Sure, now Keith Richards says he was kidding when he told NME he snorted his own father’s ashes. I guess this admission is supposed to make us all breathe easier (including Keith), but it’s not hard to imagine that he was telling the truth the first time, and that his dismissal of his earlier remarks is just spin. I don’t know whether Keith was joking or not — what do you think, PopWatchers? — but I’ll bet the imaginative writers of CSI: Miami are already working on a ripped-from-the-headlines episode.
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Actually when I first read the headline I wasn’t even shocked. What hasn’t Keith Richards done? I still have a hard time believing he is younger than my mom.
I actually watched CSI:Miami last night. It’s so bad it’s surreal — and last night didn’t even have that much Horatio. I really think it deserves a TV Watch, or at least a Popwatch column.
Oh, and Keith Richards TOTALLY snorted his dad’s ashes.
I want to take Keith Richards and roll him into a big blunt and smoke him. I’m sure I’d get hi off the residual affects of all the “smoking” he’s done.
He’d set the record for biggest joint in the world!
I believe he said for shock-effect. I have known for years he has a problem with alcohol and drugs;this is the reason he looks so beat-down for his age.
That’s an old joke. In Cheech and Chong’s “next movie”, Chong argues that he should be cremated after death and rolled into a joint at a party so all his friends could smoke him. I doubt the comment was meant to be taken seriously. Besides, there’s no buzz in snorting dead people.
They did a similar thing on ‘Six Feet Under’ where an actress dies of an overdose and all of her friends snort her ashes. The character Claire yells at them when she sees them doing it and says ‘They’ll be snorting you next!’. It’s really a disgusting thing to do.
Oh my! This story should be a field day for the likes of furry_tom, Stephanie, Ep Sato, and others…
It’s going to be a good day, isn’t it?
“I believe he said for shock-effect. I have known for years he has a problem with alcohol and drugs;this is the reason he looks so beat-down for his age.”
blink. blink blink. i am just in awe at this comment.
This should be a good story for Not Again. He/she is a true fountain of wisdom. Not!
I am in awe of the idiot who typed all these question marks. I know it is you, Not Again. It sure did not take long for you to make your silly mark now, did it?
Nope. Wasn’t me. Jeez, Nancy, what is your rub with me exactly?
I think Keith Richards is just being competitive with today’s batch of young druggies.
It’s like “Yeah, Lindsey Lohan, you can snort and pill pop and drink yourself into a coma with the best of ‘em…but have you ever snorted your own dead dad??? No, didn’t think so. Sorry, you’re just not in my league.”
Linds is probably feeling competitive and is arranging a hit on her own father as we speak so that she can keep up!
You could have kept the question marks. It really does not make any difference. You are a horse’s rear-end no matter what name you use.
Keith Richards looks mumified. No one is surprised to hear of his drug use. It is sad that he does not realize he needs to grow up.
Why grow up? He’s made a career with his reputation so why stop now? Plus I think it’s too late to grow up when you’re 63!
I like the mummified description. How true.
Anyone who is fascinated by someone’s drug use is foolish.
What is your obsession with the question marks? And, if I had made that comment, I would own up to it.
Do you have anything to add to this board, Nancy, or do you just plan on insulting me personally all day long?
I’m thinking that the others posting here might grow tired of that…
If I could ever believe that about anybody, it would be Keith Richards. Remember the old joke: If Keith Richards died, how would we know?
I love the joke about Keith Richards. This is the first time I have heard of it. Jilly is right, it is too late for him. His looks are gone and he can thank his gross drug habit for it. So he only has himself to blame. I think it is sad that he never got any help to help him quit. I don’t mean a short stint in rehab, he needed continual help until his desire would not be as strong as his resolve to stay off the junk for good. I can just imagine the misery and pain his habit was to the ones who love him.
Given the subject matter, why isn’t this thread funnier?
At least he didn’t take him as a suppository.
(Is that something along the lines of what you’re looking for Ron? But seriously, you’ve got to stop flaming people on the other boards. It’s leaking over into the boards I do want to view the comments on and it makes for really tedious reading).
Some comedian back in the late 80’s said, “The only two species to survive a nuclear holocaust will be cockroaches and Keith Richards”.
As a society, we reached our peak with the Keith Richards jokes. That’s probably why the thread isn’t funnier, Rose. Personally, I can’t do any better than that.
Maybe it will take furry_tom to liven things up. Where is that guy?
AHHHHH! He posted while I was writing still. Fair enough! Should get better now, Rose!
Yes, I got carried away with myself yesterday. I tend to take things personally, especially when people come at me personally. I’m going to throttle back a bit today. Peace and love to all!
I think it would be a respectful way for Keith to pay tribute to/internalize his father. I wouldn’t be surprised if it were true or a joke.
FLGrl, I have a feeling your kids are going to be very disturbed when they read your will. ; )
Has anyone heard of someone doing this for real? I’ve heard plenty of jokes and urban legends, but no one’s ever said to me “dude, after joey died, we dried out his ashes and snorted them like Naomi Campbell”.
Ron, that comedian was referring to some recently died fitness guru and contrasted him to Mr. “pot growing out of his ears” Richards. It was pretty funny.
Finally, it’s good to know Richards is doing this sort of family friendly publicity a few months before the Pirates of the Carribean 3 release date.
I didn’t mean to lay it all on you Ron, but I’d have felt uncomfortable asking that Nancy girl for favors since I don’t even know her. (If you can really know a person on the internet. For example, did you know that I’m really a twelve-year old girl named Susan?)
This is a guy who fell out of a tree ladies and gentlemen. He is a fine guitarist, but you can be a rocket scientist and have absolutley no common sense what so ever. He probably was joking or just in a drunken stooper at the time of the interview.
See, this is what happens when your three remaining neurons no longer have contact with each other.
“Hey look, a powder… I think I was supposed to do something with this… Spread… at sea… C… C is for cocaine… that’s good enough for me!”
*snort*
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