A couple weeks ago, while visiting the great city of Montreal, my buddy Ty and I decided to eat some sandwiches and attend a rally supporting the legalization of marijuana, camera in tow. I figured there was no way the event wouldn’t be good for a few laughs and that I might even get a decent blog post out of it. Hilarity ensued.
Despite my gift for perfectly framing a bachelorette party I must admit my photography skills could use a little work. Still, you’ll get the main idea of what its like to march through the streets of a foreign city while everyone is speaking nothing but french and stoned off their asses.
I’m exhausted from our Slumdog Millionaire-like performance that lead to my first ever 1st place finish at Whiskey’s trivia night last night, so you’re just getting captions. Deal with it…
Hacky-Sackers! We must be close...
Freaks and hippies passing joints in public? This MUST be it!
This guy fit the part...bucking no stereotypes
The Best Damn Hippy Drum Band in the Land
Guy with a marijuana plant sticking out of his backpack. NBD.
Even the nursing home was well represented
Hmm...I guess even cute girls like marijuana
Wait...is that a cute girl taking a public bong rip???
That's exactly what it is. Michael Phelps just replaced Pete Freedman as the most famous fan of this blog
I may or may not have slightly fallen in love with this girl. Sorry...moving on...
The front says "business"...
...but the back says "party"
This poor couple was just trying to cut through the park on the way to lunch
It is VERY difficult to look sketchy at a pot rally. This guy pulled it off.
This had to be the most incoherent television interview ever. The fact that it was all in french didn't help my understanding.
If the 1994 baseball strike hadn't happened...well this kid would still be a punk
If I'm ever homeless I'm totally getting like 5 dogs and ruining their lives too
Wheelhouse
I had more in common with the helpless cops than the partygoers...definitely a first
And the parade begins!!!
We followed closely behind the rastafarian rapper-filled float
This kid came prepared
Pound-for-pound the top white reggae MC in Eastern Canada
Pound-for-pound the largest joint I have ever seen
This photog made me nervous. I do have a public image to uphold.
The shocked preppy bystanders were the 2nd funniest part of the parade, right behind the confused Mexican bystanders
Que?
This dog has seem some shit in his life, believe dat
Even serial killers feel comfortable marching for marijuana
This band was rocking pretty hard, albeit in French, until they stopped and all screamed "WHITE POWER!!!" This is when Ty and I decided to slowly make our way from the parade route
Back in the park, chilling with a dude in an awesome cape. I asked him if he was supposed to be dressed as "Despair Man"...he replied in French.
Naked guy in the window. As confused as we are.
Ty didn't quite fit in with the crowd
OHHH...that explains so much
#1 by The InSneider at May 27th, 2009
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For the record, Pete Freedman is not your blog’s most famous fan, although he does look a lot like Paul Rust.
#2 by My Amazing Weight Loss Story at May 28th, 2009
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Thanks for writing, I truly liked reading your newest post. I think you should post more frequently, you obviously have natural ability for blogging!
#3 by Smokey Tokes at May 29th, 2009
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Has all that bong resin gone to your head? Its Friday….where’s my morning dump?
#4 by Pete at June 3rd, 2009
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1.) I am absolutely the most famous person reading this blog.
2.) Don’t know who Paul Rust is, but I’m pretty sure–given my fame and all–that he looks like me, and not the other way around.