"We are not pro-marijuana."

[shot of bearded guy in knit hat]

Mmm hmm.

Next we'll see clips of cmonk playing elaborate pranks on his annoying co-worker.

Who's my Gareth?

Does someone really say that you're not pro-marijuana? That seems fairly hard to believe.

When we say that we're not pro-marijuana, what we mean is that we do not endorse or condone the use of marijuana whatsoever.

Just like how I do not consider myself pro-tobacco, yet I wouldn't want it to be illegal. Wanting to change a law does make one pro- or anti- anything. If anything, we're anti-marijuana-prohibition.

I meant to point out that this filmmaker kind of undermined that point, intentionally or accidentally, by following it with a shot of a hippie-lookin' guy. Dunno if that was clear.

There aren't enough people in your office to have a Gareth, judging by that short. Maybe Truth Bomb can stand in.

The part of the short you saw was filmed over 8 months ago. We have far more people in the office now.

"When we say that we’re not pro-marijuana, what we mean is that we do not endorse or condone the use of marijuana whatsoever."

Right, but, come on...

I'm quite serious. You don't think it's possible to support our initiative and have no interest in marijuana as a substance whatsoever?

it's possible. it's just more likely that supporters have interest. it's not like abortion rights where i estimate the vast majority of supporters have no personal interest in actually going and having an abortion. There's a lifestyle associated with this movement, right or wrong, and while I understand the professional nature that must be maintained, especially for those actually running the campaign, I'd be surprised if more than a handfull of your staff has zero interest in use.

While you nevadans are busy with your little marijuana resolution, however, we angelenos get to vote on the very important proposition J

There are a lot of libertarians in Nevada, and libertarians aren't usually linked with marijuana smoking.

but they're not really into punitive taxes either, are they?

You've got your all-or-nothing liberals, and you've got your one-step-at-a-time libertarians.

What percent of the paid staff do you think has smoked pot at least once in the last three months?

Actually, you probably shouldn't answer that online. Nevermind.

Side note, as a libertarian, I'd take the punitive tax over the outright ban... it's a step in the right direction.

Not to mention "punitive" is just as much rhetorical spin as "not pro-."

Does the office still have those big scissors!? Those are awesome!

Where do you even get something like that? How much did they cost? The whole webisode should have been dedicated to the process of getting the big scissors.

Day 1 - discussing the grand opening.
Day 2 - someone mentions having a ribbon.
Day 3 - someone realizes that big ribbons mean big scissors.
Day 4 - an intern is assigned to figure out where to get them.
Day 5 - intern calls Staples, Office Max, etc. and is rejected.
Day 6 - intern attempts to simply make a pair (this fails horribly)
Day 7 - intern asks other, low level employees for help.
Day 8 - they fail too
Day 9 - the boss is told that nobody can figure out the scissors.
Day 10 - we're getting close to the openning, the boss calls around to other campaigns he's worked on before to see if any of them know about big scissors.
Day 11 - he's got a lead, but it turns out they're having an openning on the same day, so they can't lend the scissors.
Day 12 - someone from the national office is able to get a pair from a recent event in London and they fly them in across the pond, arriving just minutes before the press!

Hooray!

we got it from a store who rents it specially for grand opening events.

A few years back, a few friends and I wanted to replace stuff in a persons home with larger items, thus making that person believe that they have shrunk not unlike Rick Moranis's kids. We found a site that sold big things. Check it out. http://www.greatbigstuff.com It's pretty amazing the stupid crap you can buy online. Oh yes, they have scissors.

There's a scene like that in the classic film Ski Patrol where an androgynous man-woman is made to believe he/she's become very tall for no apparent reason, eventually they sneak him into a tiny house while he/she's asleep.

Ski Patrol was on channel 11 all the times that Summer School wasn't.

New York Anthony, that is a truly awesome prank. My nonexistent hat is off to you.

Given the potentially huge economic benefits to the state of Nevada, I think it's possible to like this initiative and not want to smoke marijuana yourself.

Not to be rude, but I'm a bit unclear why that point is even up for debate. Of course it's possible.

furniture modification in an attempt to confuse the resident has always irrationally appealed to me.

for instance, in the 1940 film Gaslight a husband alters and hides furniture and household items to make his wife believe she is losing her mind. not a great movie: i loved it.

and in 'the twits,' by roald dahl, which since it is written by roald dahl is the best story in the world except for most other stories written by roald dahl, the Muggle-Wump monkeys and the Roly-Poly bird glue all the furniture to the ceiling and the Twits stand on their heads until they die.

i think there's another dahl story where the husband adds little wood bits to the bottoms of furniture legs to make his wife think she's shrinking, but i can't remember the details.

I don't have a point other than to say I sure do love the furniture orientation stories.

that reminds me of a scene in the office where jim describes slowly adding nickels to dwight's desk phone until he gets used to the weight, and then taking them all out, so he hits himself in the head with the phone.