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- chrissku, on 02/01/2009, -22/+751Finally, Phelps is endorsing a product I truly care about.
- inactive, on 02/01/2009, -16/+493I took the liberty of replacing all the references to pot in the article to show how absurd it is:
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Olympic great Michael Phelps acknowledged "regrettable" behavior and "bad judgment" after a photo in a British newspaper Sunday showed him drinking a beer.
"I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment," Phelps said in the statement released by one of his agents. "I'm 23 years old and despite the successes I've had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again."
While the newspaper did not specifically allege that Phelps was drinking beer, it did say the keg is generally used for that purpose and anonymously quoted a partygoer who said the Olympic champion was "out of control from the moment he got there."
"He grabbed the keg and a plastic cup and knew exactly what to do," a witness said of the swimming superstar, according to the News of the World report.
"He looked just as natural with a beer in his hands as he does swimming in the pool. He was the gold medal winner of drinking beer."
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See what I mean? - geodescent, on 02/01/2009, -11/+335FTA: "He was the gold medal winner of bong hits."
Bastard! That's my gold medal! - WordsnCollision, on 02/01/2009, -12/+286Whew, what a relief, Phelps is human after all!
- crashcarstar, on 02/01/2009, -4/+268When I win 14 Gold medals at ANYTHING, the entire world can kiss my ass.
- built2spill, on 02/01/2009, -12/+264Swimmers smoke it. You got to legalize it.
- lynchjos, on 02/01/2009, -37/+263Phelps just got a slightly less douchey.
- KimmyGibbler, on 02/01/2009, -18/+200I just hope he doesn't get all apologetic and *****. So he smokes pot and wins gold medals; this just proves that smoking and being productive arent mutually exclusive, despite what politicians and those who have never smoked say
- lepetitmousse, on 02/01/2009, -4/+147i just wish he had stuck up for himself and said "yeah i smoke pot, its no big deal". Instead he decided to go wimpering to the press about his "regretable decisions" and acted like a complete pansie. Just once, can someone please stick up for their actions and stop being a total bitch.
- ousthouse, on 02/01/2009, -3/+101It's funny how this gets far more attention than his previous DUI.
- tacobueno, on 02/01/2009, -0/+96He just wants to keep as many endorsements as he can, and still get future ones. So he can buy more weed.
- sheasie, on 02/01/2009, -8/+92So ?! It's just weed.
- TheJimid, on 02/01/2009, -3/+86Pot doesn't make you swim faster, he is a champion getting hassled over a victimless crime.
- inactive, on 02/01/2009, -8/+89How exactly does smoking make you less of a douche?
- whatthefu, on 02/01/2009, -0/+79The guy who was talking about him is a prick.
- DeskFlyer, on 02/01/2009, -2/+76Someone didn't read the article.
- NyteStarNyne, on 02/01/2009, -7/+75I bet if he had to give back those gold medals they would legalize it.
- choopie911, on 02/01/2009, -2/+64I cant digg this up enough.
- codyman, on 02/01/2009, -3/+62remember how they showed how he eats some ungodly amount of calories per day?
dude totally had the munchies the whole time... - Fabbyfubz, on 02/01/2009, -1/+60*Woosh*
- camilos007, on 02/01/2009, -7/+65This would be such a non-issue in Canada or Europe. So he smokes Pot. Big *****. So do 95% of individuals between the age of 15-30. Hell, i'm smoking pot right now.
- convergent, on 02/01/2009, -1/+58Way to quote the first sentence in the description lol
- LaurencePike, on 02/01/2009, -2/+59I can't think of the douche bag who went to the press about this. #1 party foul..
- Punkazz189, on 02/01/2009, -1/+56You totally missed the point of cheesenuggets2 post. He replaced all of the marijuana refrences with drinking refrences. Read the ***** article next time.
