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So I just read this, and it's among the best pieces of literature I've ever read.

Would anyone like to discuss it?

>> No.3070919

Muhahah it is enterint to /lit/ zeitgeist. One of my favourites, I imagine many /lit/folk goign through similar lives. Haven't read any of his other stuff but have Butcher's Crossing and Augustus ready to do.

>> No.3070923

LOOOOL 420GUYS I IZ STONER 420 420 YAAAAY DRUGGGGGZZZZZZ 420.

>> No.3070926

>>3070919
wut

>> No.3070940

An absolute masterpiece. The ability to relate is off the charts. Extremely poignant

>> No.3070943

>>3070923
How old are you?

>> No.3070961

>>3070943
36. Why?

>> No.3070966

>>3070923

>making a shitty pun on the book's title, ironically or otherwise

>> No.3070996

Well, this thread was shit.

>> No.3070999

>>3070966
That's not a pun. The title is 'stoner' so there is no play on words. A pun would be:

"I hear John williams' book is high-ly popular."

>> No.3071002

>>3070999
It is a pun, it's a play on the word "stoner," having an entirely different meaning in today's context.
Please, let's not continue this as an argument, it's a pun, let it go.

>> No.3071004

>>3070999
The book starts off well, but goes to pot around chapter 7.

>> No.3071009

>>3071002
>having an entirely different meaning in today's context.

The book was written in the mid 60's when cannabis use was at an all time high(sorry, couldn't resist), the word stoned and stoner were in use then. Anyway, I doubt the "Hurr 420" guy has even read the book.

>> No.3071011

>>3071004

You could almost say the book is "high on drugs" by chapter 9.

>> No.3071014

>>3071011
That was terrible. We need to start smoking out the bad pun makers.

>> No.3071026

Pete Doherty bumps into Jeremy Clarkson and they start to chat.

He says to him, "what do you do?"

He replies "Top Gear."

Pete says, "Fucking brilliant ill have 2grams"

>> No.3071028

>>3071026
id you hear about the dyslexic raver?

He died after having an F.

>> No.3071029

Q: Why did the blonde snort artificial sweetener?

A: She thought it was diet coke.

>> No.3071034

>>3071014

Now now, no need to be hash. Weeding out random Mary Janes just because they make some potty remarks is quite hash. Let's make a joint effort to be civil, bud.

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3071038

>>3071028
>Did you hear about the dyslexic raver?

>He died after having an F.

>> No.3071047

I once knew a dental nurse who loved giving blowjobs and smoking weed.

She was known as oral high Jean

>> No.3071060

The way everyone says Stoner is amazing makes me very worried that I'll have too high expectations when I finally take it off my shelf and read it.

>> No.3071068

>>3071060
>makes me very worried that I'll have too high expectations

*Makes me very worried that my expectations are too high.
Even though your syntax may be correct, you still made a total hash of it stylistically.

>> No.3071072

>>3071068

*Although your syntax is correct, you made a complete stylistic mess of it.

Try again, you filthy pleb.

>> No.3071084

>>3071072
>Mess
>Completely oblivious to the fact that it was only written for the pun.

>Try again.

>> No.3071091

>>3071084

>he's never smoked mess!

>> No.3071116

Did you hear about the Indian fella who snorted a line of curry powder?

He's ended up in hospital in a korma.

>> No.3071124

Cocaine is never a solution..

..unless you add water.

>> No.3071127

What's the best hallucinogen to go to sleep on?

Pillow-cybin

>> No.3071131

Which Irish comedian is best taken in small intravenous doses?

Spike Milligram

>> No.3071177

I felt that Williams' most perspicuous observation was that pale-eyed women are always insane. Why is this the case?

>> No.3071485

A crackhead is out walking one fine evening. He finds a poor person on the street and helps him up. The poor person says, "Son, I'm a genie. And since you helped me I'll give you three wishes."

The crackhead says, "I want a big bag of crack!", the genie says."Okay." POOF, the bag appears! They prepare some pipes and smoke them between the two of them.

The next morning the genie asks "What's the second wish?", "I want two big bags of crack", says the crackhead. "Okay," says the genie. POOF! And they prepare it and smoke it between the two of them.

The next morning the genie asks "And the third wish?" "I want four big bags of crack!" POOOF!! So, they prepare lots of big hits and smoke them between the two of them.

