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Let the kid be 23, you know?

duuuuude.... what?



I could of had 100 mil...... but I got high

Remember kids..... when you go swimming, don't forget to bring a towel.
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I'm surprised MJ would be banned from the Olympics. The only reason people are making a stink over this is because they're worried about it hurting his performance.

And face it, there was no way he was gonna do better than last time, and now people will just blame the partying. Perfect for the committee! Look, kids—this is what will happen if you do drugs!

"He was the gold medal winner of bong hits."

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Funniest damn thing I've read in a long time.

Yeah..

you can be the greatest Olympic swimmer ever..even the President of the United States!!   [roll]


Caught red-handed and he should be punished like any other.  Sorry Mikey!

so that explains all those reports of multi-thousand calorie meals he would eat

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haha...i was thinkin the exact same thing

How'd you pay for college?   I partied with a celebrity who hasn't learned that nobody is realy his friend and got a pic of him with the bong which I sold for a small fortune to a tabloid.

But.......But.........

I didn't inhale.   [roll]

What does 23 have to do with anything?

I'm 22, I work a full time job (and have for the last 4 years) so I can pay for my school.

If I got caught hitting a bong I would loose my job. Without my job I wouldn't be able to pay for my apartment, car, bike, insurance, cell phone, or any of the other things I enjoy in life besides school.

It's called make the beast with two backsing responsability. This kid has prooven twice he doesn't have it.
Who cares if he can swim.. .. ..

A former president didn't inhale.

A current president admitted in his own autobiography that he experimented with several drugs.

A former president is an admitted alcoholic and a former cocaine user.

An athlete smoked some pot.





Ok.........seriously........who gives a shit?

Luckily, for these people..cellphone cams weren't invented yet.

I don't care that he did it.  He's an incredible swimmer.  But..there's the evidence.

He may be a good swimmer but he is dumb as a brick. He should have known better.

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You legally can't prove he had marijuana in that pipe

and that goes to show you just how much of a f*cking joke this country and it's laws are.  [roll]

Hate to say it but though we can't prove what was in it, we all know what was in it.

He can swim like a mofo, he worked hard for it and he's at the top of his game.  Good for him.  He earned it.  Personally, I don't care what he does. 

um, ok.  [roll]

let's not go there, IZ.

I've had the neighbors call the police on me for smoking a hookah on my porch. There was tobacco in it.

Just sayin'

I doubt that fatboy!   ;D

Never once done an illegal drug in life-really. But I love it when people assume.




I've dropped most of the excess weight-I'm back to being built.

I will call you "mini-me"  :-*

we assume that because people are good in one thing, they're good in a lot of things, you know, role models. 

he's a swimmer.  lungs of steel. 

why should we assume he's infallible? 

wouldn't hurt to realize people are people and let's have some tolerance.  if he did something illegal, then let him pay like everyone else.  no more, no less.  also, no more hype, no less hype.  Press stories just reinforce that he should be perfect. 

I fail to see how this is a big deal.

Who cares if he smoked some weed.

Awfully political looking threads around here lately :)  I am not complaining.

Anyways, weed is in no way, shape, or form performance-enhancing, unless you are "performing" an entire bag of Doritos.  As far as his swimming career goes, his medals should be regarded as being won despite and not because of the marijuana cigarette drugs he illegally smoked.
As for leakage of incriminating photos, he needs to be more discreet or find some better friends.

He also has a DUI

I rather have him smoke pot and fall asleep on the couch than drink behind the wheel.

Personally I don't really care if he smokes or not. I am sure his sponsors care and he just lost them all  ;D

So let's say that picture was taken in a country that it was legal to smoke pot in. Does that change your opinion of him  ???

The evidence that he would be even better had he never touched the stuff...

Kinda like bagging on Lance Armstrong for his toxin injections (if you think it should be banned from the sport). :P

Smokers are jokers chokers!

