Photographynatalia took in Hempfest on the Common today, and ran into presidential hopeful Vermin Supreme. Sometimes, it got a little smokey:
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That guy's a candidate.
By Stagger Lee
Sat, 09/15/2012 - 10:44pm
The guy with the boot is Vermin Supreme. He's running for president.
Ah! Thanks
By adamg
Sat, 09/15/2012 - 10:56pm
I've updated the post with that important info.
Yes, this is Vermin Supreme.
By anon
Sun, 09/16/2012 - 12:49am
Yes, this is Vermin Supreme. Twenty or thirty years ago he got the idea he could be a stoner stand-up comic, like Cheech & Chong. Every since, he's wandered the streets of Boston and Cambridge with a boot on his head, screaming an improvised schtick about running for president. I don't know how he actually supports himself.
Back in the 90s I was walking through Harvard Square with a friend and suddenly found myself approaching this guy. Thinking aloud, I muttered "Shit! It's Vermin Supreme, I hate that asshole." Turns out, he heard me. As I passed he grabbed my arm and uttered a single word, "Why?"
The only thing I could do was be honest. "Because you walk around with a boot on your head, and you think that's funny." He just stood there, and I realized he was on the verge of tears. I felt bad, but I also felt someone should tell him. Guess it didn't help.
Heck, there's no such thing a funny stoner comic. Even Cheech & Chong suck.
dude, you would be lucky to
By anon
Sun, 09/16/2012 - 10:05am
dude, you would be lucky to become half of the an/woman this man has been. And you think Vermin is the asshole? or is the asshole the person without any possible social filter to the point, so what pulls out through this lack of filter is something so shallow, and shroud in underlying tones of narcissism and self hate (how can you love anyboy else if your not loving yourself?) ... I worked on the front lines with this brother in the Katrina Disaster relief efforts, and he was one of the most active and involved people in the whole group (in which we were serving 2000 to 3000 people a day). Vermin is not some stoner comic. Vermin is a political activist, and actually just came in third in the New Hampshire Primary this year, 2012. the point of his act is to throw the ridiculous shroud off of the reality of facade that is the political process. But it all just comes to show that you can go to Harvard, and yet still be moron...
Stoner Comics are funny
By anon
Mon, 09/17/2012 - 10:12am
if you are also stoned. Sense of humor is state-dependent.
The Allston Ninja!
By bohhh
Sat, 09/15/2012 - 10:52pm
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OMFG!
By anon
Sun, 09/16/2012 - 9:21am
Just legalize the sh*t already! Enough of Hempfest!
BTW: There were dudes urinating in the Public Garden [*gasp* clutch the pearls!] while tourists and kids walked by. I just happened to be going by at the tail end of the fest on my way to work. Not a cop in sight. Good old Boston.
They probably got tired of
By anon
Sun, 09/16/2012 - 6:00pm
They probably got tired of trying to find the nonexistent public restroom.