# Why come into class when you REEK like Pot? Do you think I won't know? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 24, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716 "2003-01-24T21:18:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716/1 "2003-01-24T21:18:58Z")
Ok I was in college once too, and even after college endulged in an occasional joint with friends who still thought Rush was in the top ten. But there was always a time and place for tok’in. And pulling a bong hit before you get to my class is just plain stupid… Let me outline why: Lecture Hall Usually consist of a slanting floor, students sit above and behind one another and the instructor. - **ME** - can see everything you are doing, or not doing as it were. Wool Never, ever, under any circumstances wear wool whilst smoking marijuana. Wool keeps people nice and warm and it also has the tendency to hold in smells. YOU on the other hand wear the same, damn wool sweater when ever you come into my class and every time walk into my class you stink. Can you not see the way other people react when you come in like that. Eyes Your eyes look like you were just run over by a mach truck and lived to tell the tale. They are always, ALWAYS completely blood shot. At least put some Visine in before you come into class. And the clincher Answering whilst Stoned When I ask you to read **Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crouds** do not say that you like the other 3 Harry Potter books better. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716/2 "2003-01-24T21:31:03Z")
Well, what is it that you object to? 1. The actual smell. 2. The fact that it means that Pwecious has been doing something–_gasp!_–illegal. 3. The fact that Pwecious is too stoned to give your lecture the attention it deserves. Ah ha! I thought so… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716/3 "2003-01-24T21:31:03Z")
"All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I’m fine. " -J. Spicoli ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716/4 "2003-01-24T21:36:18Z")
The sort of class where you’re supposed to read **Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds** might be best attended stoned. “Tulipomania…alchemy…wow…” ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716/5 "2003-01-24T21:36:53Z")
I reckon that said stoner doesn’t quite grasp the idea that you know that s/he’s totally stoned precisely _because_ s/he’s totally stoned. Folks who’ve been toking (or who may not be currently stoned but’re fried anyway from doing it too often) are usually, in my experience, a bit slow on the uptake. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716/6 "2003-01-24T21:41:20Z")
Plus, often my…err…pot smokers sense of smell, especially when it comes to the smell of the demon weed, can be less than optimal. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716/7 "2003-01-24T21:50:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phlosphr \*When I ask you to read **Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crouds** do not say that you like the other 3 Harry Potter books better. I gotta admit, I think this is pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716/8 "2003-01-24T22:32:26Z")
I do give the kid plenty of slack. And I might add I give him more slack than some of his other instructors. It costs a lot of money to go to school and this kid seems like he is above the rest. The only reason I have not held him aside and had a chat with him, is because he needs to take his licks like everyone else. I smoked may fair share of pot when I was in school. More than my fair share to be honest, but I usually never went to class stoned. Tried not to at least. I was paying my own way, and I sure as shit wasn’t paying for anything below a B. I just wish that if this kid wants to come to class stoned, he’d be a little respectful of his class mates and me. Put some visine in your eyes, and please, PLEASE, **PLEASE!!** change your sweater… Duck Duck Goose said: > [@](#): > > 1. The fact that it means that Pwecious has been doing something–gasp!–illegal. Not at all. I know when people go to college they are going to experiment. I know they are going to smoke their fair share of weed. I did. But there is a time and a place, and pulling a bong hit right before class is \*\* NOT\*\* the right time. And we are reading the book Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the madness of Crowds because I feel it is a good text to illustrate a point of view that is not exactly normal in modern day society. I find most of my classes are clogged with half-truth-cnn-interpretations, so I like to give my classes a colorful array of choices when it comes to literature. Especially in a psych-lit class. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716/9 "2003-01-24T22:32:50Z")
huh huh huh huh huh huh… … … :squints: …what? ---
**Author:** ![tisiphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tisiphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tisiphone)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716/10 "2003-01-24T22:43:47Z")
Hunh. I thought that you were _supposed_ to discuss books like that while stoned. However, I do agree with your main point, which seems to be “Have some discretion, idiot!” ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716/11 "2003-01-24T22:44:34Z")
Mr. Hand…“You DICK!” ---