Frankly, I could care less what he does with his own body on his own time. Don't think anyone's going to make a believable case that this in any way affects his athletic performance. Nor do I think it makes him any worse of a role model than, say, a parent or uncle who gets piss drunk in front of kids.

with those lungs...I wouldn't let him close to the bong dude.  weed is expensive...I mean that's what other people tell me.  I wouldn't know anything about the actual price of weed of course.

considering that guy has amazing lungs as a swimmer, i wonder how bad he sucked down that bowl?

i mean.. i wouldn't share a bong with him, he'd inhale once and that's the entire damn stash!

of course, people do put other things in water pipes you know.

Apple tobacco is very popular in Turkey.

He's young and stupid...they usually go hand in hand (you appear to be an exception, good for you). 

Responsibility, character, smarts...yeah, he's lacking in all these areas.

Well, I am one of those paleomorons who thinks ingesting a plant should not be a problem for anyone.  It's stupid. 

If I go out and eat some of my azaleas, who cares, right?  But if I grow and eat some of that cannabis, then they send a make the beast with two backsin' SWAT team after me. 

It's ridiculous.

Meanwhile, I can drink all the whiskey (also from a plant!) I want and put myself into a stupor --that's fine and dandy!

I'd love to see a poll or people post on here what they did when they were 23 or even 19.



How many people on here could have gotten a DUI when they were 19????

How about how many smoked a bowl during this time period?


come on.

Ahhhh...when I was 19.

Easier to list what (and who) I didn't do.  I was a complete moron with almost no redeeming qualities.  Rehab, jail, DUI, constant fist fights....then I met my drill Sargent and things pretty much turned around for me.........shortly there after I met my wife and she pretty much picked up where boot camp left off. 

Back on topic...Phelps is young and dumb, big surprise.  He should only be a role model for swimmers...great technique and super dedicated training regime...certainly not a role model for how a college age kid should behave.  Though probably typical of how most college age kids actually do behave.

News flash....your kids away at college are slamming beers, hitting the bong and having un-protected sex...and if this is a surprise to you...

I'm with il dood on this one. The lack of discretion was dumb. Otherwise...   BFD.



At least he's using a quality piece from ROOR.   [thumbsup]

http://www.unsaccodicanapa.com/htmlpages/roor_photo_gallery.html (http://www.unsaccodicanapa.com/htmlpages/roor_photo_gallery.html)

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So how long before someone photoshops that pic...   :-X

into what?

Just because you can do something doesn't mean it's a good idea, nor an example of sound judgement.

That's true, and I certainly endorse obeying the law.  In this situation, tho, I am surprised at the interest.  Some young guy who has the world at his feet smoking a plant. 

I am more irritated at his DUI.  You can kill someone DUI.  The worst thing you'll do at a party smoking weed is eat all the fritos and bore some girl with your motormouth (provided you dont' drive later).

But I disagree about the judgment thing.  Nowadays, it is hard to avoid being a criminal.

I have a friend who is a VERY big gun collector -- all WW1 and WW2 stuff.  He lived in NYC for abotu 10 years and kept his (mostly non-firing) stuff in his apartment -- in a wall display.  However, none of them were registered under NYC law -- why ? becuase there is a 6 month wait period for EACH firearm, and you can only do one at a time.  He kept a bunch outside the city, but his favorite showpieces were on the wall (under glass).

Suffice to say, someone busted him.  He ended up paying around 30,000 in fines and nearly spending a few years in jail.  He managed to avoid the felony record rap.

None of the rifles on his wall had ever been fired, and apparently, only one was even capable of being fired. 

Some laws are stupid.  It can be stupid to break them, and that is only in hindsight.  That doesn't make them good laws

Some philosophers say it is immoral to obey bad laws.  Edmund Burke thought so.

The legality aside, drugs are stupid (and, as my wife says, they are for kids).

Think about that next time you're having a glass of Bourbon.

Alcohol is a drug.  Or more accurately, it is a "recreational consumable" since "drugs" are technically pharmaceuticals.  The only thing different from pot is the legality.


i think about weed when i drink bourbon.. :D  or at least that marijuana is Kentucky's #1 cash crop.

George Washington made whisky.

