# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/21 "2007-04-04T04:01:06Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] That was a terrible pun and you should be _shot_. šŸ˜‰ Does it say something about me or Keith Richards if Iā€™m not at all surprised by this? [/QUOTE] Neither, Itā€™s just a Sinus the times were in. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/22 "2007-04-04T04:10:51Z")
this could easily be true, and just as easily Keef having a wind up ---
**Author:** ![SpartanDC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/23 "2007-04-04T04:40:52Z")
This might top the mud shark incident as the most purely badass raunchy rock ā€˜nā€™ roll moment ever (though maybe not, since it likely happened with Keith was bored out of his drug-addled mind at home one day). At the risk of sounding sick, I canā€™t help but respect this a little. I guess in this age of emo Iā€™m sad we donā€™t have rock musicians who inhabit this particular realm anymore. Rock on, Mr. Richards. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/24 "2007-04-04T04:47:52Z")
[QUOTE=SNenc] This might top the mud shark incident as the most purely badass raunchy rock ā€˜nā€™ roll moment ever (though maybe not, since it likely happened with Keith was bored out of his drug-addled mind at home one day). At the risk of sounding sick, I canā€™t help but respect this a little. I guess in this age of emo Iā€™m sad we donā€™t have rock musicians who inhabit this particular realm anymore. Rock on, Mr. Richards. [/QUOTE] Huh? Whaddya mean? The whole ā€œBritney goes nuts and shaves her headā€ business wasnā€™t whacked out enough for you? Oh, wait, you said _musicians_, my bad. :smack: Frankly, Iā€™d be more surprised if there was something that Keith _hadnā€™t_ snorted. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/25 "2007-04-04T04:55:33Z")
I once promised to mix the ashes of a friend in a bag of herbage and smoke him. Never happened, but only because heā€™s not deadā€¦ Also turns out he hit his girlfriend (Iā€™d never smoke someone like that). That was 20 years ago, I donā€™t think Iā€™d agree to it today - giving up recreational chemicals changes ones willingness to do things like this. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/26 "2007-04-04T05:03:18Z")
Isnā€™t this some sort of caniballistic ritual that confers immortality? :crosses Keef off Death Pool list: ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/27 "2007-04-04T05:12:06Z")
[QUOTE=zyzzyva] I believe the late Bill Hicks once said (in response to Richardsā€™ surreal ā€œdonā€™t do drugsā€ PSA), ā€œwe canā€™t do drugs, Keith! You already did them all! We have to wait for you to die so we can _smoke your ashes!_ā€ [/QUOTE] Denis Leary. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_loblaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@bob\_loblaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_loblaw)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/28 "2007-04-04T06:37:13Z")
ok, itā€™s officialā€¦ when i get cancer (or some other life-threatening disease, or just old) i want keefā€™s stem cells to be part of my cure. +1 immortality for teh win ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/29 "2007-04-04T11:54:59Z")
I expect a song out of this: _Snortinā€™ dadā€™s ash, itā€™s a gas._ ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/30 "2007-04-04T11:57:36Z")
[QUOTE=bob\_loblaw] ok, itā€™s officialā€¦ when i get cancer (or some other life-threatening disease, or just old) i want keefā€™s stem cells to be part of my cure. +1 immortality for teh win [/QUOTE] Dude, have you seen [Keith Richards](http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/04/04/dd_keithrichards134.jpg) lately? Is _that_ what you want to go through eternity looking like? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/31 "2007-04-04T12:20:46Z")
[QUOTE=Diceman] Dude, have you seen [Keith Richards](http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/04/04/dd_keithrichards134.jpg) lately? Is _that_ what you want to go through eternity looking like? :eek: [/QUOTE] Well, if he looks like that after the way heā€™s abused himself, imagine how someone with similar durability would have held up if they _didnā€™t_ abuse themselves. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/32 "2007-04-04T12:30:31Z")