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716/12 "2003-01-25T00:09:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blowero \* > \*\*Mr. Hand…“You DICK!” \*\* Huh? ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716/13 "2003-01-25T00:20:32Z")
Well, here’s a thought. Since you think he’s worth salvaging, why not pull him aside and address it as a “body odor” issue, rather than a “why do you come to my classes stoned?” issue. Like, “Dude, are you aware that that favorite wool sweater of yours reeks of pot? Wash it once in a while, eh?” And then again, maybe he doesn’t care. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716/14 "2003-01-25T00:22:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by flood \* > \*\*Huh? \*\* Rent the movie Fast Times at Ridgemount High ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716/15 "2003-01-25T00:28:07Z")
I suppose you should be grateful that he showed up. Whenever I ripped a few bong hits before class, I made it as far as the Student Center to play video games. (Race Drivin’ - ah, memories. High Scores: POT, ASS, TOK, STN, RFR) And if you think that’s bad, try giving a Product Demo to your coworkers after a company-wide beer blast. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716/16 "2003-01-25T00:42:44Z")
Great post **andros** , and **blowero** was a hoot! I haven’t seen that film in years-a great flashback! “It’s my brain-I’m so wasted!” Correct if wrong, but wasn’t Fast Times at Ridgemont High Sean Penn’s first movie role of any notoriety? ---
**Author:** ![Truth\_Seeker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Truth\_Seeker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truth_Seeker)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716/17 "2003-01-25T00:45:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vibrotronica \* > \*\*Plus, often my…err…pot smokers sense of smell, especially when it comes to the smell of the demon weed, can be less than optimal. \*\* Is it ever! [hijack] Once some friends and I went into a multi-star restaurant quite late in the evening in the middle of the week. Our waiter, who apparently didn’t expect to see any more customers, came out of the back of the restaurant absolutely reeking. It was extremely obvious that he couldn’t smell it, though everybody else sure could and much hilarity ensued. “Hi, I’m Ted and I’ll be your waiter today.” “Well, Ted, did you bring enough for everybody?” “Enough? Enough what?” “So Ted, how’s the special of the day?” “We don’t have a special of the day!” etc., etc. I’ve heard police say the same thing. They’ll pull a car over and the driver will roll down the window, creating shock wave of pot fumes strong enough to drop a Doberman at 50 paces. “Smoking, officer? Why no! What makes you think that?” [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716/18 "2003-01-25T05:06:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phlosphr \* > \*\*Ok I was in college once too, and even after college endulged in an occasional joint with friends who still thought Rush was in the top ten. But there was always a time and place for tok’in. And pulling a bong hit before you get to my class is just plain stupid… Let me outline why: > > Lecture Hall > Usually consist of a slanting floor, students sit above and behind one another and the instructor. - **ME** - can see everything you are doing, or not doing as it were. > > Wool > > Never, ever, under any circumstances wear wool whilst smoking marijuana. Wool keeps people nice and warm and it also has the tendency to hold in smells. YOU on the other hand wear the same, damn wool sweater when ever you come into my class and every time walk into my class you stink. Can you not see the way other people react when you come in like that. > > Eyes > > Your eyes look like you were just run over by a mach truck and lived to tell the tale. They are always, ALWAYS completely blood shot. At least put some Visine in before you come into class. > > And the clincher > > Answering whilst Stoned > > When I ask you to read **Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crouds** do not say that you like the other 3 Harry Potter books better. > > :smack: \*\* Endulged? Tok’in? I generally don’t call people on grammatical errors. I make my share, but you are a teacher. :smack: Mach truck? How fast can that move? (I know you ment Mack Truck). ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716/19 "2003-01-25T08:54:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by danceswithcats \* > Correct if wrong, but wasn’t Fast Times at Ridgemont High Sean Penn’s first movie role of any notoriety? I think so. I sure hadn’t heard of him before that; he was just this hilarious stoner guy. ---
**Author:** ![jujuju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@jujuju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jujuju)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716/20 "2003-01-25T09:06:14Z")
hmm, think my boss can smell it? if so, then he’s cool 😃 fwiw, i do smell it on my hands after i smoke, but if i wash my hands and follow with a cigarette, i can’t smell it anymore. cigarette smoke is **way** more smelly and long lasting, and at least i thought, was even better at covering the smell than insence (sp?) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-come-into-class-when-you-reek-like-pot-do-you-think-i-wont-know/150716.md?page=2)