Thomas Jefferson grew hemp (marijuana). 

I like both guys, we shouldnt' discriminate.

I am concerned that weed is a gateway drug. After 20 years of it I'm now worried I'll be tempted to move onto harder drugs...        [roll]

Let's see, a couple bourbons a week versus getting stoned...oh, yeah, I see the equivalence.  Good one. [roll]

Alcohol is a mind altering substance...same as marijuana. You don't see the correlation...really?

Getting stoned every day makes you a pothead...getting drunk every day makes you an alcoholic. What's the difference? Likewise, ocassional use is just that...ocassional use. It doesn't make you a pothead or an alcoholic.

Like 'tizz said...the only difference between the two is that one is legal. Both used to be legal.

Ahhh the legality of drugs and alcohol. I am so glad that this isn't getting poltical.

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as long as people stay on the Phelps topic and stop going after each other it'll stay unlocked.   [beer]   (and no we are not going to get a toking smiley).

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Yeah, weed, big deal. BUT, he is supposed to be a role model (for the kiddies) and is getting paid the big bucks from corporations that sponsor him and he in turn, supports & promotes their products. If his image is tarnished in any way, his sponsors may overlook his indiscretions once or twice, but if he keeps getting caught toking & smelling like bong water, they will dump him.

If he continues smoking chronic, I don't give a rats arse, doesn't affect me in anyway.  [coffee]

He has got to be just a little more discreet.  ;)

I like to look on the bright side-now he can be a spokeman for various bong and hookah manufacturers.


"Stoner Michael Phelps use Termi mid-pipes to help him train! Shouldn't you?"

+1.  Couldn't give a rats ass what he does personally.  What I see as the bigger mistake here is poor judgment. 

You're at a public party in a house of someone you supposedly don't know in an age where everyone has a camera phone and THIS is the place you decide to take a hit on a bong pipe as tall as your torso?  Dumb ass deserves anything that comes his way for this one - especially given his track record (underage drinking and DUI charge after the 2004 Olympics). 

Unlike pro athletes he wasn't endorsed just because he was good.   The image they went great lengths to sell and market was that of the All American boy, who works hard, loves his mom and has her by his side and is everything America expects from their Wheaties box heroes.  All of these contracts have "moral's clauses" which are essentially - if you do something dumb enough that it turns public perception we can stop paying you. 

He can do whatever he wants I just don't want to hear him or anyone else whine how unfair it is if/when his sponsors dump him.

I agree Cowboy, him being looked at/made into as a role model by sponsors, then doing something non-roll-model like where cameras/public eyes could be ~

JM

Who said anything about getting drunk, in my response? 

One drink, not drunk.

One cone, you're stoned.  [popcorn] [popcorn] [popcorn] [popcorn] [popcorn] [popcorn] [popcorn] [popcorn] [popcorn]

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From wwtdd.com on the subject:

It’s not like he was organizing bum fights.  Besides, what if we need someone to ride a seahorse and protect our oceans from threats of evil?  If he turns against us, who will we get?

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No one...you have to read the second half of my response...occasional use.

If you have a drink it affects you. You may not be drunk, but it relaxes you...makes you feel good.  Therefore it is a mind altering substance. That is part of the reason people drink.

Same for taking a hit off the bong, or whatever. You can do it a bunch and get stoned, or just take a small one and relax. It's the same thing as having a drink in that regard.

Now you can say, no you don't drink to feel relaxed at all...you do it because you like the flavor and that's it.  If that's you argument, the same can be said for smoking marijuana, as there are many different types...just like tobacco.

The point is there is a negative stigma associated with marijuana use...which has been beat into us for decades by our govt. and the "war on drugs". It is mostly perpetuated and bought into by people who have zero personal experience with the drug, and who look at "potheads" for their proof of the drug's evil, neglecting the ocassional responsible user. Those same people would be outraged if only alcoholics were looked at when discussing alcohol and its affect on society, as most of them probably ocassionaly enjoy a drink. It is a double standard. The reality is the drug is essentially the same as alcohol.

