Comments on: Osama bin Smokin'? Marijuana found at Abbottabad compound http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: ryxxui http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100544 ryxxui Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100544 Some people feel a bit strange releasing a headshot of the guy who they just perforated to make a few conspiracy nuts happier. Some people feel a bit strange releasing a headshot of the guy who they just perforated to make a few conspiracy nuts happier.

]]> By: travtastic http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100549 travtastic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100549 What? No they don't. Look up Hussein's two sons. What? No they don’t. Look up Hussein’s two sons.

]]> By: jeligula http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100551 jeligula Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100551 Wild hemp grows where it will. Along strands of Tennessee highway, pot plants are rampant. But they are nothing by hemp and not worth smoking. Wild hemp grows where it will. Along strands of Tennessee highway, pot plants are rampant. But they are nothing by hemp and not worth smoking.

]]> By: travtastic http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100552 travtastic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100552 Apparently he listed interests on facebook like "George Soros" and "Planned Parenthood". Makes you wonder. Apparently he listed interests on facebook like “George Soros” and “Planned Parenthood”. Makes you wonder.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1105675 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1105675 LOL! LOL!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100558 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100558 This is silly. I've been to Abottabad, the Kashmir and Jhelum valleys and throughout the Northern areas of Pakistan; Weed grows everywhere there. This is silly. I’ve been to Abottabad, the Kashmir and Jhelum valleys and throughout the Northern areas of Pakistan; Weed grows everywhere there.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1101070 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1101070 Maybe if he smoked it more he wouldn't have been such a creep. He would have been too buzzed to care. Maybe if he smoked it more he wouldn’t have been such a creep. He would have been too buzzed to care.

]]> By: fresh http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1101330 fresh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1101330 Sloth were right with there bin Laden smoking t-shirt! http://sloth.bigcartel.com/product/bin-blazin-mens-tee Sloth were right with there bin Laden smoking t-shirt! http://sloth.bigcartel.com/product/bin-blazin-mens-tee

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100564 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100564 Huh, that is kind of ironic. They probably felt compelled to buy them because, after all, terrorists do own a good deal of American stocks. Huh, that is kind of ironic. They probably felt compelled to buy them because, after all, terrorists do own a good deal of American stocks.

]]> By: shannigans http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100565 shannigans Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100565 He did have about ten years put into the couch. Makes sense. He did have about ten years put into the couch. Makes sense.

]]> By: ill lich http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100566 ill lich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100566 All I know is this "bin Laden acid" I scored with his face on all the tabs gave me nothing but bad trips, every single one of them. All I know is this “bin Laden acid” I scored with his face on all the tabs gave me nothing but bad trips, every single one of them.

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100571 Jake0748 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100571 "He and his buds were said to have..." Haha, you said buds. “He and his buds were said to have…”
Haha, you said buds.

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100572 Mister44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100572 "Open up, Osama, it's me, Abu. I got the stuff." "Abu's not here, man." Seriously though, he's from a country that exports the bulk of opium to around the world, and there are lots of complaints that the Afghani regulars like to slack off and smoke hashish. IIRC Kat (Quat?) is popular there too. Besides - what else is there to do beside watch TV and get stoned and you can't drink. Still... it could make a good anti-drug commercial. "Smoke pot and we'll send SEAL team 6 into shoot your mom and kill your dad." “Open up, Osama, it’s me, Abu. I got the stuff.”

“Abu’s not here, man.”

Seriously though, he’s from a country that exports the bulk of opium to around the world, and there are lots of complaints that the Afghani regulars like to slack off and smoke hashish. IIRC Kat (Quat?) is popular there too. Besides – what else is there to do beside watch TV and get stoned and you can’t drink.

Still… it could make a good anti-drug commercial.

“Smoke pot and we’ll send SEAL team 6 into shoot your mom and kill your dad.”

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100573 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100573 As far as macabre trophies of war....feed your head, read some history, and choose a side. Be we savages and barbarians, or be we not? http://www.ecu.edu/cs-admin/news/inthenews/archives/2005/12/061206chicagotribune.cfm I call any such displays "moral backsliding"...shall we fight over it? As far as macabre trophies of war….feed your head, read some history, and choose a side. Be we savages and barbarians, or be we not?

http://www.ecu.edu/cs-admin/news/inthenews/archives/2005/12/061206chicagotribune.cfm

I call any such displays “moral backsliding”…shall we fight over it?

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100575 Mister44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100575 Clarification - I know he wasn't born Afghanistan, but did run operations there for a time. Clarification – I know he wasn’t born Afghanistan, but did run operations there for a time.

]]> By: hobomike http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100577 hobomike Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100577 No phone and internet connections? You gotta have something fun to do. Seriously, if the U.S.A. were hunting me, I'd be smoking out A LOT. In fact, I <might> smoke out for a lot less reasons. No phone and internet connections? You gotta have something fun to do. Seriously, if the U.S.A. were hunting me, I’d be smoking out A LOT. In fact, I smoke out for a lot less reasons.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100833 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100833 Maybe he had a prescription. Maybe he had a prescription.

