>> Everyone remembers the cartoon show Scooby-Doo from their early >> childhood, right? But something you may not remember is what the show >> was really all about. As I've gotten older, it has become more clear >> to me what Fred, Shaggy, Daphne, Velma, and Scooby were actually doing >> as they traversed the continent foiling crimes of all sorts in the >> Mystery Machine. >> >> What We Remember: >> >> Four teenagers and their trusted dog gallop across the country in >> their purple and green van solving mysteries of all sort--and in the >> process meet all kinds of interesting people. >> >> The Truth: >> >> Four high-school dropouts and their sentient dog ride around the >> country in their psychodelic love machine, earning their way by >> selling drugs. Oh, and they occasionally take some old guys mask off >> to solve a mystery. >> >> It may be a little hard to swallow, but just take a look at the >> evidence... >> >> Take Shaggy for example. Not only is he the inspiration for the >> current 'grunge' scene, with his sloppy dress and facial hair, but >> Shaggy is obviously a 'burner', i.e., he smokes marijuana. Why do you >> think he is constantly hungry? Shaggy can make a six foot hoagie and >> swallow it whole. >> >> And then there is Scooby himself. While dogs do not generally smoke >> joints, Scooby gets his 'high' from Scooby-Snacks, which are in fact >> Hash-Brownies. Whenever Scooby, or Shaggy for that matter, eats a >> Scooby-Snack, they go ape! It just blows their mind and they do >> whatever they are told, because they are so lit! Scooby is also hungry >> all the time. >> >> The other characters do not actively take part in the stoner-fest that >> Shaggy and Scooby do, but they do condone the selling of it because it >> helps support their jaunts across the country (and the world--they >> drove to China once). These other characters do have their own >> peculiarities however.. >> >> Fred and Daphne are always splintering off from the group to go 'solve >> the case' by themselves. It's no real mystery what these two are >> really doing--they're getting busy in the back of the Mystery Machine. >> Daphne with her pretty pink, well, legs and Fred are constantly >> bumping uglies. Fred is, by the way, pumped up on steroids. One thing >> that remains a mystery to me though, is why he always wore that stupid >> scarf around his neck. >> >> And what about Velma? Everyone's least favorite of the cast, was of >> course, a lesbian. But, as it turned out in the later episodes, she >> was also into beastiality. Where do you think Scrappy-Doo came from? >> Scrappy, who was a dog yet spoke perfect english, was obviously a >> product of Velma and Scooby. >> >> So the kids spent their teenage years driving around the world, >> slangin' dope, shooting steroids, eating hash brownies, and fucking >> their dog, while all the while looking for the perfect 'hit'. >> >> If we had only known these things when we watched this cartoon as >> children...