Tonight while watching TV with Tammy we saw a teaser from our local CBS station about a huge marijuana bust that was made in South Chicago.
Police location this field of marijuana plants near Stony Island. (Credit: Susanna Song/CBS)
Apparently they found a field of pot that was as big as two football fields and had an estimated street value of $7-$10 million.
Tammy: Oh yeah, did you hear about that? I saw it this morning.
Me: No, I didn’t hear about it, but that’s crazy. Two football fields of ganja. (looking at Tammy) Do they even call it that anymore?
Tammy: No.
Me: Then what do they call it?
Tammy: Mary Jane.
Me: Oh is that the new word nowadays?
Tammy: Yeah.
Me: That ain’t new, they used to say that a long time ago.
Tammy: Well, nobody calls it ganja anymore.
Tammy then turns to Jake who was sitting at the computer behind us.
It’s the Snoop D.O. Double G.
Tammy: Hey Jake? What’s Mary Jane?
Jake: Weed.
Me: What’s ganja?
Jake: Weed.
Me: See. He knows the ganja. Plus ganja sounds cooler. You know why? Because Snoop Dogg says it. You know who says Mary Jane? Tom Petty. Snoop Dogg is way cooler than Tom Petty.
I looked over at Tammy who was just staring at me.
I know that stare all to well. It’s her thinking before she speaks look and more times than not it means she can’t believe what just came out of my mouth.
A few minutes later Jake said he was leaving to go hang out with his friends.
Tammy: Right now?
Me: It’s fine.
Tammy: What are you gonna be doing?
Me: It’s because we was talking about the marijuana and stuff so now he wants to go out.
Tammy: I know.
For the record, that’s not what he said he’s going to be doing. He said he was going to be playing Madden with them.
Come to think he didn’t NOT say he was gonna be doing that. I guess if I find a bunch of crumbs everywhere in the morning I’ll have my answer.
The Life of J-Wo 
The government should legalize it. They can make an amazing tax profit off every joint and blunt sold. Just imagine the people of this country walking around stoned off their asses in a zombie like state. That’s comedy.
Speaking of people stoned, yesterday Jake turned me on to Workaholics on Comedy Central. THAT’S COMEDY… If you haven’t seen it you should check it out. I’m almost through Season 1 but I think they are on Season 3 now.
http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/workaholics
No need to imagine it, it’s going on right now! LOL
Back East, I was part of a 4-man fantasy baseball “ownership group”. Our team’s name? Going…Going…Ganja! I had to call the league’s “commissioner’s office” every week to make weekly changes. Different people each week on the CSR end. I could tell the stoners from the non-stoners taking the call when I would hear the guy I called call one of his buddies over to see his computer screen showing our team’s name. The stoners cracked up…the rigid, stick-up-their-ass fantasy geeks didn’t get it! Ahhh, funny times. Oh, to be young again! 🙂
Sounds like you may have been talking to some of the people on that Workaholics show. haha… They work in a call center and would definitely get a kick out of that team name.
I prefer Snoop over Petty….
Snoop Doggy, Do-owww-ohhhh-oggg (the bomb)
Snoop Doggy, Do-owww-ohhhh-oggg (Dog)
I forgot about calling it ganja! I remember that was the main slang for it back when I was in middle school.
Never really felt old until your comment…
Thanks buhhole. hahaha…
Hahaha. Terribly sorry gramps.
These young whipper-snappers today, I tell ya… Back when I was growing up… Zzzzzz…
HeeeeEEEeeeyyyy, smoke weed everyday (I don’t).
I believe you La La (wink, wink)…
Booze on the other hand… 😉
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