...and for the record, I haven't smoked since I was in college...and even then I didn't do it much. BUT, I did do it enough to understand it...and if it was legal I'd probably use it now and again. It just isn't worth risking getting caught IMO.

I've been hoping they'd legalize it for years, if only to kill off stoner culture.

Apparently the Sheriff down there is investigating and some charges against Phelps could soon come forth.  If he was pictured raising hell at a party while drinking from a beer bong, I don't think they would be investigating him, but they would chastise him.  And that's the primary difference between the two.

I've done lots of illegal shit (some probably felonious) that never hurt anyone and mostly only endangered myself, but I'm not going to advocate it because its illegal.

Your exactly right, they wouldn't investigate him -- because drinking from a beer bong when your 23 isn't illegal.

As far as I know, he was only photographed with his mouth on a water pipe.

The photograph did not even show a bowl attached, not to mention its contents.

Our legal system requires the state to prove the accusation. 

Did he actually admit to smoking pot or did he just say "i was being stupid?"

All I've seen him to have said was "regrettable behavior" and "bad judgment"

not "i smoked marijuana"

Pretty sure he just said he was stupid.

I think those words were surely chosen for him. . .

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I got here late, and I know it's from the first page, but the above post made me laugh pretty good.

If you are as dumb as a brick, how COULD you know better? [cheeky]

It's possible whatever state or county laws that apply to the location where the picture was taken consider the water pipe drug paraphernalia and since it's obviously in his possession in the picture they can charge him with possession of drive paraphernalia or something similar ~

JM

I would just charge back that I was photshopped.

Supposedly a computer crime lab could verify that the picture had or had not been altered.  Not 100% sure about that, or if it would be worth the cost for just a paraphernalia charge either.

JM

Apparently the sheriff in this town has nothing better to do then to go after a kid in a picture with a water bong............



Maybe the Sheriff can cruise myspace or facebook next for underage kids with a beer in their hand..............

Oh, shut up.  Don't denigrate the Sheriff for doing his job: upholding and enforcing the law.  If he's investigating it, most likely he is being instructed to do so by a DA or Assistant DA.

+1              DA's seem to love to make a name for themselves. At least in my neck of the woods.   [roll]


I sure do feel safer knowing this is being looked into...    [bang]

What? We can't have hopped up olympic swimmers around. It's almost as bad as a shark with a laser beam on it's frickin' head.


Next thing you know he'll be hooked on crack and puncturing holes in glass bottomed boats to rob tourists.



Punks gotta be brought down.

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Yes, I know how the legal system works that the DA drives a lot of "high profile" investigations.

I am just saying that whole area really needs to take a look at what they are doing.

Going after some college kid for smoking some pot?

Come on.

How about the drunk drivers or people committing actual "live" crimes..................

good thing we don't still have prohibition!

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2009-02-05-phelps-kellogg_N.htm (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2009-02-05-phelps-kellogg_N.htm)

JM

it is certainly their choice and right to do so

but if it is solely because of the bong thing, they are stupid.  that will blow over and no one will remember it 6 months from now.

You're probably right, just thought I'd toss the link in since it was pertinent ~

JM

totally pertinent and good to keep this worthy thread alive..   [coffee]

They should have ran with it. Cereal, especially without milk, rocks when you have the munchies!!  [laugh]

such a pr opportunity lost

Idiots. They should have used the incriminating photo on the front of the box. Would you not have bought five?

Since when was a box of corn flakes a collectible item?

damn, man you are so right

"Hi. I'm Michael Phelps. When I'm all bonged up and have a wicked case of the munchies, I eat a whole box of Kellogs corn flakes."


(http://www.shoppingblog.com/pics/michaelphelps_cornflakes.gif)

That's about 4 months longer than his media attention lasted after the Olympics.  well until his latest "achievement" that is.

Stupid?  Stupid is the dumb ass that decided a public college party is the place to do his best Cheech impression.

He gave them an out and they took it.  Not surprising in these economic times when every sports endorsement is on thin ice.