Nordic capers

July 15, 2005 4:45 AM

Thor rolls a joint
posted by johnny7 (48 comments total)

I wonder why the photographer's girlfriend didn't end up in any of the shots.
posted by Mayor Curley at 4:53 AM on July 15, 2005

A filter? Thor, of all people, needs a filter?.
posted by VulcanMike at 4:56 AM on July 15, 2005

What the fark?
posted by wfrgms at 4:58 AM on July 15, 2005

Thor needs a rye and coke.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:01 AM on July 15, 2005

It may be that I just woke up and rolled out of bed, but that was hilarious.
posted by kbanas at 5:10 AM on July 15, 2005

'tastic! :-)

Captions would have helped, though...

@VulcanMike - not a filter, a roach; it stops the end of the joint collapsing during use.

Two thoughts:
1) no baccy? Wo - major head-rush!
2) what's Thor's lifespan in joint-years? What would our lifespan be in joint-years where the joint is half our height?? :-)
posted by Chunder at 5:19 AM on July 15, 2005

Is it 4:20 already? THUNDER TIME.
posted by OmieWise at 5:27 AM on July 15, 2005

[this is good]
posted by briank at 5:30 AM on July 15, 2005

Isn't it a bit demeaning, as the Norse god of thunder and lightning, to be lighting up your warrior-sized reefers with a tea light?
posted by NinjaPirate at 5:38 AM on July 15, 2005

My friend's mom, while taking a science exam back in the day, had to answer the question:

What is a torr?

She couldn't remember, so she wrote:

"God of tunder."

The professor gave her full credit.
posted by tweak at 5:40 AM on July 15, 2005

NinjaPirate, that's obviously a mystical cauldron. It's clear somebody doesn't know his Asgard from his Midgard!
posted by kimota at 5:45 AM on July 15, 2005

I thought it might be a sacred everlasting flame, but I haven't seen that version. Must be from this season, because I'm a bit behind on my deity fashion accessories.

Thor's always been a fashion victim. F'ing goldielocks.
posted by NinjaPirate at 5:50 AM on July 15, 2005

So THAT's how he finds the Rainbow Bridge to Asgard!
posted by Scoo at 6:26 AM on July 15, 2005

Stupid.
posted by Ynoxas at 6:34 AM on July 15, 2005

Truly the best of the web.
posted by Pollomacho at 6:41 AM on July 15, 2005

Dude, Thor has glaucoma? Sux
posted by ElvisJesus at 6:55 AM on July 15, 2005

no baccy? Wo - major head-rush!

Americans take their's unadulterated, thank you. Don't try and cut it over here or you are going to get some mean looks. That is until everyone is loaded and forgets there was anything different.

(Oh, PS do not try and put tobacco in someone's pipe or bong, bad idea)
posted by Pollomacho at 7:40 AM on July 15, 2005

Pretty well done, if you like this, you might also like the Unseen War photo set.

Chunder, now why would you want to go and ruin a wonderfully complex and thoroughly tasty joint with some of that nasty tobacco crap?
posted by fenriq at 7:45 AM on July 15, 2005

Best of web.
posted by buzzman at 8:09 AM on July 15, 2005

Thor, of all people, needs a filter?

Real Men use index cards.
posted by muddgirl at 9:39 AM on July 15, 2005

Very funny! really.
posted by hortense at 10:03 AM on July 15, 2005

Real men just rip off a little square of the rolling paper box and fold it a few times.
posted by wakko at 10:17 AM on July 15, 2005

wakko, real men just put a bud to their lips and set it on fire, blisters don't bother real men.
posted by fenriq at 10:29 AM on July 15, 2005

1) no baccy? Wo - major head-rush!

Dude, that's a uniquely British abomination.

But, then, heck, the Brits are so foolish as to smoke soapbar. Only thing more disgusting than that would be to smoke dogshit. Shudder.
posted by five fresh fish at 10:36 AM on July 15, 2005

"Labrador?"
"Yeah, man, my dog ate my stash."
posted by FYKshun at 11:11 AM on July 15, 2005

Americans take their's unadulterated, thank you.

Dude, that's a uniquely British abomination.

Ever hear of a Philly blunt, G?
posted by ZenMasterThis at 12:05 PM on July 15, 2005

You don't use the tobacco from the cigar in a philly blunt. You remove all the filler and use the skin in lieu of paper. Some people might mix the filler back in, but not from what I've seen.
posted by kookywon at 12:17 PM on July 15, 2005

But, then, heck, the Brits are so foolish as to smoke soapbar. Only thing more disgusting than that would be to smoke dogshit. Shudder.

So so true. Gets even worse when you cross the Irish sea. God bless homegrown!
posted by twistedonion at 12:33 PM on July 15, 2005

You don't use the tobacco from the cigar in a philly blunt. You remove all the filler and use the skin in lieu of paper. Some people might mix the filler back in, but not from what I've seen.

