schmoking
Back as a permenantly stoned student (when dope used to make one lazy, hungry and giggle as opposed to hearing the voices) me and my pie eyed compatriots ran out of Rizla - a garage trip was therefore in order - a shock to us as we hadn't ventured outside for a looooong time. Rich James (for James was his name and he was rich(er than us)) decides that we should never run out of papers again and he should buy one of the idustrial sized multipacks and fronted a score (£20) if one of us dared to ask for it all in rizlas. I end up making the arduous (3 min) journey as I figured I could negotiate and keep the change and after a bit of mental arithmatic worked out that I should buy 200 packs.

The rest of the journey was mental preparation - this was the first time I was going to have to interact with people from the real world in days - anyway, got to the garage - there was a queue.

Bugger!

Got to the front and regurgitated my carefully prepared lines;
"various munchies...cheese and onion pastie, packet of golden vadge, 20 Embassy Number 1, 20 Silk Cut and choo hundred packetsh of shilver rishla please" -(I had started salivating uncontrolably).
"What" said the assistant
"choo hunshed packetsh of shilver rishla plesh" I gushed, and having noticed the policeman joining the end of the queue can't help myself but start laughing. After an uncontrolable giggling fit and complete lack of communication for an eternity and despite my fear of getting arrested I managed to suppress the urge to run off into the night and completed my purchase to the glare of a long queue incuding an annoyed copper.

Yay.

(I did run as soon as I got round the corner.)
(jmaxi returned again on, Mon 5 Nov 2007, 17:34, 7 replies)

a good story, well told
/giggle
(p0zitr0n - phunarmically charged particle, detected at, Mon 5 Nov 2007, 18:54, closed)

?
Where on earth can you buy Rizla for 10p a packet?

It can't have been that long ago, the silver ones have only been around for a few years.
(clumsyeloquence is a girl, Mon 5 Nov 2007, 20:14, closed)

i used
to live in scarborough, where dick"leapy" lee, the copper in charge of operation julie in the 70s, bought a newsagents. as a teenager, we'd go miles out the way to buy bensons and skins at his shop, just to have a stoned giggle. silly really, but was always a buzz!
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Tue 6 Nov 2007, 8:27, closed)

Excellent - made me spit coffee
Reminds me of the time I was 'volunteered' to get some rizla while tripping madly.

Rehearsed my line all the way there "packet of rizla, packet of rizla..."

Walked up to the counter and proudly asked for "a packet of wigglies please."

After about 5 repetitions, the guy behind the counter noticed my agitated looks to the rizlas and, grinning like a fool asked if that's what I was after.

Panicing by now, I nodded, threw some coins at him and ran off with my prize...
( snee held his breath since, Tue 6 Nov 2007, 9:46, closed)

Argh
Having to go to the shops whilst tripping is such an ordeal.

I tried to buy some cheese in one of the smaller branches of Albert Heijn in Amsterdam having taken a load of truffles, I was standing there staring at all this pulsing, holographic cheese for absolutely ages until a fat dutch woman started shouting at me and I got The Fear and left.
(clumsyeloquence is a girl, Tue 6 Nov 2007, 11:19, closed)

clumsyeloquence
Rizlas in question may have been blue, and 1989.

Glad you liked it.

And happy B3taday!
(jmaxi returned again on, Tue 6 Nov 2007, 12:07, closed)

Ooh! So it is!
I had no idea.
(clumsyeloquence is a girl, Tue 6 Nov 2007, 13:19, closed)