» This book changed my life

A book I once (nearly) took as gospel
The Dice Man by Luke Reinhardt almost changed my life about (gulp) 35 years ago.

I was charged with possession of 1.34 grammes of ace Afghani, a very generous quid deal I thought. Being a believer in going with the flow, probably because I was reading the book at the time, I wrote out six options for what I should do in court:
1. Say and do nothing.
2. Say nothing but bare my bum.
3. Say "bum" but do nothing else.
4. Say "bum" and bare it.
5. Give a stout defence of marijuana over the perils of alcohol.
6. Apologise profusely, say it was my first offence, and plead for leniency.

Looking back, I'm glad the dice rolled up the six, although it was really difficult apologising over a fit of the giggles and an attack of the munchies.
(Fri 16th May 2008, 16:02, More)