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And He Wasn't Even Drunk. I Asked.

MONDAY DECEMBER 12 2005 8:00 AM

Submitted by Dr_Frank. Edited By Dr_Frank.

Sorry, folks, but I just can't resist a wacky John Lennon story, as it turns out.

From the Times:

BACK in the 1970s, John Lennon met some aliens. Those aliens gave him a little brass egg. He gave that little brass egg to Uri Geller, who has kept it ever since. In his living room.

Come again? “I believe it,” says Geller, who has allowed the egg to go on show as part of a John Lennon shrine at the flagship Virgin Megastore in London. “John said he had been lying in bed, when a bright sphere of light appeared in one corner of his room. An alien hand came out of it, and gave him the egg. And he gave it to me. And he wasn’t even drunk. I asked.”

Geller, born in Israel, has just been abroad. He hugged a Palestinian and shook hands with a Syrian ambassador. “Call it coincidence if you like,” he says, “but John loved peace.”

21 Comments

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James_

United Kingdom

March 2003

DEC 12, 2005 09:14 AM

Dr_Frank said:
"Call it coincidence if you like," he says, "but John loved peace."

And taking the piss out of Uri Geller, evidently.

Changes

Boston, MA

October 2005

DEC 12, 2005 09:23 AM

Say again?

norritt

Chandler, AZ

December 2002

DEC 12, 2005 10:42 AM

word to your mother

Vampirate

Durham, NC

October 2004

DEC 12, 2005 11:33 AM

Yeah, Uri Geller is an easy piss-taking target, though. He will publicly believe anything.

Hooraydiation

Boston, MA

October 2005

DEC 12, 2005 11:35 AM

I bet that egg contains our universe in its entirety.

DanielK

Denver, CO

December 2004

DEC 12, 2005 11:39 AM

Coo coo cachoo.

Daniel

Ragdoll

SUICIDEGIRL

United Kingdom

DEC 12, 2005 11:57 AM

Aww.

Feild

Quakertown, PA

December 2004

DEC 12, 2005 02:05 PM

If anyone were to prove this is true...would it really be that surprising....I mean it's fucking John Lennon.

walkswithbears

United Kingdom

March 2003

DEC 12, 2005 02:07 PM

Don't you hate it when you don't get to witness the payoff of your practical jokes?

Margot_Dent

Los Angeles, CA

February 2004

DEC 12, 2005 02:12 PM

DanielK said:
Coo coo cachoo.

Daniel

goo goo gajoob, i believe.

coo coo cachoo is from "mrs robinson"

BurningKrome

San Jose, CA

April 2005

DEC 13, 2005 07:59 PM

I believe it. I mean, you don't have to be drunk to have a happy acid flashback.

What did you think those guys were singing about in "Lucy in the sky with Diamonds"? :-)

BurningKrome

San Jose, CA

April 2005

DEC 13, 2005 08:01 PM

DanielK said:
Coo coo cachoo.

Daniel

Gesundheit...

nycbike

Brooklyn, NY

March 2005

DEC 13, 2005 11:33 PM

Nope. He wasn't drunk. But he used to shoot up, too.

papawheelie

Fisty, KY

February 2003

DEC 14, 2005 07:43 AM

nycbike said:
Nope. He wasn't drunk. But he used to shoot up, too.

i never heard that. i know he did a bunch of acid but i never heard about any shooting up

Deux

Oak Grove, KY

January 2003

DEC 14, 2005 08:08 AM

papawheelie said:

nycbike said:
Nope. He wasn't drunk. But he used to shoot up, too.

i never heard that. i know he did a bunch of acid but i never heard about any shooting up

It really wouldn't suprise me to learn that he did. Come Together has some refference to shooting up, even though the song was written with Timothy Leary in mind. The line, "He shoot Coca-Cola" ain't about a soft drink, and the whispered refrain, "Shoot me" between verses is no accident.

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