Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:38 pm by msgeek
I said it before, I'll say it again: the rolling paper that is close to the proper color is easily found if you go to one of those "colorful" smoke shops that are relics of the '60s and '70s. (Do not mention the more common name for the cranium or for Vietnamese water pipes or any word for any contraband substance if you don't want to get thrown out.)
The papers you want are made of industrial hemp. No, nothing psychoactive about them, folks...this is what is used to make clothing and paper and whatnot with. Perfectly legal products. They are a light beigy brown. One brand name is "Hempire." I would think that a bamboo roller (sort of like a sushi roll "sudare" but much smaller) would get you the effect you want. The Gauloise doesn't look like it has a filter so there would be no need to mickey mouse something that looks like a filter.
It's available on the Net if you don't want to darken the door of a "smoke shop" but don't even try ordering if you are in Pennsylvania. They won't sell you anything. They don't want to end up like Tommy Chong who did time for selling an item to a Pennsylvania address that would be legal to send anywhere else in the US.
Anyway, hope this helps...
Yes, I really live in Los Angeles. Srsly. And yeah, life really does imitate art here. Especially now we've got those video billboards. No spinners yet. But I suppose that's next.