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The death of Hofmann

by secback @ Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2008 - 17:55:30

That's Albert, not Abbie or Dustin. Abbie killed himself in 1989 and Dustin's still alive, which after Meet the Fockers is definitely the wrong way round. One F and two N's in Albert Hofmann, apparently.

Mrs Tilton mourns his passing, which brought it to my attention. Turns out the old guy made it to 102. So now you know the secret of long life - be Swiss, and invent a psychedelic drug.

I've written a little about my acid experiences before, or more accurately their imagined aftereffects. To cut a long story short, I thought I was experiencing mild flashbacks, but it turned out the world was just a little weirder than I'd realised. Well, if it wasn't for Dr Hofmann none of that would have happened, the highs or - well, actually there weren't any lows. So just the highs, then. Thanks Bert.

zombizi celebrates his legacy with this picture. For today's competition, please explain why. This competition is open to everybody called zombizi, and the prize is another post by me about football.

Just to fill the ball-shaped hole in the meanwhile, Ronaldo's been caught with some transvestite prostitutes. That's the Brazilian Ronaldo, not the Portuguese one. Apparently he knew they were prostitutes, but didn't know they were transvestites. I'm not quite sure why he thinks that sounds better.


 
 

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zombizi [Visitor]
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01/05/08 @ 22:24

Albert Hofman died today, aged 102.

Don't tell me that, thanks to Albert, YOU'VE never had to nonchalantly ignore the ostrich just outside the car window.

Logicel [Visitor]

02/05/08 @ 08:47

Albert hallucinated that an ostrich was trying to buy that statue of a sun-glassed human at a supermarket checkout via the rather ostentatious zebra code on the outside of the car? Thus inspiring the invention of bar codes? Thanks Albert, but why couldn't you have just made all goods free?

If I win, I will pass on the prize.

secbacksecback [Member]
02/05/08 @ 10:01

You're both winners, and you both get prizes. Whether you want them or not. Unfortunately, though, by the terms of the competition, you are now both called zombizi.

toby [Visitor]

02/05/08 @ 13:05

I saw the old guy last year at a conference in Basel. He was giving the keynote speech (on the use of psychedelics in psychiatry, not surprisingly) which ain't bad for a centurion, or whatever he was. Seems he was about the only person in the world legally allowed to give acid to people then stare at them and take notes so if you notice someone staring at you and taking notes next time then call the police, they're not allowed to.

Cheers Bertie, you and Timmy did a lot to make my life very complicated and highly entertaining!

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