Smoking at entrances

[bill]

, compared with davie p and sweltered we are the "DANGEROUS BROTHERS!!!!!"

The chuckle brothers more like

[Hadrians hiring!]

Is it just me

So much for the '' does not represent individuals views'' yadee yadee figgin ya! Aw ye repentant sods get up ma nostrils mare than the smoke gets up yours! So now it is ye cannae hae a puff in t' bleedin open????????????????????

[gizmo]

The new rulings at my place of work is that no-one can smoke within 10 metres of any door or openable window (whether open or not) AND soon you will not be able to come back into the building for 10 minutes after your fag, it is now being debated whether smokers should have this time deducted from their wages.

[maxmix]

Well you soon wont need to worry about the door huddlers.... The sooner the UK adopts the same as California (Normally 8-10 years in front of the UK) The menace will be gone for good.....

No smoking in a lot of outside areas ! inc doorways..... So.... You will just have to do the same as Stalone or Arny

Stay in your shed or garage lol

''In California, you can't smoke in restaurants or bars across the state. There's no lighting up at public playgrounds or tot lot areas at parks. In some cities you can't smoke on beaches, near doorways or while standing in line at the ATM. If you live in Belmont, you soon won't be able to smoke in your own apartment. And a bill pending in the California Legislature would ban smoking inside cars with children.''

maxmix

[general jack o'niell]

these things are all fair enough, we'll all be forced to bite the bullet and stop, then we can sit back and watch all the fat lazy bastards and victims of boy racers and drunk drivers drop like flies as the NHS bankrupts itself through lack of funding to keep pace with the rate of escalating inflation, while hundreds of thousands end up financially bankrupt and homeless as the huge hike in income tax means the mortgage they took out at 5% rises to 18% and they can't meet their mortgage repayments. maybe there'll be a jump, excuse the pun, leap in suicides as fat homeless bankrupts end it all, if they can find a strong enough rope, four strand 24mm nylon should do.

i can sit sookin on my sugarfree lollies, tutting at the sudden end of yet another nonsmoker, caught up in the biggest recession since wall st crashed. i might smoke but i don't drink so my mortgage is paid off, unlike the holier than thou, can't get into the pub to piss my pay up against the wall for all those dirty smokers at the door.

much like the drunk female thats just phoned my number looking for someone called helen, when she does sober up enough to dial the right number, helen whoever she is can tell her that i'm the one that just gave her a mouthful at 12.30am,

have you got a light gordon?

[EMDEE]

Any other smokers get annoyed when they go to the fag counter in the supermarket and are faced with a crowd of non-smokers queuing to get lottery tickets and scratch cards? It can take up to ten minutes to buy a packet of 20.

There should be a separate counter for these people.

Yet another example of discrimination against smokers. What a way to treat a whole section of the population who are doing more than non-smokers to keep the country afloat.

Incidentally, are all of these lottery gamblers aware that statistically, there is a much higher likelihood of them being dead by the time the lottery is drawn that night than of winning it? Quite a lot of them that I see buying tickets would be dead in six months anyway if they won it!

If they don’t like having to fight their way through smokers to get into a pub, then maybe they will know how we feel standing in the supermarket.

I find it ironic that non-smokers are happier now with the perceived health benefits of smoke free pubs and no “passive smoking”, but at the same time, are quite happy to stand at the bar and destroy their liver, and sometimes their social reputation.

Another thing to remember here is that it is not smoke that causes the crowd at a pub door to be intimidating, but drink, the same commodity that the non-smokers are looking for when they go into a pub.

[general jack o'niell]

couldn't agree morevif i had written that myself, when was the last time a smoker killed someone while having a fly puff behind the wheel of a car? as to the intimidating smokers outside bars? its like the statements about cannabis smokers beating people up, the only thing you would threaten after smoking a joint is the contents of the fridge, toasted soda scones with lashings of butter and jam, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[spangles]

these things are all fair enough, we'll all be forced to bite the bullet and stop, then we can sit back and watch all the fat lazy bastards and victims of boy racers and drunk drivers

You forgot the fat lazy spongers who sit on their fat arse all day at the computer contributing sweet F all to the economy and waiting on the benefit cheque coming in.

S

[general jack o'niell]

mmmmm, so its alright to be a skinny or average sized sponger sitting at a computer all day contributing nothing to the economy and waiting for their benefit cheque to arrive then?

not a lot of difference between them (i'm assuming i'm excluded from inclusion in the above?)and the majority of those in employment, seeing we have little in the way of manufacturing in the country. it would be interesting to see what percentage of those in fulltime employment contribute nothing, being mere pencil pushers of one sort or another, making and producing nothing of any value, yet somehow indespensible in the grand scheme of things.

are housewives or househusbands, or is it homemakers? included in your sweeping generalisation? or are all unfortunates who have some infirmaty or illness also considered spongers in your eyes?

[spangles]

To anyone who thinks it applies to them then the only thing to be said is....if the cap fits...........