Much later the genie gets up and says, "Okay, it's time for me to go." The genie takes a couple of steps, pauses, turns around and says, "Okay, just one more wish."

>> No.3071498

>>3071485
So this guy is on speed, which makes him feel really horny, so he walks into a whore house to get himself a good fuck. On the inside he realizes that he's a bit short on cash so he says to the mistress:

- "Listen, I only have five dollars, can you help me out?"
The lady says:
- "Sure, go up the stairs and go in the door on the right."
The guy goes up the stairs and in through the door. He sees a chicken sitting on a table. He is a little disappointed but the speed is kicking in so he figures:
- "Oh well you get what you pay for!", and he screws that chicken to near death, with feathers flying everywhere.

So the next day the guy gets high again and decides to go back to the whorehouse. He says to the madam:

- "Listen lady, I've only got two bucks today. Can you do anything at all for me?"
- "Sure!" says the madam. "Go up the stairs and in the door on the left this time".

The guy goes in through the door on the left and finds a bunch of guys staring through a two-way mirror at two beautiful lesbians having sex.

-"This is fantastic. Only two bucks for this!!" the guy says to one of the other men. The other man says
- "Yes, but you should have been here yesterday, there was guy in there fucking a chicken!"

>> No.3071506

Q: What did the meth addict get on his IQ test?

A: Drool.

>> No.3071513

>>3071506
My doctor told me to stay away from methamphetamine. So I bought a fifteen-foot straw.

>> No.3071522

At first I wanted to read the book in OP, but then I read the thread, and it was too full of puns, so for some reason I myself don't understand, I decided against reading it.

I'm pondering how irrational that is. NO puns in this post, guys.

>> No.3071526

>>3071177
pale eyes - "pin eyes" are common in heroin users, apparently. "Pale Blue Eyes" by the velvet undergound. maybe that's what he's talking about

>> No.3071536

Two guys are sitting on the porch of their house, tripping on LSD. Suddenly, a firetruck races down the street, flashing its lights and howling its sirens.
After it passes, one tripper turns to the other and says, "Jesus, I thought he'd never go away!"

>> No.3071541

Whats the difference between a crack-head whore and a hockey team...?

The hockey team showers after 3 periods.

>> No.3071544

>>3071536
There are three side effects to acid... Enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory... and I forget the third...

>> No.3071552

A rabbit running through the forest stumbles upon a deer rolling a joint. The rabbit says, "Don't do that Come running with me. It's much more fun!" The deer takes off with the rabbit.
They come across an elephant doing coke. "Come running with us, elephant," says the rabbit. "You'll feel so good!" The elephant decides to join in the fun.
The animals encounter a lion about to shoot up. Before the rabbit can say anything, the lion knocks it unconscious.
The deer screams, "Lion, what are you doing? He's trying to help us!"
The lion answers, "That fucker makes me run around the forest like an idiot every time he takes ecstasy!"

>> No.3071571

>>3071526
the book has nothing to do with drugs. it's called stoner because that's the protagonist's surname.

>> No.3071577

>>3071026

>implying Pete Doherty has bought 2 grammes of anything since he was about 12.

>> No.3071584

>>3071177

I've been involved with two women with grey eyes - both utterly insane (but awesome in bed, as the mentalists usually are).

Proves nothing, but there you go.

>> No.3071588

Look at all this shit

>> No.3071627

what did the one gay shroom say to the other gay shroom ?

hows it going fun guy ?

>> No.3071631

Q: What were Princess Diana's favourite drugs?
A: Speed & Smack

>> No.3071633

A young man on acid walked into a dentist's office and said, " Can you help me? I think I'm a moth."
The dentist said, "You don't need a dentist. You need a psychiatrist."
"Yes, I know," the man said.
The dentist asked, "So then why did you come in here?"
The man replied, "The light was on."

>> No.3071639

>>3071177
>>3071584
I've only been with one girl with pale (blue) eyes, and she was indeed a mental case. There seems to be something in this theory.

>> No.3071641

Why are people spamming this thread? What's the problem?

>> No.3071649

>>3071641
Hey, don't be rude.

>> No.3071653

This thread is hilarious. Best /lit/ thread in weeks.

