Comments on: Digging up Shakespeare's remains for drug testing? http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1150997 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1150997 That would explain MacBeth. Then again what if he wasn't high when he wrote it? That would explain MacBeth. Then again what if he wasn’t high when he wrote it?

]]> By: CastanhasDoPara http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1151004 CastanhasDoPara Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1151004 Same here. Guess the pillagers of the New World saw gold everywhere. What doesn't sit with me is that they claim that it was cocaine which is the processed alkaloid extracted from the Coca plant. Sure the native people used Coca in every day life, and still do, put I've never seen evidence that they processed it into cocaine. It's my understanding that cocaine wasn't isolated till 1855 and wasn't available in any quantity till after the 1860's. Somebody here is fudging the facts to make this more compelling than it really is. Same here. Guess the pillagers of the New World saw gold everywhere.

What doesn’t sit with me is that they claim that it was cocaine which is the processed alkaloid extracted from the Coca plant. Sure the native people used Coca in every day life, and still do, put I’ve never seen evidence that they processed it into cocaine. It’s my understanding that cocaine wasn’t isolated till 1855 and wasn’t available in any quantity till after the 1860′s. Somebody here is fudging the facts to make this more compelling than it really is.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1156138 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156138 Woah, they're digging up Sir Henry Neville? Woah, they’re digging up Sir Henry Neville?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1150777 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1150777 I have difficulty believing you can get stoned off of saturated fatty acids... Is the original poster perhaps confusing "myristic acid" with "myristicin"? I have difficulty believing you can get stoned off of saturated fatty acids… Is the original poster perhaps confusing “myristic acid” with “myristicin”?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1150784 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1150784 November 28, 2365 - Recently uncovered evidence suggests that 20th century composer James Marshall Hendrix used marijuana, and now a team of paleontologists want to dig him up to prove it. Dr. Nilavra Malani of Jadavpur University speculates that oblique references to the product are found in the lyrical elements of surviving works by Hendrix, who lived during the brief period of its prohibition as an illegal drug. November 28, 2365 – Recently uncovered evidence suggests that 20th century composer James Marshall Hendrix used marijuana, and now a team of paleontologists want to dig him up to prove it.

Dr. Nilavra Malani of Jadavpur University speculates that oblique references to the product are found in the lyrical elements of surviving works by Hendrix, who lived during the brief period of its prohibition as an illegal drug.

]]> By: SpaceGhost http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1151045 SpaceGhost Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1151045 I think it's bad enough getting drug tested for employment, now you gotta be drug tested for being Shakespeare? Why don't we just dig up everybody who was a historical figure and start playing with their bones? Sounds like fun to me. We can call it 'research'. I call dibs on Reagan I think it’s bad enough getting drug tested for employment, now you gotta be drug tested for being Shakespeare? Why don’t we just dig up everybody who was a historical figure and start playing with their bones? Sounds like fun to me. We can call it ‘research’. I call dibs on Reagan

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1151301 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1151301 Portrait says it all. He looks blazed as f***. Portrait says it all. He looks blazed as f***.

]]> By: g0d5m15t4k3 http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1150798 g0d5m15t4k3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1150798 Unless this somehow legalizes some drugs, I don't see the point. Let dead stoners/junkies lie. Unless this somehow legalizes some drugs, I don’t see the point. Let dead stoners/junkies lie.

]]> By: boo http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1150802 boo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1150802 Nice! Nice!

]]> By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1150803 Gilbert Wham Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1150803 That's just, like, your opinion, man. That’s just, like, your opinion, man.

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1151059 timquinn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1151059 Do I have to remind everyone that cocaine is found on ALL currency. Now it is even finding its way into the corpses of long dead famous men. Is there finally no trace of decency left? Drug-War, please leave our cultural icons alone! Do I have to remind everyone that cocaine is found on ALL currency. Now it is even finding its way into the corpses of long dead famous men. Is there finally no trace of decency left? Drug-War, please leave our cultural icons alone!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1151329 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1151329 Cocaine, back then, really? How about some people partying at Bill's crib, saluting the old guy? Cocaine, back then, really? How about some people partying at Bill’s crib, saluting the old guy?

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1151075 Jake0748 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1151075 AFAIK, they wouldn't really have to "dig" much. Isn't Shakespeare's body (or whoever it is), just behind some marble slab in Westminster Abbey? I say, get them crowbars out and let's check it out. AFAIK, they wouldn’t really have to “dig” much. Isn’t Shakespeare’s body (or whoever it is), just behind some marble slab in Westminster Abbey? I say, get them crowbars out and let’s check it out.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1151077 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1151077 I've been to the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford where Shakespeare is buried. He is deliberately buried 16 feet deep so norml* people WON"T dig him up. His grave is also marked by the epitath: "Dear Friends ...etc" already mentioned above. What righteous cause can enhance its own stature by plumbing these depths? Then again it is damn interesting to crack open a Pyramid! I’ve been to the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford where Shakespeare is buried.

He is deliberately buried 16 feet deep so norml* people WON”T dig him up.

