Speaking of Toking

In my last post i definately mentioned toking. It actually reminded me of something that came up in one of my classes yesterday.

I was reading an article with my grade 10's about American feelings on legalization of marijuana and homosexual marriage in Canada. The article's author basically stated that America was too uptight to go with the flow like the Canadians were doing. The kids, at the mention of pot, started nudging each other and you could definately tell who was on a first name basis with MJ.

I thought it was maybe one of those semi appropriate times to use a word that the Germans don't really expect me to know. In trying to explain the author's viewpoint, I may have said something to the effect of -vielleicht sie glaubt, dass die Amerikaneren noch nicht genug gekifft haben?- maybe she thinks the Americans just haven't smoked up enough yet?

Yes, it was followed by a split second of- did you hear what the FSA said? and then by a full minute of gut splitting laughter from the students. Even the teacher chortled a bit.

This is where my German minor has brought me- making weed jokes to the next generation of potheads. *sigh*