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When my parents told me not to smoke in Amsterdam... (i.imgur.com)

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[–]superatheist95 81 points82 points ago

why would you even bother telling your child no to? its amsterdam.

a good comeback would be "oh, thank god, now i have tons more money to spend on those legal hookers"

[–]LoRdGonZo 20 points21 points ago

Incidentally, this gif also sums up my dad's reaction when I told him about all the museums we would visit in A'dam, when I went there with some frients.

[–]Cyc68 2 points3 points ago

Well I did tell my daughter not to smoke in the Bulldog in Amsterdam. It's horrible.

[–]Hedzx 44 points45 points ago

Edibles and vaping ftw!

[–]WeAreHappyLandfill 23 points24 points ago

hooray for loopholes

[–]Caveman788 2 points3 points ago

Do you cook your vaped bud? What is your butter(sticks)/bud(oz) ratio? Just got a volcano eeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[–]ehecht86 0 points1 point ago

yes. very much worth it. i saved up almost 2 oz. of vaped bud and made some dankkkk ass brownies with oil. since it was so much bud i had to use probably more than half a cup of oil. worked out fucking phenomenally.

[–]Hedzx 0 points1 point ago

I haven't had any experience in cooking with weed yet, but I know i've seen people around here save their vaped weed and cook with it. Also you lucky ducky, I've always wanted to try a volcano! how much did it set you bacK? Maybe I'll see you in one of those pics on /r/trees with the bag out the window lol

[–]Caveman788 1 point2 points ago

I got the volcano, valve/bag set, and a cosmic grinder (80$ grinder), for $525. Burlington, VT. Shopped around and haggled a little. :]

[–]Hedzx 0 points1 point ago

That's awesome :) time to save up haha :D

[–]IronLung420 25 points26 points ago

My mom is saving money in jar for me to go on a trip to Amsterdam when I graduate college. It says "promise land trip" on it.

[–]SoF4rGone 9 points10 points ago

Uptoke for awesome moms. Proud that you're doing well in College, accepting of your preferences.

[–]the-knife 0 points1 point ago

Don't get your expectations too high. It's a neat city, certainly not the promised land.

[–]Tobbe1025 3 points4 points ago

What!? Amsterdam is one of the most fantastic cities in Europe! Went there a couple of weeks ago with my friends. It's amazing! Everyone can speak really good English, everyone is very helpful and friendly, specially if you are a tourist. That city has so much to offer. From just walking around by the canals and enjoy the beauty of the town, to find old vinyl record shops and just get lost in all the awesomeness that is music. And everything in between! :) But sure, it's quite expensive. So get your hopes up to a medium level just to be on the safe side ;)

And I'm Swedish so I probably should say sorry for my bad grammar..

[–]the-knife 1 point2 points ago

I know, I've been at least 5 times already! It's a terrific place. I wouldn't even say it's particularly expensive.

I was just saying, it sucks to have high expectations crushed by reality. Nothing against 'dam, just a heads-up for the guy.

[–]vitent -1 points0 points ago

hope your graduating soon my frient. Amsterdam's enacting a new law soon that will make it illegal for us tourists to purchase bud. good luck anyways

[–]symzvius 18 points19 points ago

Why did she even do this? Like, was it a question in an interview?

[–]Asorae 31 points32 points ago

I think I read somewhere that she was responding to something that someone in the crowd yelled out.

[–]Nurfy 10 points11 points ago

Spot on.

[–]dlefnemulb_rima 7 points8 points ago

If I remember correctly it was her reaction to a particularly unoriginal question...

[–]charmantides -2 points-1 points ago

Uv to you

[–]injectionxx 0 points1 point ago

Who is she? lol

Edit: NVM scrolling down answered my question.

[–]marajoowana 13 points14 points ago

Amsterdam is the fucking shit. I woke up everyday to space cakes, hash and the dankest shit ever, 4 days of being stoned out of my fucking mind 24/7

[–]uptoken 34 points35 points ago

4 days of being stoned out of my fucking mind 24/4

FTFY

[–]doesnotgetthepoint 4 points5 points ago

he made up for the three days lost

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points ago

who is this girl?

[–]Tokkay 7 points8 points ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Lawrence

[–]aghshutup 0 points1 point ago

and what's the context of the hilarity in the picture?

[–]deezeejoey 0 points1 point ago

Hunger Games.

[–]MississippiQueen 2 points3 points ago

I have such a lady-crush on Jennifer Lawrence. Enjoy Amsterdam!

[–]Tealfixie 2 points3 points ago

Just tell them they've banned smoking for non dutch citizens. That should work.