]]> By: cuboda http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100840 cuboda Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100840 Why the persistence in associating marijuana with mellow? The brain in a sauna may get pretty limp, but when it is too weak to get off the hot rocks it slid or tripped onto, it isn't too happy. Why the persistence in associating marijuana with mellow? The brain in a sauna may get pretty limp, but when it is too weak to get off the hot rocks it slid or tripped onto, it isn’t too happy.

]]> By: elix http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100588 elix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100588 HIPSTER BIN LADEN MEME GO! I'm calling it right here, right now. HIPSTER BIN LADEN MEME GO!

I’m calling it right here, right now.

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100591 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100591 Best quote IMHO: <blockquote>When school children playing cricket knocked balls into their compound they were never allowed in to find them instead the Khan’s would pay them 100 rupees - approximately 70p - as compensation.</blockquote> It’s like some sitcom that should be made. I can see Don Knotts playing one of the couriers going: “Ugggh, what kind of stuff do we have to buy now? A case of Pringles? More like Osama Bin Binging! *conk* Ouch! Wait! Hey! YOU KIDS! GET YOUR CRICKET BALLS OFF MY LAWN!” Best quote IMHO:

When school children playing cricket knocked balls into their compound they were never allowed in to find them instead the Khan’s would pay them 100 rupees – approximately 70p – as compensation.

It’s like some sitcom that should be made. I can see Don Knotts playing one of the couriers going: “Ugggh, what kind of stuff do we have to buy now? A case of Pringles? More like Osama Bin Binging! *conk* Ouch! Wait! Hey! YOU KIDS! GET YOUR CRICKET BALLS OFF MY LAWN!”

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100593 Mister44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100593 My favorite war trophy? The bushel of gold rings Hannibal sent to the Senate after the Battle of Cannae during the 2nd Punic War. Hey - I heard that snickering over there. That's PUNIC. My favorite war trophy? The bushel of gold rings Hannibal sent to the Senate after the Battle of Cannae during the 2nd Punic War.

Hey – I heard that snickering over there. That’s PUNIC.

]]> By: DangerJackson http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100594 DangerJackson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100594 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKvzWH9O4as I bet it was like three different kinds of weed all grown together. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKvzWH9O4as

I bet it was like three different kinds of weed all grown together.

]]> By: PeaceLove http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1102388 PeaceLove Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102388 Jokes are an easy default but the truth is likely quite straightforward. Cannabis is a miraculous plant that alleviates all kinds of nasty physical and mental conditions and OBL probably used it to treat one or more of his ailments. Given his psychological makeup, he probably also used it to help himself hide from himself. Jokes are an easy default but the truth is likely quite straightforward. Cannabis is a miraculous plant that alleviates all kinds of nasty physical and mental conditions and OBL probably used it to treat one or more of his ailments.

Given his psychological makeup, he probably also used it to help himself hide from himself.

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100598 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100598 Dude, he held onto kids cricket balls. Looks like Osama Bin Laden was more like Osama Bin Killjoy! Dude, he held onto kids cricket balls. Looks like Osama Bin Laden was more like Osama Bin Killjoy!

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100599 Mister44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100599 "This is the 20th time this week! If I didn't know better, I'd say you were doing this on purpose. And why is it I always hear carnival music and bells just before it happens?" “This is the 20th time this week! If I didn’t know better, I’d say you were doing this on purpose. And why is it I always hear carnival music and bells just before it happens?”

]]> By: coaxial http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100601 coaxial Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100601 I call bullshit. Next they're going to say they found a fridge full of 40s. I call bullshit. Next they’re going to say they found a fridge full of 40s.

]]> By: boehj http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100604 boehj Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100604 They should have, ahem, "stoned" him to death. 'Tis Sharia law after all. They should have, ahem, “stoned” him to death. ‘Tis Sharia law after all.

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100608 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100608 “Sorry Mister Khan... Hey! What are you hiding in there? A talking horse? C’mon! Let me in.” The kids could be on a hill looking at the mansion and talking about what is inside: “I bet he has 12 talking horses! And a big TV screen! And dozens of kites!” “Sorry Mister Khan… Hey! What are you hiding in there? A talking horse? C’mon! Let me in.”

The kids could be on a hill looking at the mansion and talking about what is inside: “I bet he has 12 talking horses! And a big TV screen! And dozens of kites!”

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100615 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100615 PS: Xeni, another source for domestic Bin Laden mansion issues: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-05-03/bin-laden-aides-are-said-to-have-bought-pepsi-coke-in-bulk.html <blockquote>Bin Laden’s protectors “always bought the best brands -- Nestle milk, the good-quality soaps and shampoos,” Qaisar said. “They always paid cash, never asked for credit.” They purchased meat from a butcher nearby who stayed closed yesterday, he said.</blockquote> PS: Xeni, another source for domestic Bin Laden mansion issues:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-05-03/bin-laden-aides-are-said-to-have-bought-pepsi-coke-in-bulk.html

Bin Laden’s protectors “always bought the best brands — Nestle milk, the good-quality soaps and shampoos,” Qaisar said. “They always paid cash, never asked for credit.” They purchased meat from a butcher nearby who stayed closed yesterday, he said.

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/03/marijuana-found-at-b.html#comment-1100616 Mister44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100616 "Man - they must be old people in there. They always start cooking at 4:20. Who eats that early?" “Man – they must be old people in there. They always start cooking at 4:20. Who eats that early?”

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