But what, pray tell, is the skin?
posted by norm at 12:48 PM on July 15, 2005

Thanks, Norm; my thought exactly.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 12:53 PM on July 15, 2005

But what, pray tell, is the skin?

The part that ruins the taste?
posted by InfidelZombie at 1:06 PM on July 15, 2005

The skin is just convenience. If jumbo-sized, durable, pre-formed zigzags were readily available, they'd be used. They're not that easy to find, but cheap-ass cigars are a dime a dozen at the 7-11.
posted by five fresh fish at 1:37 PM on July 15, 2005

I thought the skin (wrapper?) was used to make it NOT look like a joint, so one could smoke it in peace on the street?
posted by ZenMasterThis at 2:23 PM on July 15, 2005

I thought the skin (wrapper?) was used to make it NOT look like a joint, so one could smoke it in peace on the street? Anyway, that's what I thought I heard on NPR...
posted by ZenMasterThis at 2:23 PM on July 15, 2005

Oops, sorry 'bout that; I thought I stopped my browser in time.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 2:24 PM on July 15, 2005

But the British tobacco is for convenience - if pre-sliced, dried and rolled basil was readily available, it'd be used.
posted by NinjaPirate at 2:27 PM on July 15, 2005

NPR did a story on how to roll a joint? Thor smokes rolled pesto? Man, I really DO have to quit smoking this stuff...
posted by bloomicy at 2:47 PM on July 15, 2005

I've always thought that if you didn't want it to look like a joint, you'd roll it like a cigarette. They even make devices to do the rolling for you. My impression on blunts is they were mostly kids' stuff: the old "I'm a badass, look at the size of this joint" idiocy.

Ninja, that was just a dumb thing to say. The British tobacco habit is simply because the Brits have notoriously poor taste. Soapbar is the definitive proof of that. You ever read the list of ingredients in that shit? It includes anything, including turpentine. Read this thread from Overgrow. Disgusting.
posted by five fresh fish at 3:20 PM on July 15, 2005

Thor needs a rye and coke.

If you mean real rye whiskey and not that Canadian stuff, why would anybody ruin it by mixing it with sodapop? Or maybe you mean a little TOOTSKY on the side, which mixes well with herb & booze (but is best reserved for special occasions).

[It just occured to me that I don't need a SMALL CAPS tag; I can use a < small> tag and then just type in the capital letters.]
posted by davy at 6:06 PM on July 15, 2005

I repeat: rye and coke.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:08 PM on July 15, 2005

Sorry, what -- you want to smoke a cigar stuffed with pot in public?

That just can't go well.

I mean, I'm sure I've seen it in Toronto or something, but we're talking about the Nation of Puritan Oppression. I think a joint that huge would make it mildly obvious what you were doing.
posted by blacklite at 7:24 PM on July 15, 2005

I should think so. Likely would impress the girls at the party, no? It's like the guy funneling beer. Manly sized stuff, y'know. Big-ass joints. Big stereos.

Some men are rather like peacocks.
posted by five fresh fish at 9:00 PM on July 15, 2005

i knew some people who smoked pot mixed with mullein ... said it enchanced the buzz ... it did kind of give it an extra spaceyness ... but tobacco's just nastiness and i smoke, too ...

i don't know about rye and coke ... i say a guy like thor deserves some fine straight sippin' whisky like jim beam ...
posted by pyramid termite at 10:39 PM on July 15, 2005

MetaFilter: Big-ass joints. Big stereos.
posted by cavalier at 10:02 AM on July 16, 2005

Hmph - looks like it's time to emigrate! Never tried *not* mixing in the eveil leaf - pot's far too expensive to burn willy-nilly ;-)

Of course, that probably explains why the masked villain in one of the Scary Movie films got his stoned mask on so quickly... I though he was just a lightweight! :-)
posted by Chunder at 1:26 PM on July 16, 2005

Glenleviet straight up, water back.....
posted by bjgeiger at 6:31 PM on July 16, 2005

That makes no sense, chunder: you're gonna have to inhale the same amount of THC, regardless whether it's been adulterated.

If pot is expensive for you (a boggling concept; I thought the UK was awash in the stuff), I suggest vapourising. Far more efficient, and healthier to boot.

Burning a joint destroys something like 80% of the psychoactive ingredient: too hot, too fast. Vapourisation doesn't destroy the THC, so you need far, far less bud.
posted by five fresh fish at 7:48 AM on July 17, 2005

1) no baccy? Wo - major head-rush!

Dude, that's a uniquely British abomination.
posted by five fresh fish at 1:36 PM EST on July 15 [!]

Well, definately more popular in Europe than here. In fact, the only people in the states who mixed are Europhiles.

I literally stunned a room in Vienna when I dared to suggest using pot instead of tobacco (mixing with hash) while they rolled.
posted by Busithoth at 12:19 PM on July 17, 2005