen in a respectable publication:
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Shakespeare's sonnets suggest he was familiar with the effects of both drugs.
In Sonnet 76, he writes about “invention in a noted weed", which could be interpreted to mean that Shakespeare was willing to use “weed”, or cannabis, while he was writing.
In the same sonnet it appears that he would prefer not to be associated with “compounds strange”, which can be interpreted, at least potentially, to mean “strange drugs” (possibly cocaine).
Posted on 8/9/15 at 2:43 pm to Bayou Sam
Yeah that's ridiculous.
Also posting this poster just because of how awe-inspiring it is:
Also posting this poster just because of how awe-inspiring it is:
Posted on 8/9/15 at 3:10 pm to Pavoloco83
Well yeah, Kanye is Jesus.
Posted on 8/9/15 at 3:30 pm to Jim Rockford
I could totally see Shakespeare writing "Midsummer Night's Dream" while completely baked.
This post was edited on 8/9/15 at 3:32 pm
Posted on 8/9/15 at 3:41 pm to Godfather1
I'm sure reading Shakespeare completely baked would be an interesting experience.
Posted on 8/9/15 at 4:46 pm to Jim Rockford
These are gigantic stretches of the imagination. The author should be embarrassed. And I like the idea of Shakespeare as a pot smoker but this article is terrible.
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In Sonnet 76, he writes about “invention in a noted weed", which could be interpreted to mean that Shakespeare was willing to use “weed”, or cannabis, while he was writing.
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In the same sonnet it appears that he would prefer not to be associated with “compounds strange”, which can be interpreted, at least potentially, to mean “strange drugs” (possibly cocaine)
Posted on 8/9/15 at 5:46 pm to Walking the Earth
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Wait a minute, last I checked we weren't even 100% sure that William Shakespeare wasn't just somebody else's nom de plume.
Did that get settled somewhere along the way?
Myth: The works of Shakespeare were written by an anonymous nobleman.
Fact: The works of Grisham were written by a two-bit hack.
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