- thedragon4453, on 02/02/2009, -0/+53Yep. Same here. They'll be all "OMGWTF! Smoking POT?" and I'll be all "STFU Bitches!" *whap* "That's right, I slapped you in the face with a gold medal! Say some ***** about it, I've got 13 more."
- dhoneywell, on 02/01/2009, -2/+51Nobody should ever have to issue a public apology for this.
- phrenzy, on 02/01/2009, -4/+49Please tell me this is a joke. Please. You forgot the /sarc tag, right?
EDIT - Looked at your history, and am now pretty sure you are taking the piss. It appears you have invented a character with which to troll who expresses horribly misspelled rants of moral outrage at the drop of a hat.
I now appreciate your humor. - leetninja, on 02/01/2009, -1/+45Seriously ... who gives a ***** ... it is a plant that grows in the dirt! It is only "illegal" if citizens ALLOW it to be. If citizens actually put forth the effort then it wouldnt be an issue all the time. We let murdered walk the streets while pot heads rot in jail ... good going America ... good going ...
I don't even smoke weed ... its not exactly a performance enhancing plant ... good for Phelps! - CivicTV, on 08/14/2009, -4/+48If it did anything, it probably leveled the playing field for the other swimmers.
- ThaDRD, on 02/01/2009, -20/+63Exactly, you'd think smoking weed was "the coolest thing ever" based on all the Digg love for pot. I've never smoked it, don't have a desire to smoke it, and probably will never smoke it. If you want to smoke it fine, but try not to come off like...well, a pot head.
- huntermcwhite, on 02/01/2009, -1/+43FACEPALM!
- inactive, on 02/01/2009, -6/+45Here's the picture.
http://www.marijuanareviews.com/post-pics/live-wri ...
Doesn't even look much like him. - dhuffman1223, on 02/01/2009, -37/+76The competition isn't the only thing he's been smoking!
- ElGubrush, on 02/01/2009, -0/+38I guess winners DO do drugs
- JGUSMC7, on 02/01/2009, -2/+39Maybe this can be used as a counter to politicians refusal to legal marijuana because it is used by delinquents. We may still be delinquents and some of them may smoke pot...but the freakishly disproportional might be great swimmers.
- stellarceltic, on 02/01/2009, -1/+3674% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
- choopie911, on 02/01/2009, -1/+35Alcohol is legal, it can't possibly be harmful, jeez.
- fuse13, on 02/01/2009, -0/+32http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=me ...
yeah you must have. - coldkill3r, on 02/01/2009, -1/+32Youtube is that way ------------->
- Brododium, on 02/01/2009, -1/+31Olympic hero and 14-time gold medalist Michael Phelps has been caught cradling a glass bong
*waits patiently for diggs* - lwoodnj, on 02/01/2009, -1/+31WOW.
- humanerror, on 02/01/2009, -0/+30Proof that massive lung capacity is good for more than swimming
- subliminalurge, on 02/01/2009, -6/+34Not to worry. He's got more than an ample supply of douchiness......
- jonathanes, on 02/01/2009, -1/+28he would destroy the entire bowl in one hit with his lungs! i would never smoke with him!
- neel360, on 02/01/2009, -2/+29Who cares? A few bigwigs will express how "disappointed" they are in his behavior, he'll continue doing whatever it is that he does, and everyone will forget about it. His DUI was undoubtedly a much bigger deal, but nobody cared about THAT - this is nothing in comparison.
- twiztidsinz, on 02/01/2009, -0/+26He was also underage at the time (19).
- MarkusDee, on 02/01/2009, -2/+27I have less respect for someone who gets a dui than someone who smokes weed.
- inactive, on 02/01/2009, -0/+24I dunno, if a fish could, it would smoke weed.
- mattmacneil, on 02/01/2009, -0/+24Thank you.
- cheesycow5, on 02/02/2009, -0/+24It's not that complicated. Alcohol is more dangerous than marijuana, but if the story were about alcohol, it would be absurd.
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