Reply to: Smoking ban?

[Fungus]

Exactly Threaded!

For how can one soar like and eagle when one is surrounded by turkeys?

Your modesty knows no bounds

Would that be Eddy the Eagle?

[bogeyman]

I junked a job in because of the smokers. Not smoking in and off itself, even if they did make the office fairly smelly (although they did smoke outside they were just plain, yuck, stinky), but I just got fed up with so many useless cnuts, I reconned they could sack 'em all and just give me the money instead, seeing as I was carrying them anyways.

Exactly Threaded!

For how can one soar like and eagle when one is surrounded by turkeys?

Your modesty knows no bounds

[threaded]

I junked a job in because of the smokers. Not smoking in and off itself, even if they did make the office fairly smelly (although they did smoke outside they were just plain, yuck, stinky), but I just got fed up with so many useless cnuts, I reconned they could sack 'em all and just give me the money instead, seeing as I was carrying them anyways.

[bogeyman]

He's one of those missing link Kiwis. Not terribly bright, but you'd expect that.

Ah! Thanks SG, explains a lot.

[The Lone Gunman]

I love these weak willed smokers posts...... which are accompanied with "I cant avoid them". You can avoid them. Dont go to the pub or open your own non smoking establishment. Quit your job and make sure the boss knows it is because of the foul smell of smokers.
You dont even have an addiction to excuse your spineless stance.
If there was a need for smoke free pubs and eateries then they would exist, its just that the anti brigade would rather ban it than vote with their feet.

[sasguru]

And where are you from?

He's one of those missing link Kiwis. Not terribly bright, but you'd expect that.

[bogeyman]

Well that explains a lot then

Never liked the Irish, they smell of cabbages and have small hands!

Mailman

And where are you from?

[Mailman]

Ireland.

Well that explains a lot then

Never liked the Irish, they smell of cabbages and have small hands!

Mailman

[Francko]

Apparently the American stereotype of us Brits is that we have bad teeth.

Quite right. We wouldn't take a 5 figures loan to make them white and new.

[sasguru]

Oh sure. And so people who don't wear deodorant stink too. Shall we make a law that force people to use deodorant everyday? Shall we forbid Fried Chicken restaurants? Shall we make mandatory checking in people's breaths? I don't like beers smell, still I don't refuse to go to a pub and don't want beers to be banned. Don't you think your health-nazis requests are a bit ridicolous, just because you are protected by the stereotype (and you are even building on top of that also the image of the smoker who is dirty and doesn't care about his mouth hygiene) that smoking is the only health and hygiene problem in this world doesn't make you necessarily right.

Who are you kidding. I'm now an ex smoker and I feel great. Smoking is an evil and foul addiction and while you should be allowed to do it when

(1) you are only with other smokers (they should have allowed 25% smoking pubs in the legislation)
or
(2) in your own home

no non-smoker should put up with it.
Smokers stink and are weak-willed addicts, end of story.

[Fungus]

Oh sure. And so people who don't wear deodorant stink too. Shall we make a law that force people to use deodorant everyday? Shall we forbid Fried Chicken restaurants? Shall we make mandatory checking in people's breaths? I don't like beers smell, still I don't refuse to go to a pub and don't want beers to be banned. Don't you think your health-nazis requests are a bit ridicolous, just because you are protected by the stereotype (and you are even building on top of that also the image of the smoker who is dirty and doesn't care about his mouth hygiene) that smoking is the only health and hygiene problem in this world doesn't make you necessarily right.

Of course you can't enforce hygiene. But changing clothes daily and washing is common courtesy. Surely.

Apparently the American stereotype of us Brits is that we have bad teeth. Our stereotype of them used to be that they are squeaky clean. Maybe it still is. And our sterotype of the French is that they are dirty. They certainly used to have the lowest per capita consumption of soap in Europe. Even there the times they are a changin'. Smelly cheese consumption is down markedly. Sadly.

[Francko]

[..] Oh and Stig of the Dump, the contractor seated next to me, smells foul when he comes back from his regular fag breaks. I have to put up with that stink. And if you are unfortunate to get a blast of his breath - urrrggghhh. The only upside is that it masks his appalling body odour. And presumably his bad breath too.

Oh sure. And so people who don't wear deodorant stink too. Shall we make a law that force people to use deodorant everyday? Shall we forbid Fried Chicken restaurants? Shall we make mandatory checking in people's breaths? I don't like beers smell, still I don't refuse to go to a pub and don't want beers to be banned. Don't you think your health-nazis requests are a bit ridicolous, just because you are protected by the stereotype (and you are even building on top of that also the image of the smoker who is dirty and doesn't care about his mouth hygiene) that smoking is the only health and hygiene problem in this world doesn't make you necessarily right.

[bfg]

For the love of alah...where do they come up with rubbish like this?

Mailman

Ireland.

[Fungus]

So you think it is ill informed nonsense to say that the numbers of smokers has reduced enormously over the years and that many or most pubs have long since fitted ventilation systems.

Your prejudice appears to have also extended to delusion, 'old bean'.



Ermm ... I don't smoke.

It isn't prejudice to object to something unpleasant. If I were to slap you, you would object. Is that prejudice? Errr .... no. If I said that I had a right to slap you because it gave me pleasure, would that make it acceptable. Errr ... no.

Smoking is unpleasant for people nearby even with ventilation systems. Oh for goodness sake you would need hurricane force extractor hoods to prevent the stench ruining food eaten near a smoker.

And then there's the crowds of people hanging around near doorways, forcing you to walk through a cloud of cough inducing stench. Sorry mate but that's a daily experience. Oh and Stig of the Dump, the contractor seated next to me, smells foul when he comes back from his regular fag breaks. I have to put up with that stink. And if you are unfortunate to get a blast of his breath - urrrggghhh. The only upside is that it masks his appalling body odour. And presumably his bad breath too.

[BobTheCrate]

What ill informed nonsense.

So you think it is ill informed nonsense to say that the numbers of smokers has reduced enormously over the years and that many or most pubs have long since fitted ventilation systems.

Your prejudice appears to have also extended to delusion, 'old bean'.

Asuming that your smoking damaged sense of smell notices anything.

Ermm ... I don't smoke.