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Mello Kitty
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nembies, bennies, & goof balls 1
#14265746 - 04/10/11 06:52 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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been reading william s burrough's. he references the substances "nembies" "bennies" & "goof balls", it seems like some oldskool slang. does anyone know what these are? he also refers to marijuana as "Tea". his ranting about disliking "Tea-Heads", is quite humerous.
as for "bennies", i was thinking Benzedrine Inhalers, but at times it seems that he is referring to using both at once. so they seem to be two different separate substances.
as far as "goof balls" go, my first thought is "Footballs" (xanax) but i know they didnt use that drug yet, so maybe Quaaludes, or Valium's.. black beauties?
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Re: nembies, bennies, & goof balls [Re: Mello Kitty] 1
#14265859 - 04/10/11 07:51 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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nembies = phenobarbital bennies = benzedrine tablets; benny = benzedrine goofballs = barbiturates in general
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Re: nembies, bennies, & goof balls [Re: Mello Kitty]
#14265871 - 04/10/11 07:54 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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You been reading Junkie? I just found a free online version here; not a bad read at all so far. I liked his book Naked Lunch too but that one rambles significantly more and is somewhat permeated with unnecessary (IMO) homoeroticism. 
And it's really a shame that barbiturates/quaaludes are no longer on the black market... I've always wanted to try 'em.
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Re: nembies, bennies, & goof balls [Re: deCypher]
#14265930 - 04/10/11 08:10 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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yes i have been reading it  very good read indeed, but i agree.. i could do w/o the homoeroticism. thats why i dont really wana read Queer whats it about anyway? gona look it up
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Re: nembies, bennies, & goof balls [Re: deCypher]
#14265942 - 04/10/11 08:17 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
deCypher said: You been reading Junkie? I just found a free online version here; not a bad read at all so far. I liked his book Naked Lunch too but that one rambles significantly more and is somewhat permeated with unnecessary (IMO) homoeroticism. 
And it's really a shame that barbiturates/quaaludes are no longer on the black market... I've always wanted to try 'em.
in mexico they still have the 714 lemon`s(black market) and i also found these little red pills that turned out to be methephenadate- speed
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Re: nembies, bennies, & goof balls [Re: jacobensis]
#14265956 - 04/10/11 08:25 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Methylphenidate, ritalin.
Benzedrine is speed yes 
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Mello Kitty
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Re: nembies, bennies, & goof balls [Re: Beanhead]
#14265973 - 04/10/11 08:36 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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my mum is an imigrant, and devout religious. but i remember hearing my father talk about Quaaludes, and how they were fun while they were here. another drug came out or something and replaced it. and the Pharm company stopped manufacturing them. i heard it was Prozac. but i cant confirm. im sure it could be easily looked up. but i dont feel like it.
its a shame, i wonder if anyone ever kept any Quaaludes either by accident, or as a collectors item. each drug has a shelf life so i doubt they would be potent, but neat to have non-the-less  it would be funny to see them on eBay as a collectors item or something, haha in plastic as a "keychain"
i tried to do this with the old OC 80's. i wanted to keep one as a collector item.. but i just loved them way to much
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Re: nembies, bennies, & goof balls [Re: Mello Kitty]
#14266057 - 04/10/11 09:11 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Pick up a copy of On the Road: The Original Scroll by Jack Kerouac. It's a pretty interesting glimpse back into the life of beats. Plus it is rumored that Kerouac actually wrote the original scroll in 3 weeks on benzedrine, though he claims it was written only on coffee.
but yeah Junkie is one of my next reads. Burroughs is in On the Road for a bit. I think you'd really enjoy it.
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Re: nembies, bennies, & goof balls [Re: McTwist]
#14266093 - 04/10/11 09:17 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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i saw that at Borders on sale actually, really cheap. i should have picked it up. i saw a movie about it. but they never compare to the books. thanx for the reminder, i will go pick it up soon
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