S

[EileenH]

I've just read the postings on this thread and had to have my say!!! My dad was a smoker. He had to give up work in his early 50's because of a smoke related illness. For the last 20 years of his life he couldn't walk the length of himself and sat in front of the tv cause he wasn't fit for anything else. The year he died I had to watch him fight for every breath and regret the day he put a fag in his mouth!! Because of smoking my family lost their dad. If he hadn't smoked he would still be alive. General, you think of that every time you light up! At least non smokers don't cost the NHS the money you smokers do!! And yes, my dad rattled with the pills he needed to keep him alive!!!! Cost the tax payers alot of money. I choose not to smoke so enjoy sitting in the pub not stinking of someone elses smoke.

[general jack o'niell]

i don't drink so i wouldn't be sitting in a pub wether smoking was allowed or not, i know i personally cost the NHS money but so far none of it is smoking related. i know the risks involved from smoking, i also know how much my smoking contributes to the exchequer and its a damn sight more than i get back, or should i not have been allowed to have the cartilage removed from my knee two yrs ago because i smoke? its never nice to lose anyone from a smoking related illness, but like me i gather your father smoked by choice, nobody ever forced a cig on him and i don't want that to sound cruel or unkind, but believe me we smokers know, its rammed down our throats constantly, i read it on every pack i buy. does it make me want to stop? no, does your story make me want to stop? no, would getting a smoking illness make me want to stop, no, no it won't, i don't really care one way or the other, it relaxes me, helps with my muscle cramps and spasms, not good for my diabitise granted, but since its my MS that gives me most bother i'll thank you for your advice but i can't wait to finish typing this so i can go light one.

as for caps fitting, i worked constantly from the age of 16 to 36, illness stopped me working, granted one day i feel i could do anything i want and often try to, i always pay for it next day, a short walk yesterday left me with extreme pain in my legs and both swollen so much my ankles look like an elephants and none of my shows fit, theres more but i think that will suffice, so keep you little comments to yourself please, at least until your a bit more knowledgeable about what or who you might be talking about. some might not be as forgiving as me.

[spangles]

i, so keep you little comments to yourself please, at least until your a bit more knowledgeable about what or who you might be talking about. some might not be as forgiving as me.

It seems apparent that you get away with aggresive and abusive postings so why should I keep my comments to myself unless aggresion and abusive comments are part of your condition.

Maybe you could explain what you mean by "some might not be as forgiving as me"? Is that a threat?

You appear to be taking this very personel. What part of my posting mentioned you or was the cap a good fit?

S

[general jack o'niell]

i'm sorry but i don't see where you get the idea that i am aggresive and abusive, quite the contrary, the general subtext of 99% of my posts take a self deprecating view, unless you think making jokes about myself is a sign of aggresion? maybe you are implying that i'm a self abuser? i think you are confusing sarcasm with abuse, that i do plead guilty to, but i pick my targets with great care and its a two way thing, all done with a grin, both parties knowing that no offence is implied or intended. the same cannot be said about you, i'm pretty sure that by means known only to yourself as i have not the slightest clue as to who you might be, that you are familiar enough with a certain degree of my life history, likewise the cap fits reference, you have made reference in the past to my penchant for headgear, if i am the only one who read your post and didn't think it was directed at me then my fellow forum users have far less braincells than even i have given them credit for.

as for me saying some might not be as forgiving as me? how can that be seen as a threat? i#m clearly stating that i am forgiving, where is there even a hint of a threat in that? i certainly can't speak for others, thats all i was saying, i didn't take offence to your remark, i just thought others might, hence they wouldn't be forgiving. maybe you have no need of forgiveness? who knows, you are a mystery to me, i suspect to a few others too. i would therefor never question your character, how could i? i've no idea who you are? and furthermore, i have no desire to know, i can tell enough from your posts to know that you are the type of person i wouldn't want to waste my time getting to know, i don't even know why i am wasting my time writing this? i could be watcging ashes to ashes, who knows, it might not be as sh!t this week?

you go and have a good day now, an even better week, and tho i might be a smoker and unashamed about it, i am pretty sure i am free from the problem you seem to be inflicted with, (this will be where you think me aggressive and abusive) i'd see a doctor about the continual bile you spout towards me and a few others on here, before it starts to turn you into a sad lonely witless old man.

[the ringmaster]

Two nuns were in back of the convent smoking cigarettes, when one said,"It's bad enough that we have to sneak out here to smoke, but it really is a problem getting rid of the cigarette butts so Mother Superior doesn't find them."

The second nun said, "I've found a marvelous invention called the condom, which really solves this problem. You just open the packet up, take out the condom, and put the cigarette butt in, roll it up, and dispose of it all later!"

The first nun was quite impressed and asked where she could find them.

"You get them at the drug store, sister, just go and ask the pharmacist for them." The next day the good sister went to the drug store and walked up to the counter. "Good morning, sister," said the pharmacist.

"What can I do for you today?"

"I'd like some condoms, please," said the nun. The pharmacist was a little taken aback, but recovered soon enough and asked,

"How many boxes would you like? There are twelve to a box."

"I'll take six boxes - that should last about a week," she replied.

The pharmacist was truly flabbergasted by this time, and was almost afraid to ask any more questions, but his professionalism prevailed and he asked in a clear voice, "Sister, what size condoms would you like - we have large, extra large, and big liar size."

The sister thought for a minute, and finally said, "I'm not certain, perhaps you could recommend a good size for a Camel.