Is This Possible...?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Urban Myth, as discussed heated this evening with friends. Yiz can feck off if you think I'm wiritng the long version of it, so we'll put it this way:

If the frankincense in a preist's thurable (shakey ball-like thing on the end of a chain he swings about) was replaced by hash, would it be possible to get the congregation (or part thereof) stoned?

I'm lead to think you'd either need a ****load of it, or some particualry potent weed, but it would be possible.

Yes or no?

Adam

Obviously theoretically yes, if the congregation inhaled the smoke it would get them stoned.

But in practice not really possible. You would need A LOT, and decent stuff, and even then it wouldn't necessarily work in the church/cathedral as they are very open places and the smoke would diffuse too quickly.

Also, it would be noticed as not being the usual smell...

monkeyfudge

I doubt it. It would have to be an incredibly confined place with a low ceiling and a church is neither.

RobertFoster

If it did, people would go back for communion seconds.

redcrew

lock the doors and have lots of priests shaking lots of balls....did that come out wrong?? ermm

flogen

What defines an urban myth is its ability to be both theoretically possible and statistically improbable.

(If it was scientifically impossible, no one would believe it and it would not become an urban myth. If it was not just possible but also a common occourance it wouldn't be an urban myth, it would be a verified reality.)

If you're dealing with an urban myth the question isn't so much "could this happen?" but instead "has this happened?"

monkeyfudge

Have the communion wafers impregnated with LSD for far better results.

BrandonBlock

Theres only 1 way to find out I'll supply the weed!

nesf

flogen wrote:

What defines an urban myth is its ability to be both theoretically possible and statistically improbable.

Yup, it's so that tin foil hat wearers can say "But it could happen!!!!".

ScumLord

Some guy on tele said he did that it was on some BBC show about kids and religion or someit.

I don't think it would work I'd love to give it a go I don't think anyone would notice the smell.

Sleepy

monkeyfudge wrote:

Have the communion wafers impregnated with LSD for far better results.

Isn't that how the whole thing started in the first place?

kevmy

I'd say it's pretty possible. I used to be an altar boy and we used to have to set it up while the priest was keeping the crowd happy. Bassically you had to light a pretty massive lump of charcoal (about the size of 6 E2 coins) then you'd put not that much incense into the thing and then just keep the air circulating. Now presuming the church has no massive draughts blowing through it and you put in a fair bit of the weed in it'd be possible to get the guys in the first few rows going alright. Wouldn't effect the whole congreation but it'd have some effect on those nearest the priest.

I'm sure some kid put weed in one once wheter the people got stoned, I doubt it.

randylonghorn

ScumLord wrote:

I'd love to give it a go I don't think anyone would notice the smell.

Maybe not 40 years ago, but to-day? I suspect that there would be a sudden and unexpected rush for the front seats, especially by the teenagers!

User45701

i would actually go to some sort of mass if they had vents pumping in pure THC.
It would be fantastic

Dutchology

Guaranteed that the altar boy/girl and possibly the priest would get pretty high... *pictures this*

ScumLord

Instead of hims (sp??) the preist and alterboys come out to Cypres hill. Christ, Christ Ya'll!!

faceman

Errr why would anyone do that?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

faceman wrote:

Errr why would anyone do that?

A good idea always dies when someone stops to think that very thought...

magick

But in practice not really possible. You would need A LOT, and decent stuff, and even then it wouldn't necessarily work in the church/cathedral as they are very open places and the smoke would diffuse too quickly.

that sounds like a bet to me

DarkJager

It would probably be best to replace the communion wafers with cookies and get the choir to sing some Bob Marley sh1t. Man I'd start goin to mass again if it was like that....