The headline, as you can see, says "Laugh More. Live Longer." And there's Grandma and Grandpa smiling and laughing, rowing a boat! I mean, look at them! They aren't just happy, they're ridiculously happy!
But why, you ask? Is it because they're outdoors, getting some exercise? Is it because they love each other so much?
No. Not that. They're happy because they're stoned!
Look at the writing on the boat. "Recreational Marijuana." And below that the ad reads "Make It Your Mission to Enjoy Life A Little More Every Day!"
These happy seniors, ex-hippies perhaps, are senior potheads. Once, long ago, they may have been hippies who smoked pot and hoped the local cops wouldn't show! Now, no problem: in Washington, Colorado, Oregon and Alaska, recreational pot is legal!
I can choose from two stores within about 5 miles of my house. Another one is opening soon that I can walk to. Once there, I can buy a joint (a whole lot stronger than the wimpy stuff from back in the '60s) or pick up a marijuana brownie or cookie!
Who would have thought?
That ad cracks me up!
Rowing?? It used to make me hungry but I don't think I ever wanted to row. ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm one of those "old" hippies. I think it's about time! I mean fifty plus years is about long enough for us old farts to take a toke. Heck I'm at the age I could not smoke, it would kill my sinus BUT those brownies sure would be fun watching an old Chevy Chase movie. Unfortunately DW and I live in FL too bad for us good for you Washingtonians.
ReplyDeleteI sadly realize that I'll receive slings and arrows from the pot smoking crowd, but I pitty the poor pot smoker who, for whatever reason, feels the need to light up and check out.
ReplyDeleteThere are many old folks like us that weren't hippies in the 60's. But now that facts are coming out about the benefits of cannabis we are interested.
ReplyDeleteThat it is being proven to be an excellent, and cheaper, alternative to the poisons with bad side effects that big pharma sells us, at highway robbery prices, many of us are excited. I can grow my own pain medication in my back yard? And I don't have to be hooked on products made from addictive narcotics grown in Afghanistan.
For what I have seen in my career in law enforcement I would much rather have people smoking cannabis than drinking alcohol or become addicted zombies from the stuff Big Pharma sells us.
And remember, Canabis is a medicene that people use just for the side effects. Let that sink in a little.
Hilarious ad! Thanks for sharing it. In AZ we have medical marijuana. My boyfriend and I have qualifying conditions. We "joke" that its a good way for the government to manage all us old aging hippies. Keep us quietly at home, subscribing to Netflix and consuming mass quantities. Fortunately it's stuff that's good for us, but still, sustainably produced, organic veggie pizza...is still pizza! Life is good in our golden years! We still putter around the house and garden. I work part time (straight) and some Sundays we choose to ingest some edibles and laugh the day away. Sunday...that's the day the local dispensary has a sale on edibles. A SALE on marijuana! What's not to love?! I recommend a happy, legal old age to anyone wishing for more laughter and less prescription medicine.
ReplyDeleteIf Canabis will help the pain in my hip and reduce my need for narcotics, count me in! I'm open to just about anything right now except surgery. I'm only 64, and having hip surgery is definitely NOT an option! I'll be heading to the Pacific Northwest this summer in my vintage RV, and I'm going to see if this is up to all the hype. I'm really sick (literally) of the narcotics and their side effects!
ReplyDeleteI use ingestable pot oil for my cancer. I still use chemo, but my most recent check up showed that my lung cancer was gone without surgery. My doctors say that almost never happens. They don't know I use the oil. Some people say to use the oil and forgo the chemo.
ReplyDeleteI'm convinced that if my partner of 25 years had been ingesting pot instead of the federally controlled pain relief pills prescribed by his physicians he would still be alive today and with less pain. Unfortunately the prescribed pain pills made him so dizzy that one day he lost his balance and fell on the ceramic tile floor. The fall resulted in broken ribs and placement in a ventilator. After removal from the ventilator, he lived for several months in various hospitals but finally died due to a hospital related virus and blood infection he could not beat. I miss him constantly and am depressed with emotional pain from his loss. That's why I plan to leave Texas and move to another state where medicinal pot is legal.
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