Phelps...

callen

blackredyellow wrote:

it's an issue because it's illegal and he's supposed to be some sort of role model.

I could care less who smokes what, but the fact is that he broke the law at the same time sponsors are paying him a lot of money to sell people stuff (including kids).

Who cares about laws...what matters is whats right or wrong.

Think of how many "Laws" humans created that make us now think wtf.

Question authority.....always.

know1

If it were an issue, he'd be arrested.

It's a business decision and those happen all the time.

upina2001

Through the grapevine, I heard they may even have a celebrities tent at Bonnaroo this year, including a special tent where you can swim against Michael Phelps.
Not only do you have to swim down, but afterwards, you have to rip a 5’ bong load then swim back.

DeLukin

Hey, this is America. The only thing we like better than putting our heroes on pedestals is knocking them back off of them. This story went from ridiculous to unbelievable when the cops in South Carolina said they were going to look into pressing charges. Unbelievable.

milarso

soulsinging wrote:

milarso wrote:

blackredyellow wrote:

I just think that Phelps is waking up everyday hoping that some other celebrity got arrested that night or something, so that it will take him off the front page of the celeb/gossip media circle jerk that we live in.

And the sad thing is, that is most likely how the problem will be resolved, or at least taken out of the public eye.

Aw, who am I kidding? My money's on Lohan or Britney.

Well, turns out it wasn't Lohan or Britney.
I wonder if Phelps went out and bought and A-Rod jersey today. He's probably his new favorite player.

blackredyellow

milarso wrote:

milarso wrote:

blackredyellow wrote:

I just think that Phelps is waking up everyday hoping that some other celebrity got arrested that night or something, so that it will take him off the front page of the celeb/gossip media circle jerk that we live in.

Aw, who am I kidding? My money's on Lohan or Britney.

Well, turns out it wasn't Lohan or Britney.
I wonder if Phelps went out and bought and A-Rod jersey today. He's probably his new favorite player.

Lol... I was thinking that today too, Phelps probably slept better last night than he has in the last few weeks.

Wobbie

milarso wrote:

I wonder if Phelps went out and bought and A-Rod jersey today. He's probably his new favorite player.

Yep....you're only on the hook until the next (bad) thing comes along.

edit: I just realized.....A-Rod killed my avatar. Damn.

sweet adeline

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/ ... ps/999101/

funny stuff.

Commy

sweet adeline wrote:

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/really-michael-phelps/999101/

funny stuff.

funny stuff

norm

Cosmo wrote:

Anyone who holds up an Athlete (or Movie Star or Rock Singer) up as a 'Role Model' is an asshole.
Anyone whose kids looks up to an Athlete (or Movie Star or Rock singer) as a 'Role Model' is a lousy parent.
...
PARENTS should be Role Models... not someone who is on T.V.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMzdAZ3TjCA

so-much-clearer

Forgive me for basically stealing these talking points from Adam Carolla, but KELLOG: you stand for what, childhood obesity? Stop making Rice Krispy Treats if you're gonna pretend like Phelps is ruining what you claim you stand for.

And I would also like to smack the person who put this photo up for sale. I feel bad for Phelps because pot would not have helped his swimming. He might get medals stripped for doing something that would more likely hurt his swimming than help it. Pot's not like steroids, where the athlete did win unnaturally. This guy/girl has put a massive dent in Phelps' career for him doing NOTHING.

And didn't he get a DUI in the past? How come that got a fraction of the attention this has? Sitting in a dorm with a bong is worse than drunk driving and endangering lives?

It's just stupid, I don't care if he's supposed to be a role model. Who is looking up to Michael Phelps that knows what weed is, and thinks to themselves "oh I'll do it too now"? NO ONE.

Kel Varnsen

I am just in awe by how dumb this guy is. I mean this isn't some 14 year old kid we are talking about, he is a 23 year old adult. And basically what it comes down to is he decided he would rather take a hit from a bong then have tens of millions of dollars in endorsement money.

angelm20

upina2001 wrote:

Through the grapevine, I heard they may even have a celebrities tent at Bonnaroo this year, including a special tent where you can swim against Michael Phelps.
Not only do you have to swim down, but afterwards, you have to rip a 5’ bong load then swim back.

Ahhhahaha too funny! Im down. All I know is the person who took that pic was a real ass to do that to him. Granted a rich a-hole.....cant turn back time so might as well stand up for Pot is what Id like to see him do.

even flow - question mark

And now the big bad US drug machine has started to make an example of everybody who was there except Phelps. What a coincidence. Typical US response though.

I can't wait for Phelps to lose ONE race from here on in and they won't say the other swimmers have gotten better. They won't say Phelps has gotten any older. They will go straight to the dope smoking.

Drowned Out

So a little puff at a party, by arguably the greatest Olympian ever, is enough to tarnish the image of a company that represents childhood obesity, and is founded by a man who supported eugenics, gave himself daily yogurt enemas, felt that parents should use acid on a female childs clitoris, and sew a male childs foreskin shut to prevent masturbation?
Damn, Phelps is an evil, evil man :roll:
But you know what? I think he’s an idiot for not standing up for himself. He’d have saved a lot of face if he’d told the truth; that he had nothing to apologize for.

VINNY GOOMBA

Drowned Out wrote:

So a little puff at a party, by arguably the greatest Olympian ever, is enough to tarnish the image of a company that represents childhood obesity, and is founded by a man who supported eugenics, gave himself daily yogurt enemas, felt that parents should use acid on a female childs clitoris, and sew a male childs foreskin shut to prevent masturbation?
Damn, Phelps is an evil, evil man :roll:
But you know what? I think he’s an idiot for not standing up for himself. He’d have saved a lot of face if he’d told the truth; that he had nothing to apologize for.

Which company is this? Kellog's?

Drowned Out

VINNY GOOMBA wrote:

Drowned Out wrote:

So a little puff at a party, by arguably the greatest Olympian ever, is enough to tarnish the image of a company that represents childhood obesity, and is founded by a man who supported eugenics, gave himself daily yogurt enemas, felt that parents should use acid on a female childs clitoris, and sew a male childs foreskin shut to prevent masturbation?
Damn, Phelps is an evil, evil man :roll:
But you know what? I think he’s an idiot for not standing up for himself. He’d have saved a lot of face if he’d told the truth; that he had nothing to apologize for.

Which company is this? Kellog's?

Yup. Henry Kellog was a real gem. All of that stuff is from a book he wrote...Marc Emery posted an article talking about it in a facebook group, I'll post it when I get home.

Funny side story - I wrote the above post in outlook and copy/pasted it to the board...
So I'm getting some help from IT shortly after, and they're working remotely on my station...
The guy goes to put a password in for me, and accidentally hits paste...
The only words visible in the password field are 'yogurt enemas'...."I don't wanna know" he says...:D

VINNY GOOMBA

Drowned Out wrote:

The only words visible in the password field are 'yogurt enemas'...."I don't wanna know" he says...:D

Now that's funny!

Kellog-- sounds like a pretty fucked up guy.

CE202890

i just think its funny the county sheriff is trying to build a case........

almost as bad as people caring about steroids and baseball.

Drowned Out

http://www.reconsider.org/wordpress/?p=162