# I never thought I'd say this, but, DRY? We NEED a Shakespeare quote on this. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 2, 2001, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-id-say-this-but-dry-we-need-a-shakespeare-quote-on-this/56504 "2001-03-02T15:24:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-id-say-this-but-dry-we-need-a-shakespeare-quote-on-this/56504/1 "2001-03-02T15:24:03Z")
From [foxnews.com](http://www.foxnews.com/world/030101/shakespeare_dope.sml): “Scientists Find Drug Paraphernalia on Site of Shakespeare’s Home” > [@](#): > > Did Bill Shakespeare pack a bong? > > Several 17th-century clay pipes found on the site of William Shakespeare’s home may have been used to smoke marijuana, scientists in Johannesburg, South Africa, reported Thursday. > \ > Though marijuana degrades over time, eight of those pipe fragments showed signs suggestive of marijuana, the scientists said. Two of the pipe samples tested also showed evidence of cocaine. > > Others showed traces of tobacco, camphor and a chemical with hallucinogenic properties, the study said. I bet the reporter who wrote this story never in a million years dreamed he’d write something that began with, “Did Bill Shakespeare pack a bong?” ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-id-say-this-but-dry-we-need-a-shakespeare-quote-on-this/56504/2 "2001-03-02T15:56:08Z")
While we’re waiting for **DRY** to show, here’s an earlier (November) thread on what appears to be the same story: [Malvolio’s not here man…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=45146) ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-id-say-this-but-dry-we-need-a-shakespeare-quote-on-this/56504/3 "2001-03-02T16:06:08Z")
“To be, or not to be. Far out.” -Scrap of dialogue found on a rough draft of Hamlet ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-id-say-this-but-dry-we-need-a-shakespeare-quote-on-this/56504/4 "2001-03-02T16:06:44Z")
“Sad, high, and working, full of state and woe, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow,” _Henry the Eighth_, prologue ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-id-say-this-but-dry-we-need-a-shakespeare-quote-on-this/56504/5 "2001-03-02T16:17:30Z")
Sonnet LXIX Then, churls, their thoughts, although their eyes were kind, **To thy fair flower add the rank smell of weeds** Sonnet LXXVI Why is my verse so barren of new pride, So far from variation or quick change? Why with the time do I not glance aside To new-found methods and to compounds strange? Why write I still all one, ever the same, **And keep invention in a noted weed,** That every word doth almost tell my name, Showing their birth and where they did proceed? Rape of Lucrece, Stanza 126 'Unruly blasts wait on the tender spring; **Unwholesome weeds** take root with precious flowers; emphasis provided courtesy of jarbabyj. That Shakespeare, he sure knew how to party. ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-id-say-this-but-dry-we-need-a-shakespeare-quote-on-this/56504/6 "2001-03-02T17:03:20Z")
It does explain the “and everybody died. The End.” endings to several of his plays, doesn’t it? Maybe he was sick of thinking and writing, and had to go get some Taco Bell food. Free refills on the Mountain Dew, don’t you know. Also helps explain the inspiration to the climax of Macbeth. “Holy shit, man. Are those trees coming toward us, dude?” ---
**Author:** ![Clucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@Clucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clucky)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-id-say-this-but-dry-we-need-a-shakespeare-quote-on-this/56504/7 "2001-03-02T21:51:33Z")
_Is that a dagger I see before me? Or, am I just tripped out on my ass again?_ ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-id-say-this-but-dry-we-need-a-shakespeare-quote-on-this/56504/8 "2001-03-02T22:09:32Z")
Milo, do you realize DRY hasn’t posted for about two weeks now? Ever since the post at the bottom of [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=59572)… Although I know a few more details than what you see there, I don’t know for sure why he hasn’t been posting, but I would hazard a guess that his reason is related to that last post. Anyway, maybe he’s still lurking and this will bring him back… Good luck. I’m sure there are quite a few people who miss him. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-id-say-this-but-dry-we-need-a-shakespeare-quote-on-this/56504/9 "2001-03-02T23:43:12Z")
Yes, **mrblue92** , there are many people who miss **DRY**. And I am sure that he has his reasons, and I am ALSO sure that they are none of our business. Leave him alone, please. He will be back when he feels like it. I know that you didn’t mean any harm here, but please. Let him work this out in private, as he sees fit. Scotti ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-id-say-this-but-dry-we-need-a-shakespeare-quote-on-this/56504/10 "2001-03-04T04:43:57Z")
Sorry Scotti. Sorry DRY. I hope you realize my intent here was to make sure Milo knew why he didn’t get a response. You are, of course, correct that the reason why he’s not posting is none of our business. Even though he and I had our differences a couple times, I’ll admit that I miss him.