“It Made Me Giggle”

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Jerry Jones thinks the NFL should take a step back when it comes to player punishment for marijuana use.  “After all,” said Jones in a Feathered Bull exclusive, “It’s legal, in like a bunch of states now, right? So what’s the biggie?”

Jones obviously wants to minimize the loss of games for Cowboys players that test positive for pot use (there’s always plenty of those to go around), and stated his opinion on the current policy at the owners meetings last month in Phoenix.

But could Jones have an ulterior motive other than his beloved Cowboys staying at full strength each and every week of the NFL season? Well understand that pot is big business in the states (8 and counting Jerry) where it is currently legal, and it may be sooner rather than later that we Texans will be able to pick up a bud or two at our friendly neighborhood dispensary. Don’t think for a second that has gone unnoticed by Jones, the ultimate entrepreneur.

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Which might explain why he’s recently been a frequent visitor to The Pipe and Puff in Deep Ellum. He had one of his two sons, Jerry Jr., in tow when we bumped into him over the weekend.

“Just doing some biz intel with my boy,” Jones told us while perusing the head shop’s assortment of Grateful Dead t-shirts and posters. “Can’t ever have too much info when considering a new business…it’s like deciding where to drill your next well. Plus Junior and I like to ride our Schwinn tandem-sicle down here for a little exercise and fresh air. And his momma likes it when I get him off his Xbox and out of the house for a bit.”

“Research is always important, it’s like before I bought the ‘Boys…I went to a mess of high school football games,” Jones continued before swaying off-topic a bit. “Hey do you have four bits I can borrow? They have both Grape and Orange Nehi in their vending machine here and I told Jerry Jr. he could have a sodi pop if he was a good boy today and didn’t break anything.”

The store’s assistant manager James P. Murphy said he sees Jones almost daily now and the soon to be NFL Hall-of-Famer has become one of his favorite customers and a friend. “Oh yeah, Jonesy is awesome,” said Murphy. “He’s like a total trip. Big Jer, I call him Big Jer, the first time he came in here he was wearing this crazy-ass disguise – bushy ‘ol fake mustache, a sombrero and these huge coke-bottle glasses – I guess cause he didn’t want anyone to know who he was. But now him and me are best buds. He likes to hit the late-night taco joints down here with me after I get off work. He told me last week ‘Murph, I used to love me some weed back in the day cause it made me giggle like Clinton with an intern.’ I’m not really sure what that means though.”

Jones may be doing more than giggle if marijuana becomes legal in Texas soon. Can you imagine a line of Blue Star Bongs, Cowboys Cannabis or pre-rolled Jonesy Joints?  He could be belly laughing on his tandem-sicle all the way to the bank….one more time.