Cannabis discovered in tobacco pipes found in William Shakespeare's garden

[Monte Davis]

ITYM that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, was a gay Catholic stoner.
We're sophisticated here ... no need to play along with fairy tales meant
for the groundlings.

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Jamie McKittrick <jamiemckit at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Shakespeare was a gay Catholic stoner. This is old news, people!
>
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 6:15 PM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I had a similar experience when Shakespeare, some said, was gay was
>> pushed by queer theorists during the culture wars.
>>
>> Of course there is no proof that Shakespeare smoked a pipe, owned a pipe,
>> ever smoked anything. There is no mention of pipes or grass or tobacco in
>> his plays, poems, letters...anywhere.
>>
>> The Shakespeare was gay theory has a bit more to support it, but is
>> little more than speculation and readings of his sonnet series as
>> autobiographical, though there is nothing in his biography to suppot this
>> reading and much to undermine it.
>>
>> Shakespeare was a Catholic is a better one.
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> My 11 year old brought his computer in my room this morning to show me
>>> this article, along with lots of questions! He said they "read lots of
>>> Shakespeare in third grade" but he never heard of this!
>>> Needless to say, an interesting conversation ensued...
>>>
>>
>>
>
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