Ummm, I donā€™t see this posted yet, but itā€™s been officially called a [joke](http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1556258/20070403/rolling_stones.jhtml) . ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/33 "2007-04-04T13:06:30Z")
[QUOTE=Richardsā€™ longtime manager, Jane Rose] ā€œSaid in jest,ā€ she explained. ā€œCanā€™t believe anyone took [it] seriously.ā€ [/QUOTE] You canā€™t believe anyone took it seriously? How well do you know your client?? šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/34 "2007-04-04T14:59:12Z")
[QUOTE=SNenc] This might top the mud shark incident as the most purely badass raunchy rock ā€˜nā€™ roll moment ever (though maybe not, since it likely happened with Keith was bored out of his drug-addled mind at home one day). At the risk of sounding sick, I canā€™t help but respect this a little. I guess in this age of emo Iā€™m sad we donā€™t have rock musicians who inhabit this particular realm anymore. Rock on, Mr. Richards. [/QUOTE] Okay, so maybe it was a ā€œhoaxā€ - but since there is a well-known, stated-as-fact story out there that Ozzy Osbourne, at the height of his drug use, was on tour with Motley Crue. When they did a ton of drugs and the Crue were keeping up, Ozzy needed to re-assert his dominance - so he stumbled out of the tour bus, saw a line of ants in the parking lot, got down on his hands and knees and snorted a line of them. Cited in a few Behind the Musicā€™s by Ozzy and different members of the Crue. So hearing that Keef snorted Dad wasnā€™t too much of a stretch. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/35 "2007-04-04T15:13:18Z")
Back in college, I was out with friends at a bar one evening, one of whom had a famously weak stomachā€¦ heā€™d gag at even the slightest provocation. While he was off to the bathroom, I took advantage of his absence and snorted a lime green jello shot. As soon as he returned, I loudly blew my nose and itā€™s jello contents into a Kleenex, held it in front of him and said ā€œChrisā€¦ look.ā€ He immediately began dry heaving, much to our merriment. Daddyā€™s ashes? Meh, not that much of a stretch at all. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/36 "2007-04-04T15:14:09Z")
[QUOTE=Diceman] Dude, have you seen [Keith Richards](http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/04/04/dd_keithrichards134.jpg) lately? [/QUOTE] ā€œYouā€™re _next_, little Podling!ā€ ---
**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 4, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/37 "2007-04-04T15:34:01Z")
No way of ever knowing if it was true or not- any good PR person is going to step in and call ā€œjokeā€ when a client makes a statement that outlandish, true or not. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/38 "2007-04-04T15:37:11Z")
This would make a great Pit RO thread if he snorted his dogā€™s ashes. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/39 "2007-04-04T15:55:55Z")
Isnā€™t this how Mad Bass Disease started? ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601/40 "2007-04-04T18:55:16Z")
I guess someone told him heā€™d better [deny itā€¦](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-People-Keith-Richards.html) > [@](#): > > Off the cuff or up the nose? That was the question Wednesday as Keith Richards said he was joking when he described snorting his fatherā€™s ashes along with a hit of cocaine. > > ā€˜ā€˜It was an off-the-cuff remark, a joke, and it is not true. File under April Foolā€™s joke,ā€™ā€™ said Bernard Doherty, a Rolling Stones spokesman, about Richardsā€™ quote in NME magazine. > > But the magazine said on its Web site that the remark was ā€˜ā€˜no quip, but came about after much thinkingā€™ā€™ by the 63-year-old guitarist. > (ā€¦) > In a statement posted on the Rolling Stones Web site, Richards said: > > ā€˜ā€˜The complete story is lost in the usual slanting! The truth of the matter is that I planted a sturdy English Oak. I took the lid off the box of ashes and he is now growing oak trees and would love me for it!!! I was trying to say how tight Bert and I were. That tight!!! I wouldnā€™t take cocaine at this point in my life unless I wished to commit suicide.ā€™ā€™ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-snorted-his-dads-ashes/398601.md?page=3)