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Surprising What I Found While Digging for Ideas

Grassy paradise in an unfinished parody

Rolling joints would have been preferable to the rolling blackouts and freezing weather I endured over the past week. They froze my brain.

I was at my wit’s end this morning as to what to write. Had polished up and published the nearly-ready stories and poetry sitting in my pipeline. And answered every prompt.

So, I set out on an Exposition to the North Pole where my brain lives atop my shoulders. (Credits: Pooh Bear).

No luck, nothing there — no ideas.

Last resort was to explore my Rough Drafts Folder to find something to inspire me.

Fifteen minutes later, kaboom! Hit the spot!

Drum roll.

I present my parody of Hey Jude performed by The Beatles.

Hey Dude

Hey dude, it ain’t so bad Make a rad bong yeah make it better Remember don’t rip the rizlas apart Then you can start to inhale it better

Hey dude, how many made Not afraid to blow out, pacesetter Let’s hit it, you rolled with how many skins Put on a grin, you make it better

And anytime you’re craving cake Hey Dude, mistake Just carry the spliff in this clip holder The smell you know that it’s so cool Who says we’re fools We’re aching to share over your shoulder

Blah

Hey, dude, pass it around We have found you, let’s blow together Remember don’t rip the rizlas apart Then you can start to inhale it better

Yo, breathe it out and breathe it in Hey, dude, no spin We’re waiting for someone to brainstorm with And don’t you blow, it’s not just you Improvement of weed as we get older

Blah, blah, blah

Hey dude, it ain’t so bad Make a rad bong yeah make it better Remember don’t rip the rizlas apart Then you can start to inhale it better

Better, better, better

Blah de blah de blah — (and so on and so fifth to the end)

The Beatles Hey Jude (Take 9)

Something you should know

I’m in no danger of being arrested in South Africa as The Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill is awaiting approval by Parliament. It allows a household of two adults to possess 1.2 kg of cannabis at home for private consumption, or 600 g if single.

No public consumption.

The Constitutional Court declared the law criminalizing possession of marijuana unconstitutional two years ago after the Trial of the Plant began in 2017.

This was thanks to the hard work and input of the Rastafarian community, activists, and The Dagga Couple, a pro-cannabis lobbyist organisation founded by Julian Stobbs and Myrtle Clarke after they were arrested for possession and dealing in 2010.

(In the early hours of the morning of 3 July 2020, an intruder shot and killed Jules for his laptop as he lay next to Myrtle in the bedroom of their beloved Jazzfarm.)

Myrtle, his life partner of 15 years, in paying tribute to him, stated he was wearing a T-shirt which summed up his philosophy:

“Good people disobey bad laws”

I second that! How about you?

Thank you for being here.