Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Dude, you're going to jail!

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Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 02-10-2003, 04:00 PM:

Dell Dude arrested on marijuana charge

Posted by Daryl C. W. O'Shea (Member # 1303) on 02-10-2003, 05:09 PM:

If he claims insanity he'll get to take his computer with him. [Smile]

I can't believe the amount of hardware I regularly sell to inmates at the local maximum security 'insane persons prison'.

Posted by Dustin Mitchell (Member # 372) on 02-10-2003, 07:11 PM:

Does it really surprise anyone that this guy uses marijauna?

Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 02-10-2003, 08:37 PM:

Just by seeing his orginal picture that was posted before they put another in its place, it does not surprise me. He looked "waisted."

Speaking of someone going to jail, there was a person who worked for Microsoft that supposedly stole some of Microsoft's software.

According to the paper, a former employee of Microsoft was arrested at Microsoft's Redmond campus in December on a federal complaint listing 15 counts of wire, mail and computer fraud. Prosecutors alleged he stole software with a retail value of $9 million from Microsoft and then sold it, using the proceeds to buy diamond rings, a Hummer, a 51-foot yacht, a Harley Davidson motorcycle and expensive cars.

OOPS!!!! I just read in the Seattle PI that he died at the age of 32. I guess he won't be going to jail after all. He had multiple organ failures.

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-10-2003, 08:38 PM:

Here's a 100% true fact that is probably a surprise to most:

I've have never, ever seen a Dell commercial on TV. I have never seen that dude before in my life. But looking at his picture, he looks like he is a stoner. I like to judge people just by getting a quick glimpse of them. [Smile]

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 02-10-2003, 09:49 PM:

Dude! You're gettin' a CELL! [Big Grin]

Posted by Jon Todd (Member # 1118) on 02-10-2003, 09:54 PM:

ahh he just bought a little bit of weed. he's not going to jail.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 02-10-2003, 10:52 PM:

Geez, didn't he realize that marijuana is a GATEWAY drug? [Big Grin]

Posted by Daryl C. W. O'Shea (Member # 1303) on 02-10-2003, 11:14 PM:

Maybe if he had hide the drugs in his COMPAQ the cops wouldn't have found it.

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-11-2003, 12:27 AM:

Paul Said:

"Geez, didn't he realize that marijuana is a GATEWAY drug?"

Boo, Hiss, Moo, Moo! Gosh Paul, you really milked that! I think Dell would like to tan his hide and will say that this is an udder disaster. [Big Grin]

>>> Phil

Posted by Thomas Procyk (Member # 1170) on 02-11-2003, 12:30 AM:

Wow. This is hysterical!! I've always mentioned the fact that that kid probably tokes every time that commercial came on. I mean, who else could be that smiley over a DELL computer? [Wink]

Makes you wonder though, with all of this terrorism going on, why are we wasting tax dollars arresting dorks like this? [Roll Eyes]

=TMP=

Posted by Gracia L. Babbidge (Member # 582) on 02-11-2003, 02:45 AM:

[Roll Eyes]

Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 02-11-2003, 04:00 AM:

This bust will probably even help him in his "acting career". He may get a few tiny roles in TV productions because now he has gained some notoriety. Before, he was just the Dell f -beep - face.

Posted by John Spooner (Member # 1565) on 02-11-2003, 09:56 AM:

We had a similar thing in Australia some years back, whereby "Pizza Hut" used a character called Dougie as an advertising symbol for their pizza lines. "Dougie" was a delivery driver and quite popular until arrested by the constabulary for serious offences, naturally this was well covered by the press, subsequently he disappeared off our tv screens.
John Spooner.

Posted by Charles Everett (Member # 889) on 02-11-2003, 11:12 AM:

Did Randy peep The Smoking Gun?

Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 02-11-2003, 01:54 PM:

I agree with Michael. Maybe he'll become an MTV host or something.

I don't understand the big deal here. I know that pot is illegal but who is surprised that Curtis sparks up now and then? I'm not at all surprised to learn this. It doesn't make me hate him all-of-a-sudden. In fact, it doesn't change my attitude towards him in the slightest bit.

And for those who are wondering - No, I'm not a stoner. I lived in Los Angeles for almost a decade and that has a way of mellowing your attitude towards pot.

Posted by Mike Olpin (Member # 1115) on 02-11-2003, 02:03 PM:

Customers Buy Dell Products
Dell Uses Money To Pay Dell Kid
Dell Kid Buys Drugs
Druglords Give Money to Terrorist Countries

THE RESULT:

IF YOU USE A DELL COMPUTER, YOU ARE SUPPORTING TERRORISM

[Big Grin]

Go and toss that piece of [bs]

and buy on of theese .

Posted by Gracia L. Babbidge (Member # 582) on 02-11-2003, 04:15 PM:

Living in Maine long enough also will mellow out one's attitude towards pot - "Those Maine-stoners... They're everywhere!"
Seems like the three most popular form of recreation for the vast majority of Maine's population are smoking, [beer]

Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 02-11-2003, 04:52 PM:

Manny, I guess if you live in Los Angeles, you don`t specifically have to inhale burnt weed - the smog is enough.

Posted by Mike Olpin (Member # 1115) on 02-11-2003, 10:09 PM:

More DELL KID fun courtasy GEEKCULTURE.COM

(For those of you who don't follow, the girl in the pic is Ellen Feiss who did one of the apple switcher ads. People speculate she was high durring the ads production.)

Ellen Feiss in QuickTime <--Your second link to an apple server for the day!

Posted by Thomas Procyk (Member # 1170) on 02-13-2003, 09:46 AM:

We should have a smoking Graemlin! [Wink]

=TMP=

Posted by William Leland III (Member # 1400) on 02-13-2003, 11:19 AM:

quote:
Steven" became a cult advertising figure not seen since the likes of Joe Isuzu and Clara Peller of Wendy's "Where's the beef?" fame. Inundated by calls from adoring fans, Dell even set up a Web site (http://www.dell4me.com/dude) and offered a line of "Dell Dude" apparel.

You've got to be kidding me. This kidd a cult figure. [Mad]

This kidd annoyed the crap out me me.

Posted by John Schulien (Member # 215) on 02-13-2003, 12:33 PM:

James Lileks points to a Boys Life story about Benjamin Curtis that folks should read and consider before making fun of him for his pot bust.

Posted by Don E. Nelson (Member # 1049) on 02-13-2003, 02:28 PM:

...that Dell dude guy is going to find out real soon what they call a phone in jail,

a CELL Phone

Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-15-2003, 03:12 AM:

If it looks like a duck... He did have a certain non-threatening look about him, even though the spots were incredibly annoying. His actions on 9/11 were commendable, however, with this charge, he completely disregarded his Scout training and knowingly broke the law. He will have to answer for it.

Posted by Steven Pickles (Member # 785) on 02-15-2003, 09:20 AM:

Who really cares? I'm sure there are people on this very board who were, at one time, arrested for the possession of marijuana. While I've never touched the stuff, I don't think it is a big deal. In my opinion, Benjamin Curtis could have done a lot worse.

Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-15-2003, 09:45 PM:

I'd say law enforcement thinks it's a pretty big deal because it's illegal. [Wink]

Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 02-17-2003, 03:55 AM:

quote:
(For those of you who don't follow, the girl in the pic is Ellen Feiss who did one of the apple switcher ads. People speculate she was high durring the ads production.)

She's a student?! Whatever college admitted her can't have very high entry qualifications (not of the academic sort, anyway [Wink]

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