A young cocaine user, Marcus Allen, has told Wunderground how he has been enjoying making a totally funny joke, which references his planned cocaine use over Christmas, any time someone mentions the hope that it’s going to be a “white Christmas.”
The joke, which is hilarious, takes the ambiguity of the phrase, “white Christmas,” meaning that there will be heavy snowfall on Christmas Day, and transposes the meaning of “white” to subtly reference cocaine instead of snow. The joke has been a staple of unimaginative yet gregarious young male drug users since it was first made on Christmas Eve 1879 by Thomas Edison.
“It’s just a classic gag,” explained Marcus, seen here laughing at the rib tickling joke. “Someone will say ‘I think we might be having a White Christmas’ and I’ll, quick as a fucking whip, reply ‘Well I don’t know about you but I’m definitely having a White Christmas,’ meaning I’ll be taking lots of cocaine.”
“At that point everyone there will laugh uproariously and say things like ‘Oh, Marcus, you’re brilliant’ or ‘How hilarious, you’re such a cool guy for taking coke, thanks for letting us know just how much of a cool guy you are.'”
“You see it’s great cause I’m not even talking about snow, well I am, if you get my drift,” he laughed, alone. “I’m talking about cocaine which everyone agrees is cool. When they hear me being so flippant about taking cocaine on Christmas, they’re naturally impressed.”
Marcus contended that the joke is so universal that it transcends race. “Anybody can enjoy it because even though it’s saying white is brilliant it’s not even talking about skin colour, but cocaine,” he explained. “I made the joke to a group of black guys on the train who laughed at it just as hard as anybody. And they should know a thing or two about cocaine.”
“You actually don’t even need to be in someone’s immediate company to make the joke,” asserted Marcus. “I’ve been able to call people up, gear the conversation towards Christmas, hope they make the set up and then make the joke. It’s so natural.”
“Sometimes, very rarely, people don’t get the joke,” continued Marcus. “But in those instances it’s simply a case of nudging and winking or, I’ll tap my nose and make a gesture of snorting coke into it. If they don’t get it by that stage then usually I’ll just straight up say ‘I’m talking about cocaine. I take loads of cocaine. I’m great, be impressed by me,’ and invariably, they are.”
