Re: Michael Phelps: Photographed Smoking a Bong!
 

[quote=GMScud;524263][B]Well, this isn't positive[/B] for our greatest Olympian ever:

[URL="http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/150832/14-times-Olympic-gold-medal-winner-Michael-Phelps-caught-with-bong-cannabis-pipe.html"]14-times Olympic gold medal winner Michael Phelps caught with bong cannabis pipe | News | News Of The World[/URL][/quote]

If he were to piss it would be. Sorry, I couldn't contain myself.

Re: Michael Phelps: Photographed Smoking a Bong!
 

Smoking tobacco through a bong would just burn the mess out of your lungs. I haven't seen the picture. Was it a hookah or a bong? Anyway he admitted he was smoking pot. I also hear that he got a DUI too but that didn't make the spot light. It's a shame to see people screw up their lives with drugs and alcohol, especially when they've got so much going for them.

Re: Michael Phelps: Photographed Smoking a Bong!
 

[quote=Trample the Elderly;524461]Smoking tobacco through a bong would just burn the mess out of your lungs. I haven't seen the picture. Was it a hookah or a bong? Anyway he admitted he was smoking pot.[B] I also hear that he got a DUI too[/B] but that didn't make the spot light. It's a shame to see people screw up their lives with drugs and alcohol, especially when they've got so much going for them.[/quote]

The DUI was after the Athens Olympics in '04. But yeah, he's one of the most recognizable people in the world- just smoke your bong in your own home. I've got no issue with partying. He's an extremely rich 23 year old who is probably getting more ass than a toilet seat. I expect him to live it up a bit in the offseason. He's just being dumb about it.

Re: Michael Phelps: Photographed Smoking a Bong!
 

[quote=Daseal;524367]I don't think any less of him, but I never thought he was impressive as he's made to be anyhow. He won a bunch of medals, but he wasn't even the most valuable swimmer in any of his relays.[/quote]

Sorry but thats just not correct. Won a bunch of medals? He won more gold medals then anyone in history.

Re: Michael Phelps: Photographed Smoking a Bong!
 

[quote=dmek25;524291]when i was in tampa, alot of the bars had smoking rooms. am not sure what the hell they were smoking, buit it was legal. just a thought:)[/quote]

Just a guess but it might be hookah, aka flavored tobacco, which is perfectly legal here in Virginia and probably everywhere else too.

Honestly I'm not that suprised by this. He's a young millionaire who knows he can get as much ass as he wants. He probably was planning going into November to do as much partying as he could seeing as how that's when he's least likely to get tested.

Re: Michael Phelps: Photographed Smoking a Bong!
 

[quote=Daseal;524367]I don't think any less of him, but I never thought he was impressive as he's made to be anyhow. He won a bunch of medals, but he wasn't even the most valuable swimmer in any of his relays.[/quote]

Are you serious? Don't know a lot about swimming I am guessing? The fact that he relayed on that many relays in that many disciplines is just plain ridiculous. And take it to the bank...if he focused on any one of the four strokes he'd be the best in the world at any distance.

Re: Michael Phelps: Photographed Smoking a Bong!
 

[quote=FRPLG;524665]Are you serious? Don't know a lot about swimming I am guessing? The fact that he relayed on that many relays in that many disciplines is just plain ridiculous. And take it to the bank...if he focused on any one of the four strokes he'd be the best in the world at any distance.[/quote]

You are correct, most swimmers have a stroke (maybe 2) that they are really good at, and their other strokes leave much to be desired.

For instance, my daughter made regionals for her backstroke. She swims like a dolphin doing the back stroke, but her freestyle is horrendous. There are actually jellyfish that can cover ground faster than my daughter when she swims freestyle or any other style for that matter.

At the world level to be that good at that many strokes is beyond amazing because most swimmers focus on 1 to 2 strokes.

Do you know how hard it was for me to avoid the words "my daughter" and "on her back" in the same sentences?

Re: Michael Phelps: Photographed Smoking a Bong!
 

[quote=Daseal;524367]I don't think any less of him, but I never thought he was impressive as he's made to be anyhow. He won a bunch of medals, but he wasn't even the most valuable swimmer in any of his relays.[/quote]


Nah, dude is sick. winning 8 medals by definition is sick. Winning 7 of them in world record time and 1 of them in Olympic record time takes you to the untouchably sick plateau.



Give him his dues, he's the ebola virus of sickness.

Re: Michael Phelps: Photographed Smoking a Bong!
 

This is a great way to maintain his visibilty since we generally only care about swimming once every four years.

Re: Michael Phelps: Photographed Smoking a Bong!
 

saden, is he just a baller?

Re: Michael Phelps: Photographed Smoking a Bong!
 

[quote=dmek25;524740]saden, is he just a baller?[/quote]

He's a baller's baller...a real [URL="http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4639050n"]shot caller[/URL].

Re: Michael Phelps: Photographed Smoking a Bong!
 

Anyone live near Baltimore? The way they're talking about this on the news it's like they caught Jesus H. himself toking up. It's hilarious!

My favorite part of this whole thing is the awkward way most of these sports writers and TV anchors talk about the bong that he was using, like they've never heard of one before. "Phelps was pictured taking the pot using a glass smoking 'bong' device, that, according to reports, some folks apparently use to with their marijuana-weeds."

Re: Michael Phelps: Photographed Smoking a Bong!
 

[quote=ArtMonkDrillz;524775]Anyone live near Baltimore? The way they're talking about this on the news it's like they caught Jesus H. himself toking up. It's hilarious!

My favorite part of this whole thing is the awkward way most of these sports writers and TV anchors talk about the bong that he was using, like they've never heard of one before. "Phelps was pictured taking the pot using a glass smoking 'bong' device, that, according to reports, some folks apparently use to with their marijuana-weeds."[/quote]

OMG... "taking the pot"? It's like the writer came straight out of "Reefer Madness."

I usually hate her, but Sally Jenkins actually had a pretty good article today about this:

[URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/02/AR2009020202973.html"]Phelps incident[/URL]

You can tell she was a total stoner back in the day... she even mentions the Roor!

Re: Michael Phelps: Photographed Smoking a Bong!
 

[quote=itvnetop;524781]OMG... "taking the pot"? It's like the writer came straight out of "Reefer Madness."

I usually hate her, but Sally Jenkins actually had a pretty good article today about this:

[URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/02/AR2009020202973.html"]Phelps incident[/URL]

You can tell she was a total stoner back in the day... [B]she even mentions the Roor[/B]![/quote]

And she refers to weed as "killer nuggets," and smoking it as "getting sweetly baked on hay." Nice.

That article was a good perspective piece.

Re: Michael Phelps: Photographed Smoking a Bong!
 

[quote=GMScud;524465]The DUI was after the Athens Olympics in '04. But yeah, he's one of the most recognizable people in the world- just smoke your bong in your own home. I've got no issue with partying. He's an extremely rich 23 year old who is probably getting more ass than a toilet seat. I expect him to live it up a bit in the offseason. He's just being dumb about it.[/quote]The really funny thing is that if Michael Phelps actually were to smoke his bong in his own home, he actually would not be in violation of the law. Marijuana possession is legal in moderation on private property in Ann Arbor.

Still, he's got to be smarter than this.