On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:02:56 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\""
> wrote:

>sf <.> : in
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>> On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:09:46 GMT, blake murphy
>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>at times i wouldn't be kidding. bitching about having to 'run a
>>>gauntlet' of smokers by the door? unless they're holding you down and
>>>giving you shotgun tokes, i think you'll survive.
>>>
>>
>> You tried to make it into a joke, but it's not funny.
>
>Of course it was funny. Well written too.
>
>> By passing
>> through a fog of cigarette smoke, a non smoker is literally bathed in
>> it and the smell doesn't go away.
>
>Barb, you get the same thing walking by someone that has just plastered
>their hair down with Final Net. Been in a condominium or apartment
>building elevator lately?
>
>> Non smokers don't like the smell of
>> cigarette smoke, and they don't want to wear someone else's second
>> hand smoke for the rest of the day/evening. Smokers also add to dry
>> cleaning bills because non smokers want that smell gone, not hanging
>> around in the closet.
>
>Yeahbut... Whaddya do about the exhaust fumes from the busses, cars, taxi
>cabs etc.? Ya' dry clean those clothes don't ya'? Or do you just hang
>'em in the closet and stink up the rest of the clothes?

As I said before, the clothing needs to be dry cleaned to get the
stink out. I don't dry clean something just because it's been worn
once, so that's a bill I should be hand to the smokers. I also need
to take a shower to get the smoke smell off my skin and hair. I don't
usually shower before and after an event.

>You seem to be
>one of the people that takes it to the extreme.

Not really, but I certainly can when arguing about smoking with a
person who has the POV that smoking only affects themselves, not
others.

>Sure, ban it in public
>buildings and especially airline flights. Lots of things in life can be a
>nuisance. Cigarettes, cell phones and just about anything else you can
>think of that people do that is objectionable to you, me or anyone else.
>Eventually people stop listening when something is pushed to the extreme.
>
I don't have to talk about it. Smoking is banned as much as it needs
to be here, in fact I think the current laws about public smoking are
too strict. Oh - a new cell phone law is going into effect in July,
so hopefully the weaving cell phone driver syndrome will decrease too.


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