Herewith we pick up an old series on the day-to-day in France.

FRENCH POLICE THWART JOINT-ROLLING WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT

July 25, 2006 (AFP) - Police in France said they had thwarted an attempt by a group of marijuana smokers to roll the world's longest joint by seizing a work-in-progress measuring 80 centimetres (32 inches) in length.

"At some point, these young people had wanted to craft a joint of 1.12 metres to beat the world record in the discipline and get it officially registered," said a police officer in eastern France. ... [The joint] had not been finished because of a lack of tobacco.

[Hat tip: U*2 at ¡No Pasarán!]

The trick to these "craft" projects is not to raid the ingredients.

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