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

[ish mailian]

The news on Shakespeare is that he continues to humble us and play that old
mirror trick, holding the glass up to our ignorance and our desperate and
insatiable desire to know.

Shakespeare on his knees in the alley...with his Sheridan's Emancipation,
his pointed shoes, his pipe in his mouth and his tinker bells...

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 3:26 PM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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