2||0|0yes 0|0|Australia%3A Giant joint to shine at Mardi Gras|foreigncorrespondent||01:30:01|02/26/2003|A 10-metre joint will join Nicole Kidman%27s fake nose and other iconic cultural paraphernalia in Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras this weekend.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Giant Joint will leave the small country town of Nimbin in far northern NSW tomorrow with a busload of Ganja Faeries for the colourful parade on Saturday. %0D%0A%0D%0AMedical Cannabis Information Service %28MCIS%29 spokesman Andrew Kavasilas said it would be the second time the Giant Joint would take part in the event. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22With the theme of medical cannabis%2C the float and its participants will highlight the need for action by the NSW Government to allow people to use cannabis for medical purposes%2C%22 Mr Kavasilas said. %0D%0A%0D%0AMore... http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldsun.news.com.au%2Fcommon%2Fstory_page%2F0%2C5478%2C6044378%25255E1702%2C00.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%5Blink%3Agroups.yahoo.com%2Fgroup%2FAussiesAgainstWar%2F%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.mountposeidon.com%2Fatw%2Ffair%2Fnowar.gif%5D %0D%0A%0D%0AHelp %5Bb%5DF%5B%2Fb%5Dree %5Bb%5DA%5B%2Fb%5Dmerican %5Bb%5DI%5B%2Fb%5Dmmigration %5Bb%5DR%5B%2Fb%5Dights%0D%0AJoin FAIR today%2C and help make the immigration act %5Bb%5DEQUAL%5B%2Fb%5D for all%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.mountposeidon.com%2Fatw%2Ffair%2Findex.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%5B%2Ffont%5D 1|1|That%27s great. We had a three meter joint that I made for|norml||02:50:17|02/26/2003|Nebraska NORML%2FHEMP parades. It was made of newspaper mixed with flour%2Cand glue over chicken wire. Steel wool was on the end to look like ash. I hung a coffee can with incense inside to make it smoke. It was very popular. It got stored in a van%2Cand mice ate it. I hope their parade goes well. %3Ahippie%3A|0 2|2|I made a giant box of Old Dole cigarettes%2C when Dole ran for Prez|R Hickey||03:50:34|02/26/2003|I wore the giant %27Old Dole%27 cigarette box around Chicago one of the days of the Democratic convention of 1996. The Secret Service photographed me and a friend about a thousand times. %0D%0A%0D%0AA few months later%2C I covered the box%27s neck hole and put a paper-stuffed %27Bob Dole%27 holloween mask on top%2C giving the box a head%2C and entered the giant-cigarette-box-Dole-portrait into a local political campaign art show. %0D%0A%0D%0A%27Old Dole%27 won first prize%2C and I got my picture in the paper%2C leaning against my new verson of %27Old Dole.%27|1