Saturday, November 6, 2021

The stupidest anti-drug campaign ever

When I was a kid, all the urinals at schools and churches had these things in them:


Apparently someone thought that being forced to look at the slogan "Say no to drugs" while urinating would make kids want to stay off drugs.

Apparently they also never stopped to think about the universal symbolic meaning of pissing on something.


Nor did they foresee that (of course!) kids would start using "say no to drugs" as a slang term for "urinate" -- would start saying "I've got to go say no to drugs" instead of "take a leak" or whatever -- and that any attempts to use the expression in its original sense would forever after be spoiled by unwitting potty-humor double-entendres. ("Did you always say no to drugs when you were a kid, grandpa?" "In those days, we never had to!")

9 comments:

Ra1119bee said...



oh, you were never a kid, William.
As you well know a kid is a Billy Goat, offspring of a Goat.

What do you think Michael Jackson meant in the song Billy Jean : The KID is NOT MY SUN/Son.
Michael also sings of 40 days and 40 nights..

Check out Michael Jacksons' performance of Billy Jean, in New York City on SEPT 10, 2001.
Isn't it interesting that Michael was in New York the day before 911?

Hmmmmm...
All the World is a Stage...
Mysteries Mysteries..

Wm Jas Tychonievich said...

Well, I was born a “goat” in terms of the Chinese zodiac, and Billy = William, so I’m pretty sure I was a kid!

Ra1119bee said...

Hmmm,
I see.
That connection makes sense.

Everything has a positive and negative polarity, including the goat energy.
However, I think Michael Jackson's experience with the goat's energy wasn't a positive one.
Of course that's just my humble opinion.;-))

Wm Jas Tychonievich said...

These days, GOAT means "greatest of all time," a title for which Michael Jackson has often been considered a contender.

https://awesomelyluvvie.com/2010/06/10-reasons-michael-jackson-greatest.html

For another really bizarre goat coincidence, see:

https://wmjas.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/goat-killing-american-jedi/

Ra1119bee said...


These days???
Everything old is new again...


As far as Michael Jackson and the Negative Goat Energy,if I were to bet, I would
bet that Michael soon found out EXACTLY who the goats were, and it sure as hell wasn't
him. ( at least not his physical body )

Billy Jean
She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene
I said, "Don't mind, but what do you mean, I am the one"
"Who will dance on the floor in the round"
She said I am the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round

She told me her name was Billie Jean
As she caused a scene
Then every head turned with eyes that dreamed of being the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round


*****People always told me, "Be careful of what you do"
"Don't go around breaking young girls' hearts" (Hee-eeh)

****And mother always told me, "Be careful of who you love"
"And be careful of what you do" (Oh, oh)
"'Cause the lie becomes the truth" (Oh, oh)*******



Billie Jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one (Oh, baby)
But the kid is not my son, hoo!
She says I am the one (Oh, baby)
But the kid is not my son
(Hee-hee-hee, no, no, hee-hee-hee)
Hoo

For 40 days and for 40 nights, I was on her side
But who can stand when she's in demand?
Her schemes and plans
'Cause we danced on the floor in the round, hee

So take my strong advice
Just remember to always think twice
(Do think twice)
Do think twice (Ah-hoo)

She told my baby we'd danced 'til three, then she looked at me
Then showed a photo of a baby crying, his eyes were like mine (Oh, no)
'Cause we danced on the floor in the round, baby
(Ooh, hee-hee-hee)

**********People always told me, "Be careful of what you do"
"And don't go around breaking young girls' hearts" (Don't break no hearts)
But she came and stood right by me
Then the smell of sweet perfume (Oh, no)
This happened much too soon (Oh, no)
She called me to her room (Hoo)

Billie Jean is not my lover (Hoo)
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
No-no-no, no-no-no-no-no-no, hoo

Billie Jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one (Oh baby)
But the kid is not my son (No, no)
She says I am the one (Oh, baby)
But the kid is not my son (No, hee-hee)

Hee
Hoo

She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son
No-no-no, hoo (Oh)
Billie Jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
No-no-no, no-no-no-no

She says I am the one
But the kid is not my son (No-no-no)
She says I am the one (You know what you did)
She says he is my son (Breaking my heart babe)
She says I am the one

Billie Jean is not my lover
Billie Jean is not my lover
Billie Jean is not my lover
Billie Jean is not my lover
Billie Jean is not my lover
Billie Jean is not

Songwriters: Michael Joe Jackson


Ra1119bee said...


check out YouTube ----
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean - 30th Anniversary Celebration - Nueva York 2001

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD2gm_xsz_k


At marker/frame 5:29 of the video, Michael points up and shakes a ( knowingly ) finger at
'the goats' as he sings : The Kid is Not my Son/Sun.


Also, note that Michael has his eyes close throughout this extraordinary performance,
on SEPT 10, 2021..

Also, you do know that it was not a coincidence that this performance in NYC was the day before 911.

For Public Relations, Michael was asked to wear an expensive watch/Saturn ( on loan ) the night of the performance.

Michael was to return the watch the next day Tue Sept 11, at the office of the 'goats' in the World Trade Center.

There are no coincidences..

Ra1119bee said...

ooopss

I meant the Sept 10, 2001 performance.. ( not Sept 10, 2021 )


Also, Michael did NOT wear the watch during the performance , nor did he keep the early
morning appointment to return the watch, CPT? I'm sure much to Liz Taylor's dismay.

Also Note at marker/frame 5:27 in the video, Liz, Macaulay Culkin and Liz's daughter ,
Liza. Note Liza's black top with the silver cross.


P.S. Although it may appear otherwise, I am NOT a huge Michael Jackson fan, although I do
think Michael was an extraordinary performer and artist and more importantly I believe Michael had the gift of seeing past the illusion.

MVT said...

I've been spending the last couple of hours reading your blog. I read "The Bizarro Sex Talk" post and saw the word ephebophile. I wasn't sure what it meant so I googled it. The first article, after the Wikipedia one, was this one: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/bering-in-mind/pedophiles-hebephiles-and-ephebophiles-oh-my-erotic-age-orientation/.
The first sentence in that article: "Michael Jackson probably wasn’t a pedophile—at least, not in the strict, biological sense of the word".
Just a bit later I read this blog post and this comment section and see both Michael Jackson and kid in the comments. I don't know what to make of it but it feels like synchronicity.

Wm Jas Tychonievich said...

Quite the coincidence, MVT! The blog you linked is called "Bering in Mind" -- a pun on the surname Bering ("son of the bear") and the verb "bear," so that syncs with some of the other material on this blog. Debbie, who wrote the Michael Jackson comments here, is also the one who first brought bears to my attention.

Thanks for commenting -- and remember to say no to drugs!

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