The second day of the cup was once again, a busy affair, with more new judges arriving and doing the freebie run, and yet more spectacular weed being dished out to all and sundry. I found that most of the Americans who came to our stall, were surprised that we were willing to ship worldwide, and also worried about taking smoking equipment back to the US with them. There was a general feeling of 'anti George Bush administration' within the populous of the cannabis cup this year. With the recent arrest of Tommy Chong still on the minds and lips of US smokers, stories of 'Operation Pipe Dreams' and 'Headhunter' flew all over the hall. Even so, the industry it would appear, is still as strong as ever in the US, with many wholesale enquiries, and tales of growing.

The words 'FUCK GEORGE BUSH' were heard many times over.
I agree. Let's all say it together.
Ready?
FUCK GEORGE BUSH

Feel better? I know I do.


At 4:20pm, one of the beautiful High Times pin-up girls was kidnapped, and held to ransom by a 6ft monkey. I fucking kid you not.

Once the day at the cup was over, we travelled to the Dampkring to meet some friends. I purchased a gram of 'NYC Diesel' from Soma Seeds. I have to say that this is the best gear I have ever smoked in my life. The menu said that it smelt like Grapefruit, tasted sweet, and gave an 'uplifting high'. It smelt to me like freshly cut grass... incredibly potent... it tasted absolutely fantastic, and gave me a high like I've never really felt before. Keeping me up, and actually giving me energy.
It's a good job I had it really, because from the Dampkring we moved onto Amnesia, for a judges-only 'Vaporiser party'.
By the time we arrived, the party was coming to an end. Most of the judges had moved on to the Melkweg, leaving the staff of Amnesia with a shit load of Laughing Buddha, a couple of Volcano vaporisers.... And us.
Barely two minutes passed without some friendly gentleman offering me a Volcano bag filled with vaporised Laughing Buddha. Fan-bloody-tastic. It actually got to the point where it was impossible to give away bags of vapour! We caught the last bus back to the hotel at about 1am.