Michael Phelps Hits the bong and loses endorsement!

[gotrice93]

http://www.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/michael_phelps_bong-500x666.jpg

he lost his kellogs endorsement and got suspended from the olympic training pool for three months

[Backwoodz Tuner]

http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww157/armandoj420/stoner.jpg

[gustav129]

Since I was a competetive swimmer in highschool, I had a lot of respect for him. Now it's all gone.

[gotrice93]

^^^why did u lose ur respect for him. just because he fucked up. it was the only time and first time he has done it. you cant take anything away from him, he is just a phenominal swimmer and athlete and with that one hit he is still healthier and in better shape than anyone on this forum no matter what they say

[erik]

I wouldn't do anything illegal especially with all the technology a hand held device as small as a phone can do, without you even knowing. Funny, none the less.

[Backwoodz Tuner]

Well once you become a famous athlete your basically owned. And if you don't listen to who ever owns you, fines, suspensions, etc are taken just as fast as they are given. HE IS OWNED. And got caught up BawhahahhhaaAaaa

[cocobitzz]

at least he puts his massive amounts of money to good use, thats a Roor Mini Ice Sista and is like a 300+ dollar bong.

I actually called in to kelloggs and voiced my opinion. I guess they have had over 100000 calls saying that there decision to cut Micheal is total bullshit. He busts his fucking ass 10 months out of the year, let the guy smoke a fucking bowl..

ill torch one in his honor.

Since I was a competetive swimmer in highschool, I had a lot of respect for him. Now it's all gone.

why? and how did he "fuck up" the guy is smoking some weed, so what, over 60% of the worlds population smokes weed, even moses smoked weed.

[jon]

look at all he as accomplished...fuck it let him smoke all he wants

[Brian]

Kelloggs is just plain stupid. All of his other sponsors could give 2 shits about it.

You think if Kobe got caught hitting a bong, that Nike would drop him? Hell no.

I think it's a way for Kelloggs to drop him and save money without having to explain themselves. Now he can be on the Wheaties box :)

[Backwoodz Tuner]

Well its makin him even more famous. He'll probably get even more people wanting him on there side. Watch next he'll sign on to some famous eurpoean clothing company where weed isn't a problem. Then he'll be gettin ripped everyday with no stress's but where's the best chronic at??

[silver_echo]

maybe kelloggs should think about the idea that people get the *munchies* with that stuff... they would be selling more kelloggs cereal and stuff...

[cocobitzz]

well thats what the customer service lady said, they have been getting petitions of stoners boycotting kelloggs. i think thats fucking awesome haha.

[silver_echo]

well thats what the customer service lady said, they have been getting petitions of stoners boycotting kelloggs. i think thats fucking awesome haha.

stoners cognitive enough to start a petition? WTF?! how did that happen?

[Backwoodz Tuner]

^^^I take it you don't party and get out all very too often ? Do you even drink?, alcohol not soda pop

[silver_echo]

not very often... i usually end up being the DD for everybody... upside, i get to pick what car i drive when i DD

[gustav129]

Sorry, I'm just old fashioned....

[Brian]

Sorry, I'm just old....

...fixed :)

[907DC4]

Funny things is he let his friend take the picture!!! betcha didn't know that now did ya???

[TiMoN]

They should legalize weed and tax that shit!! then everyone will buy food cause they will be high and the economy will get better!
and they will open factories to process the weed and it will create jobs for people and everyone will be high and happy and sing songs and eat random stuff they think looks good and it will taste good to them and they will smoke more and buy more and stuff like that..

[JetBlack]

Kellogg's should just change their ad campaign.

"Kellogg's! It's good for the muchies!!!

[90LXCB7]

I think everyone is failing to see the big picture here. Sure he lost some endorsements, but, look at it this way, since he is a swimmer and all... maybe he could make a line of snorkel shaped bongs? or bong shaped snorkels? I bet he could sell em

[gotrice93]

i dont really care that he was smoking weed but i think it is bad since he is such a huge roll model for kids that want to be swimmers. but is his personal life is also how i feel

[gustav129]

Joe Rogan's letter to Kelloggs
Dear, Kellogg’s.
I’m writing this letter to express my disappointment in your company in firing Michael Phelps as a spokesperson for your products because he was photographed while enjoying some marijuana.
I respectfully would like to communicate my opinion on this matter because I think it’s of great public interest.
First of all, although it is true that Mr. Phelps broke the law, I think any reasonably intelligent person would admit that it’s one of the most fucked up and corrupt laws that we have today in this country. Marijuana is relatively harmless and certainly far less dangerous than a host of other things that are not only legal but also readily available, like alcohol and prescription drugs. The only reason it remains illegal to this day is because it’s a plant and you can’t patent it and control it’s sale, and because if it were legal it would greatly affect the demand for a host of prescription drugs that rake in billions of dollars each year for pharmaceutical companies.
That’s it.
Marijuana has never killed anyone EVER in over 10,000 years of use. We’re not protecting people from themselves, we’re not saving the children - it’s just a horribly illogical law that is in place because of corruption and propaganda.
The fact that it’s against the law is just a disgusting reminder of how retarded our system is, not a reasonable reaction to a proven threat to society.

