"You should take up smoking. I smoke, and it makes me look cool."
I think you'll find that should be smoking AND drinking for ultimate cool points.
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Dead, like?Originally posted by MaxamusI started smoking because i wanted to be like James Dean
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I could bring in a Hubble Bubble pipe with apple blossom herbs to smoke.Originally posted by andyJust buy a fake cigarette thingy and join the gang
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set fire to yourself as a protestOriginally posted by PaddyI have discovered that there is no future in my current project because I am not a smoker. The important work is discussed among the smokers at their fag breaks, and not at the meetings. I have even resorted to having virtual fag breaks to join in the discussions but the whole of the cigarette nepotism has got out of hand. Every permie manager is now a smoker. I have worked in other places with various cliques. One was a TA clique, another a football club clique, one IT department employed on Sri Lankan tamales and another Australians.
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Originally posted by shaunbhoyDon't feel too hard done by. You have half of it!


Joke of the day - bravo
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Originally posted by FlubsterLet the smokers carry on killing themselves. More work for the rest of us then...
and higher taxes to fund the NHS!
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Let the smokers carry on killing themselves. More work for the rest of us then...
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Don't feel too hard done by. You have half of it!Originally posted by freakydancerit must be great to have your wit.
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Laughing at your own jokes again eh? it must be great to have your wit.Originally posted by shaunbhoyI'd imagine shrouding yourself in smoke can only be a good thing. I have heard that when you enter a room, all heads turn. Along with most of the stomachs!

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I'd imagine shrouding yourself in smoke can only be a good thing. I have heard that when you enter a room, all heads turn. Along with most of the stomachs!Originally posted by freakydancerYou should take up smoking. I smoke, and it makes me look cool.
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I once got a role because I smoked! I wouldn't get it now as I stopped 3 years ago.
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Yup - all the real deals and strategy get discussed over a fag break - you must be so outside the loopOriginally posted by PaddyI have discovered that there is no future in my current project because I am not a smoker. The important work is discussed among the smokers at their fag breaks, and not at the meetings. I have even resorted to having virtual fag breaks to join in the discussions but the whole of the cigarette nepotism has got out of hand. Every permie manager is now a smoker. I have worked in other places with various cliques. One was a TA clique, another a football club clique, one IT department employed on Sri Lankan tamales and another Australians.
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