Mushies
This only really counts as a pointless experiment as I was already well on the way to drunk. I was at a friend's in Harrogate one Friday evening drinking merrily with a group of like-minded chaps, watching movies and sorting out a game of poker.

An aquaintance of mine, Big Ed appeared with his fabled 'Big Bag of Drugs^TM'. My friend Matt encouraged me to indulge in some magic mushrooms which Ed grows on his farm. Never having taken them before I decided I was intrigued.
Tea suitably brewed and sipped I sat and waited for the effects. I noticed a rumbling and heavy sensation in my stomach. I was assured this was normal.

I don't know if anyone is familiar with the work of Jan Svankmajer, Czech (I think) surrealist animator and director, but during my imbibing of the tea, a few of his short movies had been playing on the DVD player, making full use of stop-motion effects with plasticene. I decided to roll a cigarette and was incredibly perturbed to find that my hands moved and rippled like the plasticene used in the films and it subsequently took me twenty minutes until I placed completed cigarette in my mouth.

Later, I attempted a hand of poker, and while I was fascinated and delighted by the symbols on the cards I had know idea what they were supposed to represent, or in fact why my friend's seemed to be throwing perfectly good ones away before picking up replacements. Needless to say, I didn't win.

Later still I decided I was hungry and attempted a sausage roll. I took one bite and chewed, and chewed....and chewed...and chewed. My salivary glands were clearly malfunctioning. I could generate no spit whatsoever. I was in a neat-and-tidy state of being by this stage of the evening. Scanning under the table I came across a poly pocket. Pulling this out I decided it would be orderly and efficient to file the sausage roll for further reference. I then placed this back under the table and sat back down, looking smug, to my friends' incredulity.
"Did you just file a fucking sausage roll?"
*prouds* "Yep!" *grin*

Later on I woke up in the recovery position approximately two minutes after sparking out halfway to the loo. Apparently I hit the deck, "like a sack of shit" according to the sage-like Big Ed.

I felt fine in the morning and did enjoy it but that has been (so far) my only experiment with hallucinogens.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 15:20, 7 replies)

I've never been keen on tripping my face off.
But a small amount of mushrooms with the right group of people and you can laugh like a lunatic all night.
( girlinthehole, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 16:07, closed)

I love teh shrooms
But watching Svankmajer! You crazy foo!
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 20:51, closed)

^^
Narrowly losing out to watching Finding Nemo at the cinema pilled out my face.

"Heh heh, 3d fish!"
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 22:53, closed)

Harrogate
I live there :)
(Freddles, Mon 28 Jul 2008, 3:58, closed)

I work there
"A town that is way too pleased with itelf"

/Stuart Maconie
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 28 Jul 2008, 13:12, closed)

Interesting
always wanted to try those. I have some fungi growing on my lawn that look a lot like liberty caps but I would not bet my liver on it.
(Prof. Moriarty put his foot in it on, Mon 28 Jul 2008, 14:32, closed)

If you are ever in Worcester
I'll provide the um... entertainment as long as B3TA get the video rights [8-)

great post *click*
(poonss ...howlingspoons, Tue 29 Jul 2008, 21:10, closed)