# A rose by any other name. . .

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rose-by-any-other-name/589027>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 14, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rose-by-any-other-name/589027 "2011-07-14T17:24:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rose-by-any-other-name/589027/1 "2011-07-14T17:24:51Z")

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. . .will get you high, [apparently](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/13/thais-find-smuggled-metha_n_897136.html).

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**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rose-by-any-other-name/589027/2 "2011-07-14T17:51:56Z")

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And I was thinking this was going to be about [Hawaiian baby woodrose.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyreia_nervosa)

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**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rose-by-any-other-name/589027/3 "2011-07-14T17:57:55Z")

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It makes me curious: How is it that an Iranian man is smuggling such a huge amount of meth from Syria to Thailand?

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rose-by-any-other-name/589027/4 "2011-07-14T18:00:10Z")

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He lost his moral compass?

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rose-by-any-other-name/589027/5 "2011-07-14T19:54:49Z")

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> [@guizot](#):
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> It makes me curious: How is it that an Iranian man is smuggling such a huge amount of meth from Syria to Thailand?

Breaking Pad?

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**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rose-by-any-other-name/589027/6 "2011-07-14T21:52:17Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> Breaking Pad?

Go to your room.

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**Author:** ![inkling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkling)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rose-by-any-other-name/589027/7 "2011-07-15T02:16:55Z")

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Clearly, he was not going to distribute it; it was all for personal use. He was really going to Thai one on.