The term 'on acid' has become cultural shorthand to describe a bizarre or surreal experience, often by people who may never have even taken acid. The use of this term, with the implicit assumption that people know what it refers to, is a marker of how deep LSD has embedded itself in popular culture. If you have heard or read of any examples, please submit them (with appropriate reference) via the Contact Form, and I will post them on this page (and I'll accept non British examples).
* In the episode of Coronation Street, broadcast on 30 August 2008, barmaid Liz MacDonald referred to her love rival as looking like 'Cilla Black on acid'
* The title of a Stanford Law School article about Barrack Obama's policies was titled: The End of History on Acid (http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5819)
* The Mail on Sunday's Travel Mail ran an article on 28 May 2008 about New Zealand, called Living the high life in 'Aspen on Acid' http://tinyurl.com/62m8g4
* In his blog at http://www.penwing.me.uk/node/41, the blogger refers to the literature of Mervin Peake as Peake is like Dickens on Acid