The Comedy Of Errors
20th High Times Cannabis Cup: The Comedy Cup “ Well I love TV and I love T-Rex ‘Prime Mover’ – Zodiac Mindwarp & the love Reaction 1987. I’d eaten, I’d slept, I’d eaten again, and during it I’d killed a bottle of Jameson and at least 7g of good Moroccan hash. I didn’t know it then but I’d later find the same hash on the Abraxas coffee shop menu as their hash Cup Entry. I sat waiting for the taxi running through my plans, the Captain Cups meeting points and times, routes, timings, possible obstacles to overcome, and the like. Eventually the taxi arrived. It was a smooth uneventful journey as was my passage through the airport on both sides. As I bought my ticket for Central Station in the Schipol Arcade I felt good about what was to come. I boarded the train to CS and got comfortable. The ticket inspector came along and kindly told me I was on the train to Utrecht. On my way back on the Metro into CS I passed the Sparkleweg stop. It looked like I was riding back handed fortune. Checking my watch I timed the journey into Central Station. Now I knew where and how long the Metro would take to get to the Expo at the Power Zone. I tried to use the lockers at CS but you need to use your card to operate them these days. I was unwilling to use my card in such a way on my first day. I just didn’t want to chance it. So I was stuck with my case until I could check in over at my hotel. That wasn’t until after 11:00am, and it was just reaching 9:40am. The plan was to make the first Captain Cups meet at Picasso for 11:00am and perhaps meet up with the EDIT competition winners and shoot down to the Power Zone to pick up our Judge Passes. Now, what could I do in Amsterdam with a spare hour and a half with my case in tow ? Nothing I couldn’t do without it ! I took a walk down Spuistraat taking the scenic route to Pink Floyd. As I came down the steps from Demeter’s, case in tow, a couple of tourists wandered past along Singel Canal. They clocked me, the case, Dem, and wore a strange expression combined of shock, reserved intrigue, and repressed humour. I lit a cigar and began wandering over to Floyd. At 2:00pm I was just leaving my hotel to go find the others in town. The second meet was for 4:00pm in De Kuil. I’d briefly looked in at Floyd (now part of Dampkring coffee shop chain) and scored some Umma Gumma (below standard). The place was rammed with Americans all wearing this years Cup ribbons. Nobody turned up at the Picasso meet. I hadn’t really expected anyone. My guess was they weren’t out of bed then. I’d took a No.2 to Liedseplien but for some reason this one wasn’t going there. Before I knew it I was out in the midst of Oud Zuid. I had to walk back to find my hotel and it took me an hour. I had trouble finding the hotel too. I hopped a tram back into town and scored some bio Shiva at Homegrown Fantasy before slipping over to the Winston for a refreshing Jameson. From there I popped into Cannabis College to say hello before going to see if David (The True Druid) was in Sensi coffee shop with his wife and Ferre and Echo from the THC Ministry. They weren’t, but Big Steve and New York Scott (the Cannabis Inspector), Bruce, and ‘Warlock’ were. We had a smoke and swapped gossip before I headed over early to De Kuil on an educated guess. My guess was that short on knowing their way about, and not having got their shit together until past 1:00pm, they would have been taken to De Kuil, probably by Happy Dude, and made it their base of operations until I got there. I was right. When I walked into De Kuil everyone was there apart from Mark (Bushy) who had gone to get his Judge pass. Shaman was very pleased to see me. “We’ve all been waiting for you to show up to find out what were doing and where were going.” Viper 21/12/2007 The rest of this article can be read in the Members Library First Published 30/12/2007 by Viperslair.co.uk All images & text, except where stated, ©Viperslair.co.uk 2007 All rights reserved. Any un-authorized publication of texts, parts of texts, or images, will result in legal action. Publishing permission can be obtained from the Viperslair.co.uk Editor. _________________________________________________________________________________________ Ital Bar Library Membership
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