“He looked just as natural with a bong in his hand as he does swimming in the pool,”

[Liberal_in_LA]

I know this has already been discussed to death in DU. Just liked this quote:rofl:


Sources told the British paper that Phelps was asked if he wanted to smoke marijuana. He said yes and was then led to a back room.

“He looked just as natural with a bong in his hand as he does swimming in the pool,” one witness said. “He was the gold medalist of bong hits.”

Phelps’ rep, Clifford Bloxham, was caught off guard by the photo and reportedly attempted to keep the photo from being published, with offers of cash as well as a deal to have the swimmer write a column for the paper for three years.

Phelps is on track to earn approximately $100 million from endorsements and he’s already signed deals with Speedo, Visa, Frosted Flakes cereal and the video game Guitar Hero .

http://news.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1149373&srvc=home&position=also

[aquart]

1. How many of those contracts have exit clauses for messes like this?

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. Some have morality clauses.

[LisaL]

12. Yea it might cost him some money.

And by "some" I mean more than most of us make in a lifetime.
LOL.

[aquart]

21. Hope it was a really good high.

Because he is going to pay millions for it.

[canetoad]

3. Bongs are soooo gauche

Especially those huge ones. Reminds me of pretentious 3ft pepper grinders.

[alittlelark]

7. In my late 70's HS days that bong would be wimpy

We were into the 4' homemade monsters.

[canetoad]

10. lol 70s

Don't wanna go there again.

[Warren DeMontague]

26. "gauche"? Real stoners don't worry about "gauche".

You should have seen the black light poster collection I used to have, back in the day.

[patrice]

4. Would various photos of Phelps drinking big-gulp-size Long Island Teas be remarkable?

[serrano2008]

8. It would be if it was illegal to drink them.

[Warren DeMontague]

29. And if it was 1928, maybe people would say, "why the FUCK are we wasting our time & tax dollars

outlawing a substance that millions of adults choose to use?"

[patrice]

30. illegal???

as if people don't see daily examples of certain things that are illegal, but if you have enough money, you can get away with them anyway.

and NOT as if there shouldn't be laws, it's just that, if law is the criteria, then there OUGHT to be Justice.

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. if he were driving at the time, yeah.

[Withywindle]

5. I'm so fucking sick of the pearl-clutchers

23-YEAR-OLD JOCK LIKES THE GANJ!



STOP THE PRESSES!!


:rofl:

[patrice]

6. and so does one heckuva lot of Rednecks! nt

[Withywindle]

9. When I was a kid my friends called themselves "Headnecks"

They liked the beer and the Skynyrd...and also the weed and the Dead.

:D

[SoCalDem]

24. He needs to just come out and say

HEY..I've been in training ALL my life, and just wanted to try something that millions of people MY age had already tried..

[Warren DeMontague]

27. Pearl-clutchers, crinoline doily weepers, and cluckity-clucking finger waggers.

Fuck em.

[Blue_Tires]

13. well, at least it wasn't a crack pipe

he is from baltimore..:silly: :nuke: :crazy:

[JI7]

14. this will only make most people like him even more

[serrano2008]

16. You're right, all the world's most popular athletes are druggies.

[JI7]

19. no, in his case it's different. he isn't competing and the drug isn't the type that would enhance

performance. in fact it would probably slow him down.

he is just having some fun. i just don't see the big deal with this.

[Warren DeMontague]

28. If this helps end the idiotic war on drugs, he'll have at lest 60 million fans

i.e., the otherwise law abiding Americans who smoke pot recreationally, and are currently defined as "criminals".

[Gold Metal Flake]

15. Breakfast of champions indeed.

[Old and In the Way]

17. Now we know why he likes his 12000+ calories breakfasts...

If anything, this means he relates better with his advertiser's target audience. I really can't believe this will be a problem for him.

[cherish44]

18. He'll lose sponsers maybe in the short term but as long as he continues to win , he'll come back

People have short memories. Remember when Kate Moss was photographed doing coke? She lost a bunch of contract right after and then a couple years later she was back to signing multimillion dollar deals. Yeah she's model not an athlete but remember she was doing COKE not taking a bong hit. I'd venture to guess that a good percentage of the American public under the age of 60 probably tried whacky tobaccy in their youth...

[B o d i]

20. He might have done it one purpose? I mean, think about it a bit here

He knows he's a celeb.

He's got enough money to retire on already, if he wanted to.

Maybe he reads between swims, and maybe he thinks legalizing pot is a good idea and is trying to do his own sort of 'Rosa Parks moment' here. I sat down because I was tired, what difference should race make? I smoked some herb, what difference should races make?

[MADem]

22. In some states, it's just a fine. They should legalize the stuff anyway.

It's just absurd that a PLANT is considered so terrible, when "Demon Rum" has been rehabilitated.

[SoCalDem]

23. Kelloggs Smack, Crack & Bong Flakes, maybe

the churchettes will hound him out of his endorsements, and we know how skittish corps are right now about spending...

[lonestarnot]

25. Think of that lung capacity! Wonder if he gets more stoned than the average individual?

:shrug: Just wondering. :evilgrin:

[JVS]

32. Wow. Now I want to become a great swimmer so I can do massive bong hits!

[Ezlivin]

31. He could hold his toke for the length of the pool

That's the difference between a gold medalist and mere mortals such as you and I.