[–]super_jambo 2 points3 points ago

One of my friends on his visit to relatives in Amsterdam was given a map by his Aunt, on it she drew out the red light district saying 'this is the red light district, be careful not to go there dear'.

Needless to say, she drew it in entirely the wrong place.

[–]Katsuya904 5 points6 points ago

420 upvote feels good man

[–]ManateesGoneWild 5 points6 points ago

http://www.amsterdam.info/coffee-shop-news/ Sucks ass. http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2012/0504/Netherlands-bans-tourists-from-buying-marijuana.-Yes-in-Amsterdam-too

Basically each Coffeshop has a certain amount of customers it can serve; each one with a club membership ID card. Foreigners cannot get these cards unless from Germany or Belgium. I would love for OP to tell us this is just bullshit on the internet though!!!

[–]luckypunk 3 points4 points ago

from what I hear shops rarely enforce it.

[–]fourlights 3 points4 points ago

I was just in Amsterdam and there are no restrictions in the coffeeshops on whom they can sell to (except age and 5g/day/person). The new restrictions may or may not go into effect in Jan. 2013, depending on what new government forms this fall.

[–]ManateesGoneWild 0 points1 point ago

Man I hope it stays like this.

[–]Deus_Imperator 2 points3 points ago

Except thats completely untrue, the whole weedpass shit hasnt even passed all of their houses of legislature, and even once it does the bill itself stipulates that it will be on a city by city basis decided by the mayor (amsterdams mayor has said it will never be implemented there, some of the southern border towns may implement it, but thats to stop crossborder smuggling, barely any tourists visit the southerly towns for smoking compared to the rest and Amsterdam specifically) also the government that passed this bill dissolved and new elections are taking place.

Source: I was in amsterdam for 6 weeks, just got back the first of this month and i certainly bought a metric shitton of pot hash iceolator hashes and edibles, and talked extensively with local residents about the whole weedpass nonsense.

[–]NvKKcL 1 point2 points ago

I'm from the Netherlands: The southern 3 provinces are the "trial provinces" so Limburg, Noord-Brabant and Zeeland have this new law already enforced. If it works (Crime rate is up 400% around drugs related stuff) which the government wil probably say it does, it will be a national law. So buy all the weed you still can, here in Maastricht (limburg) I'm fucked. Had to sign up to a shop, so now the government has my name and knows I'm a smoker.

[–]I-AGAINST-I 0 points1 point ago

I love haveing a american and german passport:)

[–]qwert_trewq 3 points4 points ago

I had this exact same conversation with my mum yesterday! Flying out tomorrow morning, should be good..

[–]JackSweet 0 points1 point ago

I'm gunna be there on Tuesday man!

[–]thatnamesalreadytken 1 point2 points ago

I've seen this gif before but I still cracked up watching it and pictured you saying that to your parents. Uptoke for being the only thing that's made me laugh tonight

[–]nicjram 1 point2 points ago

YES! Made me lol at a nice (8)

[–]CatsAreUnicorns 1 point2 points ago

Have fun in Amsterdam.

[–]maha420 1 point2 points ago

Just wait til you come back through customs, it will remind you how ridiculous our country is:

"Did you visit any coffeeshops?" "Did you indulge?"

My answer to both of these was, "Hell yeah!"

[–]crunknizzle 1 point2 points ago

I thought they said they werent going to let tourists smoke anymore in amsterdam?? Or was that just a bad dream.

[–]andres445 1 point2 points ago

hahahah I'm leaving there tomorrow and my parents said the same thing! hhah

[–]TwStDoNe 2 points3 points ago

Everytime i see this GIF posted i have to watch it. For some reason the way she looks makes me want to blast one off

[–]charliedayman -1 points0 points ago

Dat sly smile

[–]undersquirl 0 points1 point ago

If you're going in Holland and you don't smoke, you've gone there for nothing. Everyone should try it! Everyone!

[–]TBBH_Bear 9 points10 points ago

The beer and scenery are pretty good too. Better with some nederwiet though.

[–]beaverfingers 2 points3 points ago

24/4 man lol

[–]Cyc68 0 points1 point ago

Sorry but you're too late if you haven't done it by now. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17865151

[–]goldilox -1 points0 points ago

I dont think you can anymore. Netherlands wont allow foreigners imbibing in their delicious THCness. Portugal on the other hand....

[–]dreamqueen9103 14 points15 points ago

I'm actually in Amsterdam studying their policies, in some of the more southern cities this applies, because so many german tourist were coming in, getting pot, and going back to Germany and because it is illegal in Germany it was causing a problem. However, in Amsterdam no law exists. It has been debated for a while, but nothing official has been signed.

[–]xbillybobx 18 points19 points ago

That's a shame as no one needs a toke more than the Germans.