I have to say, this whole thing saddens me, because I personally would like to think that as Americans we’re better than this. These television news anchors will shake their heads at the thoughtless mistake Mr. Phelps had made by “smoking dope,” and then without even the tiniest sense of irony they will cut to a beer commercial.
This is supposed to be the land of the free and the home of the brave, right? We’re not supposed to be a nation of little bitches giving in to the whims of corrupt politicians and the pharmaceutical companies who’s interests they’re representing.
It’s 2009, and in this day and age with the incredible access to information that we have available there’s no fucking way that we should be allowing human beings to tell other human beings that they can’t do something that they enjoy that hurts no one including themselves.
THAT is madness. THAT is ignorant, and THAT is completely fucking un-American.
I don’t want to hear any of that, “he’s setting a bad example with the children” nonsense either, because we all know if he had a gin and tonic in his hand instead of a bong this would never have been an issue, even though every single study ever done has shown that marijuana is FAR less dangerous than alcohol.
Marijuana laws are a horrible waste of resources and law enforcement, and especially in this day and age with our economy in such horrible shape I believe the last thing we need to be doing is wasting tax payers’ money on any of this victimless bullshit.

I find your reactions to Mr. Phelps situation both ignorant and short sighted.
I think what would have been a far better response from Kellogg’s would be to support Mr. Phelps, and perhaps point out that maybe we as a society should take a closer look at the evidence and possibly reconsider our position on this misunderstood plant that so many of our productive citizens find useful.
Now, I’m sure if you really were running Kellogg’s and you were still reading my bullshit all the way down to this, you must be thinking, “Why the hell would we stick our necks out like that for pot smokers?”

And of course the answer to that question would be, because we buy your shit, motherfucker.
Do you guys even know your consumer statistics? Well, let me fill you in on some of my own personal scientific research on the subject, because I have been closely studying my own purchases for over 20 years, and I can tell you that I’ve been high 100% of the time I’ve bought your shit.
I mean, do you guys ever think about what you sell?
Pop tarts? Are you kidding me? I would be willing to bet that 50% of the people buying pop tarts are stoned out of their fucking minds.
Just to be perfectly clear on my position, I would like you to know that I enjoy your products. I think many of them are quite tasty, but lets be honest; you guys sell sugar-drenched shit that’s horrible for your body - in fact, it’s actually way worse for your body than pot - and you market this shit specifically to children.
You assholes go as far as putting lovable cartoon characters on the boxes just so that kids will beg their parents for it.

Now, I don’t want you to misunderstand my point, because I in no way want anything bad to happen to your company. Like I said, I genuinely enjoy your products.
There’s nothing quite like being stoned out of your mind at 2am watching a Chuck Norris movie and eating a bowl of fruit loops. Your company and its products have been a part of some very pleasurable moments in guilty eating, and I’m glad you’re around.
All I’m saying is that it’s high time (no pun intended) that you motherfuckers respect the stoner dollar. There’s WAY more of us than you might think, and we tend to get upset about dumb shit like this. There are millions of us, and if we decide that we don’t like a company, they’re going to feel it.
I think if you looked into it carefully, you would be surprised at how many undercover potheads there are out there. Pot smokers don’t all fit into the obvious, negative stereotypes; we come in all shapes and forms - including by the way, the form of the greatest fucking swimmer who ever lived, EVER.
Think about THAT shit for a second..
So in closing, I would like to ask you nice folks to please smarten the fuck up.
I would request that you check the calendar and note that it’s 2000 and fucking 9, and next time you think about getting all uppity about pot you might want to do a quick google search on the facts.

It’s 4:40am here in LA, and I’m going to wrap up this blog and to celebrate its completion I’m going to enjoy one of my personal favorite Kellogg’s products: Eggo waffles.
I’m gonna pop 4 of them bitches into the toaster, and then I’m gonna stuff the bong with some fine, American grown “Train Wreck” and sacrifice the sacred plant to the fire gods in tribute to the unjustly persecuted 8 time Olympian hero. Then I’m gonna get some butter, and I’m gonna smear it on those Eggos, I’m gonna cover them with maple syrup, and I’m going to eat the ever loving fuck out of them.
Good day, sirs.

Yours truly,

Joe Rogan.

[MetaEnder]

Why'd he have smoke pot around people who are gonna take his picture and shit?

[TiMoN]

i would have swam the camera man out to sea and drown him if i was phelps