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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: dracken1 on May 16, 2003, 04:14:17 PM
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don't know about the rest of the world but in the uk they have been bombarding us with statistics concerning smoking.
before i go any further i must add that i smoke about 20 per week
and drink about 2 pints a week.
they tell us how much the treatment of smoking related diseases are costing the country.
they never tell us those statisics concerning alcohol
they want to ban smoking in many public places
you can sit outside many bars and get totalled though.
passive smoking! this is how you smoking affects other peoples health.
passive drinking! this is when a drunk pushes someone through a shop window or when a drunk mows down kids crossing the road.
only thing is theres no such thing as passive drinking.
i agree both smoking and drinking can damage your health.
but why does it seem biased towards smoking.
i dont know but i'll bet that money comes into it somewhere:mad:
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The anti-smoking fascists are way more advanced here in the US than over there. We've had these laws for years, already.
ra
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I had a woman ask me to put out my cigarette at a driving range once because it was a danger to her health.
I asked her if she saw her husband's swing.
He laughed.
She didnt.
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You guys over there cant smoke inside resturants / bars right?
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only 2 pints a week...im suprised at you draig...
i beleive they dont want to ban drinking outside a bar because then everyone can see automaticly what a arse you become after youve drank to much...
oh and over here we already cant smoke anywhere but just outside our back doors in many places...is it going to work??? NOPE people are just going to feel more adventurous for doing it because theres a chance to get busted for doing it in public...
funny world...were slackening pot laws and tightening cigarret laws...
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Originally posted by Saurdaukar
I had a woman ask me to put out my cigarette at a driving range once because it was a danger to her health.
I asked her if she saw her husband's swing.
He laughed.
She didnt.
ROFL!!!
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Originally posted by Saurdaukar
I had a woman ask me to put out my cigarette at a driving range once because it was a danger to her health.
I asked her if she saw her husband's swing.
He laughed.
She didnt.
Yeah, getting singled out is always rough business. I attended a meeting yesterday at USA (university) and parked in a parking lot with at least 500 spaces available. About 10 other people attended the meeting, and took up maybe 6 spaces in an otherwise empty parking lot.
One woman came in and I said "Hi." She didn't say hi back. She informed me I was parked in a handicapped zone, and then went on to ask me how handicapped I was. This was a fellow artist and not the police. (It was a faculty zone, not handicapped zone...as I am keen about obeying traffic and parking laws.)
I had the urge to point my finger at my friends, and others, including the president of the organization, who had parked right next to me, but instead I replied, "Well, I'm not physically handicapped yet. Don't know about being handicapped otherwise." To which another "violator (fine looking woman) laughed and said, "I've always wanted to say that to someone who parks in the handicapped zone...LOL."
That completely defused the whole thing. I was taken completely by surprise and am in fact, somewhat curious why someone who I had know for years would start their conversation to me in such a manner. I only see this person maybe two or three times a year at different meetings, and all I have ever said was hello, or congrats on winning an award at the art show. This is an old lady, who I only am aquainted with at art meetings and such.
I was wondering if she would key my vintage 1972 Oldsmobile 98.
:D
Les
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Originally posted by Leslie
I was taken completely by surprise and am in fact, somewhat curious why someone who I had know for years would start their conversation to me in such a manner. This is an old lady, who I only am aquainted with at art meetings and such.
Les
When you get older, you'll find that the mind is the second thing to go.
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Originally posted by Ozark
When you get older, you'll find that the mind is the second thing to go.
What's the first thing to go????
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Originally posted by I. P. Freely
What's the first thing to go????
Mr. Happy.
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I can't remember.
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Hey Honey, remember me? :)
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After the smokers are all gone...Who's next? Overweight people?
Drinkers? Comedians?
Though the smokers are to busy smoking to vote so the laws will just keep getting past cause no legislator wants to be the guy who said no to the anti smoking bill!
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Originally posted by Maniac
You guys over there cant smoke inside resturants / bars right?
Where are you located just so we know what "over there" means?
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Where are you located just so we know what "over there" means?
if you look at my location it says wales.
thats a small country with england stuck on one side of it:D
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Well, I can't remember the last time I gagged at the odor emanating from the general area of someone having a drink.
SOB
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Where I am you can't smoke in bars or restaurants. I think its great!
Asthma sucks.
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Originally posted by Maniac
You guys over there cant smoke inside resturants / bars right?
Since I dont know where you are I dont know where over there is. Here in Georgia USA they still smoke in restaurants.
They have sections for smokers/nonsmokers.
Very few have gone completely smoke free....
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Originally posted by SOB
Well, I can't remember the last time I gagged at the odor emanating from the general area of someone having a drink.
SOB
I can SOB. 31 years ago at the Mardi Gras Club in nig town. Made service calls for a/c window units. I carried 'em, didn't repair 'em. I went on service calls with Leo Alexander, a black man who I thought looked like a Cubano, but my Dad said he wasn't from Cuba.
He was the coolest guy I ever worked with. The service call truck was a 1972 Ford truck, and man would that thing go. The Mardi Gras Club had about 20 window units, and some were in the bathroom. Every time we went there for a service call, I slipped and slided on huge puddles of vomit while carrying air conditioner window units.. Kinda got used to it after a couple times. We always took time for a break after the work was done. Leo would have a beer and I would have cokes and play pool before the club opened later in the evening.
As bad as the smell was, it was also some of the most fun I've had in my life. Going to the Mardi Gras Club was a special treat for me, because I was one of the only white guys to ever go there.
Les
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When I drink, I like to take a moment and spit 90% of my drink at those around me. Its fun and reminds me of smokers.
MiniD
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^^^ LMAO!!!!
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That is just awful Leslie. Thank you for sharing. :D
SOB