I Fought the Law

Jesus broke the law. So did George Washington. You did, too, and we want to hear about it.

I Fought the Law
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Pot and away!

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Pot smoking is illegal and dangerous in Colombia, it can get you sent to JAIL, where we all know your asshole will get bigger than your brain, or something like that. One warm night I'm riding my bicycle and light up a carefully-rolled doobie I'd been saving. Needless to say, a motorcycle-riding cop catches up to me and waves at me to stop. Panicked, I drop my almost-virgin blunt and wave to a halt. "Why were you smoking pot?", asks the guy. "Well, I'd been saving it, I hadn't smoked in a while," I answer, thinking, "and I didn't see you coming at me, either." So he says, "follow me to the police station, you're spending the night, you criminally disgusting son-of-a-bitch." (You understand, I'm translating somewhat liberally). He gets back on his bike, fires it up, and blasts off into the night, with me pedalling desperately to try to catch up so I won't be charged with attempting to escape the law, as well. Within seconds, of course, his motorcycle is gone as the proverbial wind, so I sort of stop pedalling to think of my course of action. After a few, addled-witted moments, I realize he's probably decided to let my sorry ass go, so I quickly turn around and start back again in the direction I was going. I wonder whether the guy has a soft spot for nerdy-looking biking potheads, or if he's forgotten he can do 70 to my (pitiful) 10 mph. I wave my head, marvelling at my great luck, and turn the first corner I can (just in case he comes back for me, you see; weed makes me paranoid as hell, as well as slower than a wrong-handed blowjob from a new girlfriend). The clincher? A few yards later I hear a motorcycle. I stop, absolutely stricken, and turn around. I see the guy cruise past me, looking straight ahead. I back up, thinking it's better to show myself instead of leading him on a chase that can only end less than happily for me. I get to the corner I'd turned just in time to see the guy get off his bike, pick up the doobie I'd dropped, carefully light up and start to smoke it with evident relish while leaning on his bike. So yeah, smoking pot in Colombia is really dangerous. You might end up having to share.

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