His grave is also marked by the epitath: “Dear Friends …etc” already mentioned above.

What righteous cause can enhance its own stature by plumbing these depths?

Then again it is damn interesting to crack open a Pyramid!

]]> By: jordan http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1150830 jordan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1150830 A hit, a very palpable hit. A hit, a very palpable hit.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1150832 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1150832 Come on. Guys who are totally not high talk about Queen Mab all the time. Come on. Guys who are totally not high talk about Queen Mab all the time.

]]> By: Boomer http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1151111 Boomer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1151111 Leave the poor man's bones alone. If he was half-baked when he wrote so much the better. I just want to know what the fuck a "scamel" is? Leave the poor man’s bones alone. If he was half-baked when he wrote so much the better. I just want to know what the fuck a “scamel” is?

]]> By: jaytkay http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1150875 jaytkay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1150875 <blockquote>...University of the Witwatersrand...</blockquote> University of who did what in the how now?

…University of the Witwatersrand…

University of who did what in the how now?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1151136 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1151136 To smoke or not to smoke. What was the question? To smoke or not to smoke.
What was the question?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1150888 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1150888 I'm pretty impressed that coca had been imported to Europe by Shakespeare's time, only 100 years after Columbus landed in the New World. I’m pretty impressed that coca had been imported to Europe by Shakespeare’s time, only 100 years after Columbus landed in the New World.

]]> By: bmcraec http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1151148 bmcraec Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1151148 We've been playing a silly Twitter game all day on this one. Hashtag (Heh.) is #shakespearetokes and the aim is to take a Shakespeare quote, and make it drug related. It's relatively easy, and someone could grab an awesome thesis by analyzing the number of lines per play (and/or sonnet) that can really, really easily make a connection to sparking the old creative juices. I wonder what they did for the munchies in Tudor times? Cotton mouth was probably solved with small beer, or maybe porter. Now I know what Falstaff & company was all about! Not to mention Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew Aguecheek. The two extremities of the chronic hop head morphology. Hmm. Also of traditional SysOps. Replace the thigh high boots for berkenstocks and Bob's your uncle. Or mayhaps mine nuncle. We’ve been playing a silly Twitter game all day on this one. Hashtag (Heh.) is #shakespearetokes and the aim is to take a Shakespeare quote, and make it drug related. It’s relatively easy, and someone could grab an awesome thesis by analyzing the number of lines per play (and/or sonnet) that can really, really easily make a connection to sparking the old creative juices.

I wonder what they did for the munchies in Tudor times? Cotton mouth was probably solved with small beer, or maybe porter. Now I know what Falstaff & company was all about! Not to mention Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew Aguecheek. The two extremities of the chronic hop head morphology. Hmm. Also of traditional SysOps. Replace the thigh high boots for berkenstocks and Bob’s your uncle. Or mayhaps mine nuncle.

]]> By: Moe http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1150642 Moe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1150642 Are you trying to tell me artistic people have used drugs in the past? The next thing you are gonna tell me is that water is wet and the sky is blue! When will it end? Are you trying to tell me artistic people have used drugs in the past? The next thing you are gonna tell me is that water is wet and the sky is blue! When will it end?

]]> By: robulus http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1150901 robulus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1150901 Wait... they're digging up the Queen Mum? Wait… they’re digging up the Queen Mum?

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1150653 Teller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1150653 What? They're going to dig up Edward de Vere?! What? They’re going to dig up Edward de Vere?!

]]> By: hassenpfeffer http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1150657 hassenpfeffer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1150657 No no no, they're going to dig up Sir Francis Bacon. No no no, they’re going to dig up Sir Francis Bacon.

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1150660 blueelm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1150660 I didn't think we were really certain that he is the same person who once lived as that body? I didn’t think we were really certain that he is the same person who once lived as that body?

]]> By: evanberkowitz http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1150664 evanberkowitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1150664 Obligatory epitaph reference: Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare, To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones. Obligatory epitaph reference:

Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare,
To dig the dust enclosed here.
Blessed be the man that spares these stones,
And cursed be he that moves my bones.

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1150921 chgoliz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1150921 So the real reason we haven't been able to produce literature of like quality is because of our "War on Drugs"? Let's rectify that situation, shall we? Oh, I forgot...creative types are even more dangerous and evil than scientist types to our politicians. Never mind. So the real reason we haven’t been able to produce literature of like quality is because of our “War on Drugs”? Let’s rectify that situation, shall we?

Oh, I forgot…creative types are even more dangerous and evil than scientist types to our politicians. Never mind.

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1150671 Teller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1150671 Sorry, sorry. I meant Christopher Marlowe. Sorry, sorry. I meant Christopher Marlowe.

]]> By: hassenpfeffer http://boingboing.net/2011/06/28/digging-up-shakespea.html#comment-1150673 hassenpfeffer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1150673 I'm sorry too, Teller. I meant Queen Elizabeth I. I’m sorry too, Teller. I meant Queen Elizabeth I.

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