[extropy-chat] all quiet on the extrope front

[gts]

I first heard the term sometime around 1970 in the Top-40 hit "Basketball  
Jones" by those most famous stoners Cheech and Chong:

"Basketball Jones, I got a Basketball Jones
Got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oo-oo-oo

Yes, I am the victim of a Basketball Jones
Ever since I was a little baby, I always be dribblin'
In fac', I was de baddest dribbler in the whole neighborhood
Then one day, my mama bought me a basketball
And I loved that basketball
I took that basketball with me everywhere I went
That basketball was like a basketball to me

I even put that basketball underneath my pillow
Maybe that's why I can't sleep at night
I need help, ladies and gentlemens..."

http://www.e-stoned.com/rec/25-Basketball-Jones-lyrics/

-gts