>> No.3071700

>>3071641

Jokes are /lit/.

Why do Irish women snort saccharine?

They think it's diet coke

>> No.3071728

>>3071131
>>3071700
I don't understand. Why Irish?
Are you getting your stereotypes confused?

>> No.3071741

>>3071728

Because the Irish are stupid (in jokes).

Are you Irish?

>> No.3071748

>>3071741
I think you've mixed up Irish and English.

>> No.3071752

more LSD jokes please. Its my favorite drug :3

>> No.3071761
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3071761

>>3071752
>LSD
So popular in Britain that for a time the monetary system was based on it.

>> No.3071769

>>3071748

lel. butthurt bog-wog spotted.

>> No.3071770

>>3070910
Wold someone post a download link?
I want to read this, sounds very good...

>> No.3071782

>>3071770

Mediafire just shitcanned my account, or I'd offer you one. Check /rs/ - it may be there.

>> No.3071798

>>3071741
Whenever I tell jokes it's the black people that are stupid

>> No.3071801

>>3071752
Q: What do you get if you cross LSD with birth control?
A: A trip without the kids!

>> No.3071804

>>3071752
Two guys sitting in a 2nd floor apartment, both high on acid. One turns on a flashlight, shines it out the window, and they both trip on the light beam that goes from the flashlight into the sky.

One guy says to the other, "You know, I'll bet you could walk all the way up that beam of light into the sky!"

The other replies, "You must think I'm really high! We both know that as soon as I got halfway up, you'd turn off the flashlight."

>> No.3071815

>>3071798
A lot of British jokes start with - "An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman.." An Irish guy is usually the butt of an English joke.
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Englishman,_an_Irishman_and_a_Scotsman.

Typical English Joke:

An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman are driving through the desert when their car breaks down. So they have to get out.

The Englishman takes a bottle of water with him, the Scotsman takes an umbrella and the Irishman takes a car door.

On the way they meet this old bastard. He says to the Englishman "I know why you've got the water, so you can have a drink when your thirsty," He says to the Scotsman, "I know you've got the umbrella to keep the sun off you," "but," he says to the Irishman, "Why have you got the car door?" and the Irishman replies "If I get hot I can wind the window down!"

>> No.3071818

>>3071815
There was an englishman, irishman and a scotsman who worked on a building site.
It was time for their dinner so the englishman opened his bait box and said "if I get cheese sandwiches tommorrow i will throw myself off that bridge" and the scotsman and irishman both say the same.
So the next day comes and the englishman has cheese sandwiches, so he jumps off the bridge.
The scotsman looks and he also has cheese sandwiches, so he jumps off the bridge aswell.
The irishman looks and he also has cheese sandwiches so he jumps off the bridge too.

At the funeral the wives meet up and the englishmans wife says "I wish I could of just made him another kind of sandwich"
The scotsmans wife says the same.
The irishmans wife says 'I do not know why he jumped.... he made his own sandwiches.'

>> No.3071822

>>3071818
Hahaha, I can't believe the Irish man was so immasulated as to make his own sandwiches, ahaha women's rights are a joke.

>> No.3071827

>>3071815
We have those jokes in Ireland.
Guess who's the butt of the joke?

>> No.3071911

>>3071827
The Irishman.

>> No.3071939

I can confirm, this is definitely the best book I've read so far.

Anyone read Augustus as well? Opinions on that?

>> No.3071962

>>3071939
Butcher's Crossing is his best.

>> No.3071971

>>3071962

Butcher's crossing was decent.
I haven't read his other books but I seriously hope you were jesting because I might reconsider wasting my time if what you are saying is true.

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>>3071034

superb

>> No.3072825

>>3071971
no, Stoner is by far the superior novel

>> No.3072863

>>3071127
Nah, I'd probably say Mexamine, the deacetylased form of melatonin. Essentially, it is a full 5-HT agonist and is likely responsible for the perceptual aspects of dreams. I don't think that the chemical itself can cross the blood-brain barrier without and acetyl group, though.

>> No.3072882

>>3072863
u srs?

>2012
>not falling to sleep with Opium tea, exploring the once-forgotten realms of a timeless and infinite psyche
It's like you haven't even DeQuincy

>> No.3072891

>>3072882
Or a Valerian, Vit B, Melatonin, Kava blend.