To blaze, or not blaze…wait, what was the question?
Interesting news out of Stratford-Upon-Avon today as a scientific analysis of 400-year-old clay pipes found in Shakespeare’s garden reveal that the Bard might have been totally baked when he penned all those plays you were forced to read in high school.
Yes, it seems Willy Shakes might have had more in common with Seth Rogen than just a fondness for dick jokes and being the target of a James Franco obsession.
The question now is: What does this mean for the ongoing study of the playwright’s work?
We always assumed Shakespeare was comparing a woman to a summer’s day, but was he really talking about a dank eighth of Afghani kush?
Was the winter of out discontent just a lame-ass weekend when everyone was out of bud?
Maybe Hamlet had such a hard time making up his mind because he underestimated the potency of that sack he copped from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
The important thing is, now when your English professor asks what Shakespeare meant by a certain line, you can just raise your hand and say, "He probably just hit the blunt too hard."
Seriously, college kids – please try that this semester and let us know how it goes. (Ed. note: The Hollywood Gossip is not responsible if your smartass gets thrown out of the lecture hall.)
