Lee was: the Incarnation !
Answered on: 15 Apr 2005
The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was: > Oh Oracle who has more wisdom in your little finger than I do in my > whole extended family, > > My uncle has been hospitalized on 3 occasions for attempting to abuse > marijuana while huffing propane. He says this is a cheap way to get > high. How can I presuade him that it is so only if one considers the > phrase "getting high" in a purely ballistic sense?
And in response, thus spake the Oracle:
} It sounds like he's already burned out whatever few neurons he had
} dedicated to personal safety, so it may be an impossible task. But
} don't be sad. Let's take a look at . . .
}
} THE TOP 10 WAYS YOUR UNCLE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION
} --------------------------------------------------------------
}
} 10. Offer his services to a local propane company to verify returned
} tanks are empty.
}
} 9. Buy some late night airtime for an infomercial on his great new
} hair styling product. That dark, straight back, and crispy look
} is *so* in this year.
}
} 8. Join the circus and become performer. He can be both the
} firebreather and the human cannonball . . . simultaneously!
}
} 7. Send the video in to America's Funniest Home Videos and win.
}
} 6. Try founding a new 12-step program called Grass Grillers
} Anonymous.
}
} 5. Get a job as stunt double for the Cheech & Chong reunion movie.
}
} 4. Go on Jerry Springer and bask in his 15 minutes of fame.
}
} 3. Move to Paris, find a patron with more money than they know what
} to do with, and become a "performance artist."
}
} 2. Submit it as part of his portfolio for the job of Fear Factor
} writer.
}
} 1. Become a spokesman for a leading asbestos underwear manufacturer.
} ("They're not just for Usenet any more!")
Notes: Again, when you can't think of a clever response, go with a top ten list. Unfortunately, I had problems thinking of ten distinct things. (And, as you might could tell, lots of TV-themed answers seemed to be coming to me.) Number one started out as #9, but I decided it was my best line. Reversely, #8 had started out as my #1.
To tell the truth, a great question like this probably deserved a better answer. I hope the supplicant resubmitted it.