In 1979, a controversy was brewing at McDonald’s. The concern was over a small plastic utensil that had a spoon on one end and the company's name and those famous arches on the other. Millions of the spoons were in the company’s restaurants all over America, and most people were using them for their intended purpose—to stir coffee.
But others had discovered an alternative use: The spoons were purportedly also ideal for snorting cocaine.
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McDonald's also had the best dope snorting straws - fat suckers that would let you pick up a solid rail of crank in one good huff. I'd go in for a coke and grab a dozen straws on the way out.
I find it a bit disturbing to have this article and yet Good Morning has a small child in Mcdonalds,coincidence?!
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ReplyDeleteThose straws do make nice firestarters. Also useful for reloading!
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I seem to recall them coke-snortin' spoons remained in use in Canada after they were banned in the States. Used to always grab a handful when in Canuckistan to take back home. Not to do coke, but more as an idiot act of defiance by having "contraband".
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Canadian border contraband. Way back in college a couple of friends borrowed mom's car for a trip to Canada. On the way back they got stopped at the border basically for looking like hippies. Pop the trunk, and there was a big black trash bag filled with drugs. Mom was a psychiatrist and back in those days the pharma reps would hand out "sample" packs of their drugs to doctors. Mom was in the habit of putting them in that big trash bag. My friends had no idea Mom was doing this, and like idiots they didn't look in the trunk before going to Canada.
Needless to say, my friends were detained. They were also stripped and cavity searched. After about four hours on ice a very pissed off supervisory agent came in and gave them a rather fatherly talk: "You're lucky none of those drugs have any street value. You might think we've kept you a long time, but we had to go over each damn box, bottle, and blister pack to verify the contents. I'm sure you're not happy right now, but lemme tell you, we're not happy either. This was a gigantic waste of everyone's time. Do I have to tell you it's stupid to cross an international border with a trashbag full of random drugs? I can't order you not to travel, but my advice is: be smarter about it, or just stay home. Now grab your stuff and get out of here."
What? The Canadians didn't buy the "It's my Mom's!" story?
DeleteAnd several years ago a National Lampoon article stated that Polish coke heads used a coke fork.
Solid rail of crank aka driving a 16 penny nail thru your sinuses.
ReplyDeleteEspecially that oil based crank. Man, that shit was rough.
DeleteThat was kerosene based crank it was brown the shiny shit was made with amonia also known as the nazi method. The straws were great for snorting drugs and usally did not clog up so you have a bunch of residue in them. Remember doing coke to come down off the crank!!! grayman
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