[–]SoF4rGone 3 points4 points ago

Have you not met the French?

[–]xbillybobx 2 points3 points ago

Yes, but they have their wine.

[–]Bacon_Hero 2 points3 points ago

Germans have their beer

[–]andrzejellis 4 points5 points ago

Give me German beer over French wine any day.

[–]Bacon_Hero 2 points3 points ago

A-freakin-men brother

[–]ManateesGoneWild 0 points1 point ago

From my reading Germans are some of the few foreigners who are eligible for the club membership cards.

[–]leseesel 7 points8 points ago

German here, it's also because of dealers from France and Belgium 8|

[–]ImFuckingRadical 5 points6 points ago

They don't enforce it.

[–]HerbToker 7 points8 points ago

They do, it is just not national yet, only in the south they no longer welcome foreigners.

[–]naaambo 5 points6 points ago

They actually don't enforce it. Last time I checked (a month ago), the Police would go into a Coffee Shop, lock it down, check everyones passports but not kick anyone out.

This is simply because the moment they kick someone out, the coffee shop owners will have a case of descrimination against an EU citizen for not being Dutch, which is against EU Laws. (I'll try find my source (: )

Quick Edit: “They were introduced [in early May] in the three southerly provinces,” says Veling. “I went down there [to] see it all happening. The funny thing is that although the police have come to the coffeeshops to check if they have foreigners inside or whatever, they haven’t booked anyone yet, they haven’t arrested anyone, they haven’t made a citation… so I think that the DA’s office in this country has cold feet. Where is the arrests? We need an arrest so we can prosecute the legality of discriminating against non-residents.”

http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2012/lighting-up-the-weed-pass/

[–]HerbToker 1 point2 points ago

You are correct that they don't arrest anyone, so far they just force the coffee shop to close for the day or week or whatever. Coffee shop Easy Going got closed down when they sold cannabis to non-weedpass holders. The coffee shop sued the city for discrimination and all that but they lost their case in the dutch court. I don't hear much about coffeeshops selling to foreigners, it would certainly depend on what city you are in as well. The article you linked is correct, they dont arrest anyone or hand out fines but they do close down the coffeeshop that was busted for anywhere from a day to several weeks.

[–]naaambo 1 point2 points ago

Oh, I didn't know that, thanks for the info man :) Any reason why the case didn't hold up in court?

[–]HerbToker 0 points1 point ago

Difficult to quickly find a definite answer to that questions but I am sure it is just the judges stroking the dicks of the politicians who came up the with stupid weed pass idea. What I can find is that the court decided that the city of Maastricht did not violate any laws in closing a coffee shop that refused to discriminate.

This is the best article in English I can find on the case. http://amsterdamherald.com/index.php/news-specials/the-new-wietpas-rules-for-coffeeshops/348-20120611-coffeeshop-owners-lose-court-battle-against-ban-foreigners-wietpas-cannabis-marc-josemans-netherlands-dutch-politics

[–]julzwantsacookie 3 points4 points ago

i heard that they are employing that policy beginning 2013.
apparently the café's will be lax on enforcing it however.

[–]gvpires 1 point2 points ago

You cannot buy nor smoke legally in Portugal. You simply can't get arrested for possession of under 25g.

[–]qwert_trewq 0 points1 point ago

In Amsterdam they still do, they're only testing it in one or two regions currently.

[–]Smoked_Herb 0 points1 point ago

Amsterdam you still can, the rest of the Netherlands is supposed to have it so foreigners can't.

[–]debaser11 2 points3 points ago

Not the rest just places near the borders.

[–]snowahh 0 points1 point ago

yo this made me chuckle, have an uptoke bud (pun intended) [6]

[–]eddlol 0 points1 point ago

does anyone have a source for this, i kinda wanna see it in context lol

[–]gmwmike 0 points1 point ago

I wish the same thing, have seen this gif used many times and no one ever has a source

[–]nelsonlikeshat 0 points1 point ago

This will be me in about a month and a half!! Studying in Germany for a year, going to be taking varies weekend trips up there bitches.

[–]Jew-ishJitsu 0 points1 point ago

Jennifer Lawrence anyone?

[–]summertimetoking 0 points1 point ago

shes so hot

[–]spncrgrn 0 points1 point ago

I really, really, really hope that Jennifer Lawrence enjoys trees..

[–]Fimbultyr -1 points0 points ago

Wow, I didn't even notice this post because the link was already purple. You didn't even rehost the gif before karma whoring?

[–]andrzejellis 0 points1 point ago

It's a common gif being used to illustrate the OP's comment, which exists to lead to original discussion. You sound like this personally wronged you somehow.

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