The hallucinatory idea is that the Isle of Man, in yet another bid to bring over more visitors, should open a chain of cannabis cafes where people could take a little trip without being busted by the boys in blue.
It has been put forward by Professor David Nutt who was the UK Government’s drugs adviser until he said riding horses was more dangerous than ecstasy.
When the cannabis cafes story was on Manx Radio I misheard it and thought the Professor must be talking about the old Cabin Cafe which used to be in Strand Street, Douglas, some years ago.
But looking back I could remember the place offering the likes of tea and toast, fancy cakes and egg and chips – but never hash, corned beef or otherwise.
No, Professor Nutt has suggested that because the Isle of Man is a separate jurisdiction from the UK we could legalise cannabis and have lots of cannabis cafes like they have in Amsterdam.
Everybody who has been to Amsterdam knows about the drugs scene.
It gets up your nose.
But if Douglas is going to compete we will have to consider other attractions on offer in Amsterdam if we are going to compete.
For instance, the Casa Rosso, a wholly-unrestrained live sex show club which you recognise by its pink elephant neon sign over the front door.
The trouble with this is that you might see such a sign after a visit to a cannabis cafe and walk into a Salvation Army prayer meeting.
But where to have the Douglas Casa Rosso?
In the Gaiety or the Villa Marina or the Erin Arts Centre? I think not.
Where would we hold the Guild?
Surely there must already be a strip club of some kind in the town. I, however, don’t know of one. I don’t come out after dark any more.
Amsterdam also has those shop windows where enticing scantily clad young ladies sit offering their services.
No problem really. There are quite a lot of empty shops in Douglas these days.
Finally, I remember the first drugs bust in the Isle of Man years ago when a student was found sitting quietly up on Douglas smoking cannabis.
This made a big story and provoked an elderly Manx lady to ring the Mannin Line on Manx Radio and demand: ‘What’s all this stuff about somebody up the Head with a can of piss.’
l Last week an RAF helicopter had to rescue a woman who had fallen during a guided tour of Wells Cathedral and Kevin Rothwell tells me the BBC news rolling sub-titles told viewers that the woman had ‘fallen between two Tourettes.’
The air must have been blue.
l The Manx Radio news website said: ‘Breast unit is to be bigger and better.’ This idea will be well supported.
l I have been sent an unsigned note relating to the story from Rome about the canonisation of two former Popes.
The writer recalled that in the Isle of Man there was once a Canon Cannan, sometimes known informally as ‘Bang Bang’.
He was the father of former Michael MHK David Cannan and grandfather of Alf MHK.
l My Manx Radio broadcasting colleague David Callister and I have been compiling the names of celebrities and others who might have strong Manx connections.
There some excellent examples of original humour and in the weeks to come I will be dropping in some of the best starting with Calamity Jane Crookall, Fanny Blankers Kewin, Marlon Brandish and Mahatma Gansey.
Lots more to come.
l Karl Campbell has sent in a new list of Manx crossword clues starting with the Times Cryptic: Insect scientist at last is brought to island (6) – MANTIS.
This week’s church notice: ‘A bean supper will be held on Tuesday in the church hall. Music will follow.’