Discussion: The Lessons Maureen Dowd's Weed Sherpa Wants Everyone To Take From Her Bad Trip

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"In that sense, I’m probably like many other people descending on Denver.”

No, Maureen, in this rare case, you certainly are exceptional…

…and then there’s this…“I think I may have been the only person on Earth who really did want to get high with Maureen Dowd,” which explains a great deal.

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I’ve already had to teach my kindergardener, drawing heavily on his puddle of November 1 vomit as it slowly infused into our carpet, about personal responsibility with his Halloween candy. I’ve already had to repeat the lesson February 15, albeit thankfully, on tile. The Easter Bunny said sorry partner, you can’t handle your sugar.

Not sure why Maureen Dowd just reminded me of this particular joy of parenting. Maybe it’s the Cheeba Chex, Doob-something-or-other, suckers, fruit rollup looking thingies, gummy worm analogues, and tubes of modified chapstick.

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If you have ever read any of Dowd’s columns, you know she’s not the sharpest tool in the shed.

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The last thing Dowd can be accused of is listening. Just take a look at any of her snarky columns.

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I cannot believe she thought it was a reasonable idea to run this experiment on herself without a babysitter.

Definitely a noob.

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One of the biggest things I came away with from my youthful use of intoxicants (of all sorts)–and one of the reasons I think everyone should do them at least once–is the revelation that you are not as smart and sharp and in control of your thought processes as you think you are. The sharper you are (and the sharper you think you are), the more important that lesson is to learn.
In the words of the Firesign Theatre, “Yes! Everything You Know Is Wrong!”

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“Even after three hours of explaining everything and lots of details, you still see an intelligent person who will ignore those recommendations.”

He’s being far too kind in describing Dowd as intelligent.

Legal? As in reference to the product?
Does not mean without consequence.

Which apparently Down assumed.
Certainly not intelligent behavior-- from someone whose livelihood involves investigative tendencies.

jw1
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…you still see an intelligent person who will ignore those recommendations.

Ah…I see the problem here. Invalid assumption.

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i want to be a ‘weed sherpa’… lol

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Bruces’ Philosopher’s Drinking Song – Eric Idle

Immanuel Kant was a real piss-ant who was very rarely stable.
Heideggar, Heideggar was a boozy beggar who could think you under the table.
David Hume could out-consume Wilhelm Freidrich Hegel.
And Whittgenstein was a beery swine who was just as sloshed as Schlegel.
There’s nothing Nieizsche couldn’t teach 'ya 'bout the raising of the wrist.
Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed.
John Stewart Mill, of his own free will, after half a pint of shanty was particularly ill.
Plato, they say, could stick it away, half a crate of whiskey every day!
Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle,
And Hobbes was fond of his Dram.
And Rene Descartes was a drunken fart:
“I drink, therefore I am.”
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he’s pissed.

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Was Maureen inspired by Mackenzie Carpenter of Pittnsburgh Post-Gazette experience earlier this year?

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NYT TOMORROW: Maureen Dowd eats paint chips and then writes a column complaining that her lead story wasn’t the lede story.

~rimshot!~

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I had a similar nightmare happen to me as the one that happened to MoDo. It was after eating a whole “Big Mac” once long ago.

That f*cking clown should have been my first clue.

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Wait a f’n minute here! You mean MoDo is trying to convince everyone that she ISN’T high every time she writes a column? No way!!!

The New York Times: When You’ve Given Up Reading Everything Else.

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Dame Peggy of Noonanham’ just wants to know if MoDo’s story also suggests that a fifth of whiskey is NOT a single serving?

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I clicked on this story to see how many people commented and gave a shit. More than I thought. I could care less about MoDowd and her pot trip

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“It’s not working, give me some more.” ____is the Maureen Dowd version of “Hold my beer and watch this.”

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Well, the prohibitionists were mayhaps’ right. Didn’t they say an undesirable element of society would find its way to Colorado… Oh Maureen!!! They’re talkin’ bout’ YOU!

(*OK…this is too easy. Outta’ here!)

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Like, aren’t communications between a weed provider and his patient, like, privileged?