# Keith Richards snorted his dad's ashes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601 "2007-04-03T19:33:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/1 "2007-04-03T19:33:58Z")
[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17933669/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17933669/) > [@](#): > > In comments published Tuesday, the 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist said he had snorted his father’s ashes mixed with cocaine. For real. All I can say is: thank god he plays a mean guitar, because he is clearly unfit for pretty much anything else… ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/2 "2007-04-03T19:41:01Z")
Somehow, disturbingly, I wasn’t surprised at all when I read the article. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/3 "2007-04-03T19:45:11Z")
I think we can file this one under “Kids, don’t try this at home…” ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/4 "2007-04-03T19:52:16Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] I think we can file this one under “Kids, don’t try this at home…” [/QUOTE] I won’t. For one thing, how will I get Keith Richards’ father’s ashes? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/5 "2007-04-03T19:55:17Z")
I would like to snort Keith’s ashes, but he continues to stand upright. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/6 "2007-04-03T19:57:19Z")
Uh-huh. Was this before or after he had his blood changed? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/7 "2007-04-03T19:59:18Z")
Well, that does kinda explain the palm tree. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/8 "2007-04-03T20:02:26Z")
I thought it was bad when I _spilled_ my mom! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/9 "2007-04-03T20:12:34Z")
At least he didn’t snort the ashes by themselves, I guess? I’ll admit to being a little surprised by this one: if they were saying he did it decades ago, it’d be no big deal. But they say his father died in 2002, so it must have been within the last five years. Say this for Keef- he’s not slowing down with age. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/10 "2007-04-03T20:27:46Z")
_Hoovers Daddy?_ _stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp_ _Hoovers Daddy?_ ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/11 "2007-04-03T20:55:04Z")
I sincerely hope that Keith didn’t snort all his father’s ashes. The yield from a cremation of your average corpse amounts to between 4lb and 6lb. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/12 "2007-04-03T21:05:29Z")
Any mention if it gave him an increased high? Could be a niche market out there. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/13 "2007-04-03T21:28:30Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] I sincerely hope that Keith didn’t snort all his father’s ashes. The yield from a cremation of your average corpse amounts to between 4lb and 6lb. [/QUOTE] Actually, I wouldn’t doubt that Keith had enough coke to to cut in about 5 lbs of dad. I think he should call it Bag-Dad. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/14 "2007-04-03T21:35:18Z")
I have no problem with him dealing with the loss of his father in whatever way he felt appropriate. I do think it is weird that he would voluntarily share the information. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/15 "2007-04-03T21:39:30Z")
You know, it’s just possible that it’s a late breaking April Fool’s joke. Forgetting that two days have elapsed since the First is entirely plausible for Mr. Richards. ---
**Author:** ![zeldarae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f14d63/32.png) [@zeldarae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeldarae)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/16 "2007-04-03T21:47:04Z")
I’ll bet this is Keith’s say of grocking his dad. Frankly, people have put worse things than anshes in their bodies. I really don’t see anything wrong with it. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/17 "2007-04-03T22:58:22Z")
[QUOTE=zeldarae] I’ll bet this is Keith’s say of grocking his dad. Frankly, people have put worse things than anshes in their bodies. I really don’t see anything wrong with it. [/QUOTE] Yeah but the ashes of the man that sired you? Kinda macabre don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![zyzzyva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zyzzyva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zyzzyva)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/18 "2007-04-03T23:25:36Z")
I believe the late Bill Hicks once said (in response to Richards’ surreal “don’t do drugs” PSA), “we can’t do drugs, Keith! You already did them all! We have to wait for you to die so we can _smoke your ashes!_” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/19 "2007-04-03T23:32:36Z")
Keep in mind, when you cremate a body-you don’t just get ashes. You also get a lot of little bone fragments and what not. In fact, I think they end up having to crush some of the bones, or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/20 "2007-04-03T23:32:59Z")
[QUOTE=Madd Maxx] Actually, I wouldn’t doubt that Keith had enough coke to to cut in about 5 lbs of dad. I think he should call it Bag-Dad. [/QUOTE] That was a terrible pun and you should be _shot_. 😉 Does it say something about me or Keith Richards if I’m not at all surprised by this? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601.md?page=2)