09-09-02 11:38:18 AM Bender127
Ironbar:They'll tax the vaccine! Ha!

Most likely.

43%

or we could grow pot with that land. The trip from Raleigh NC to the beach would be alot more fun passing by fields of marijuana.

Imagine how happy all of those migrant workers would be.


I'd be a farmer!!!!

Since when do they make vaccines for chemical addicitons?

Typo:
Have you tried Ommegang's Rare Vos? Just did a tour of the brewery, very unique. Very heavy Belgian beers, but with enough hops to combat the malt.

RE: Walking past the smokers and doing the fake cough

Look, I smoked for more than 15 years, but I quit. You have every right to keep smoking as long as you please. However, it IS rather annoying to be freshly showered and smelling wonderful, and have to plow through 25 smokers to get into my office. Worse yet, is the ride up the elevator with them. Why do I even bother to smell good? Do you HAVE to stand right there by the door? Would it kill ya to move 5 feet to the left?

Dllsgrlz: yes it would. they're smokers, remember? they can barely stand up, much less mover 5 feet.

Arrrr! Pass the grog.

heh, mover... Note to self, learn to type.

09-09-02 11:30:16 AM Ironbar
How about something that eliminates my inhibition to punch the shiat out of the self-righteous pricks that fake-cough when they walk past a smoker?

Whew! That made me laugh my balls straight off!
I enjoy smoking, but like a lot of you I only smoke when I drink. So basically I smoke from 5:30pm-10pm and from 9 am - 2am on weekends:) I really don't feel even the slightest craving for a cig from morning till 5. Although, a few beers always sound pretty damn good.

ahh, weekly flame war on smoking fast approaching.

i would have quit, but ill be damned if i didnt find them so cheap on the internet...www.yessmoke.com has white filter marlboro lights for 14.95 a carton! im back to square one.

i also consider smoking an complete "fark you" to the pretentious people that have raised taxes to prey on those of us with the habit.

so there!

oh yeah, and that guy who fake coughs around me should be shot.

The guy that fake coughs around me gets a nice long drag of Lucky Strike blasted at him.

Spiritauthor:
I've had and quite enjoyed Ommegang's eponymus and Hennepin, but I haven't gotten ahold of Rare Vos yet. I'll have to do a fly-by of the Brickskellar sometime this winter (next time I have 60 bucks burning a hole in my pocket; fall's always tight) and give it a shot. Thanks for the tip.

"I'd quit smoking if I wasn't afraid of becoming one of you non-smoking fvcks." - Bill Hicks

God I miss Bill Hicks.

Harmonia - how much do you smoke over the course of a day?

Personally, I have a rather serious caffeine problem.

I used to be a non-smoking fundie, but I agree its OK to have one every once in a while if you don't have an addictive personality. Like its stated above, its the pack a day smokers who get the worst of it. Most people I know who die of smoking related illness die in their 70's or 80's.

Not mine, but this sums it up nicely...

Feb. 8, 2000 | By Corina Chocano

Smoker! The word connotes danger, scorching good looks, searing wit, burning rubber, smoldering passion, barbecued pork! And yet, despite these and other benefits, smokers are under a great deal of pressure, both social and financial, to quit. Soon, the poorest of us may be forced to sell our organs (albeit at cut-rate prices) to be able to afford our habit, and the richer among us will have to charter barges into international waters to be allowed to indulge it. Eventually, we may be buried in Ohio landfills along with
New York's garbage.

For many, especially in California, this will be cause for celebration. Already, anti-smoking activists have succeeded in creating that most anomalous of establishments, the non-smoking bar. While many claim to support this development, it has only resulted in ridding bars of decent conversationalists and filling them instead with people who fondly abbreviate muscle groups. While many smokers are glad for the chance to escape this, we are still faced, once safely on the street, with the issue of what to do with our left hands. This will remain problematicoontil smokers unite to repeal the no drinking on sidewalks law.

Perhaps even more egregious than being forced to exit buildings in order to do it (we're not really outdoorsy types), is being asked, "Why do you smoke?" ad tedium. People who ask this don't really want to know. Never, as far as I can remember, has an answer been required of me. People don't so much pose the question as smack us with it -- as if the very word could send us flying into paroxysms of shame and renunciation. The answer is implied in the tone of the question: You're weak. You're stupid. I hate you.

Well, I hate you, too. But since you ask, I smoke because it's pure inspiration packed into three inches of paper. Because it's the pause that refreshes. Because it's a complicated pleasure and I like them that way.

I smoke because most buildings don't allow pets. Because, in a pinch, a lit cigarette can be a discreet yet effective weapon. Because God is dead. Because I'm a sucker for a dromedary. Because living and breathing are not the same thing. Because in the event of another world war, you'll always be able to trade cigarettes for soap in France. Because it's a good excuse to leave the table when the conversation turns to the stock market. Because parachuting is ostentatious.

I smoke because every patriarchal society needs a scapegoat. Because so many people Rollerblade with impunity. Because
longevity is overrated. Because every silver lining has a cloud. Because everyone should have a hobby. Because persecution makes a tribe scrappy, resourceful and smart. Because there's a (surprise) epiphany in every pack. Because nothing is truly worthwhile that is not worth dying for. Because I'd rather crave nicotine than fascism.

I smoke because I adore being lectured. Because we owe it to the Indians. Because cigarettes keep me company without getting on my nerves. Because half the point of having a vice is pissing off the virtuous.

I smoke cause it makes me smarter. Because the smoke acts as a moat. Because everybody hates a quitter. Because efforts by the state to censure pleasure should always be regarded with extreme suspicion. Because even health has been commodified.

I smoke because it's the only thing that separates us from animals. Because the mind of an addict resists colonization. Because it goes so well with alcohol. Because someone has to do it. And even after I (reluctantly) quit, I will always think of myself as a smoker. I will mourn smoking as if it were a lost dog. I'll be a smoky sympathizer. I'll find ways to let other smokers know that, secretly, I'm one of them. I'll envy them. I'll sniff them indecorously.

They'll understand.

TypoFlyspray, that was kick ass.

So, now instead of being addicted to the nicotine, you'll be addicted to the chemicals pumped into your body to counteract it! Instead of the tobacco companies getting rich, the pharmaceuticals get rich.

All I know is I need a large amount of nicotine in my bloodstream to remain on an even keel throughout the day.

Help to quit smoking is here at last.

This thing won't work. People will smoke whether they are addicted to nicotene or not.


Smoking is mostly habitual, moreso than it is addictive. Three days to a week after quitting, your bodies dependancy to nicotene is practically nonexistant. All cravings after that point are purely imaginative due to the habit of smoking. Your brain ties smoking to everyday life. In my case it's smoke breaks at work, long drives, hanging out with friends, drinking beer, waking up, going to bed, playing pool, playing video games, eating a meal, after any physical activity, well... I smoke before and after and when I can, during, everything I do. Which is why it's hell everytime I quit smoking... and cause I'm a wimp, why I still smoke now.

TypoFlyspray Your post brought a tear to my eye. Very good