BIG FUCKING RANT.

[Lizard]

There is a smoking ban coming to you soon (july I tink!) we now live in a nanny state without the nanny, because god forbid if you get sick, your on your own, unless of course you can pay, thankfully and perhaps selfishly I can and do, however I am fucking heartily sick of being told what you can and cant do. Take this smoking ban, I live in a tiny rural village, 1 pub 70% smokers, I DONT smoke, however I have no objection to anyone else smoking, why not have a seperate room for non smokers? there is no health risk- thats just some bulshit story to frighten people, I grew up in a smoking house, as did a lot of my friends, I have spent my life in studios and clubs, halls etc full of smokers, however the only injury,s I have had have all been drink related, the A and E units are not full of 'smoking related injuries on a thurs, fri sat, sun night, they are full of piss heads, and for those people who rant on about " I dont want smoke blown in my face" fine! fuck off to a room where people dont smoke, I dont want someone waffling on like a prize cunt and boring me shitless with the same joke or story because they are pissed, I am at more risk of dying through a drink related incident than I ever will through fag or cigar' smoke, that is a fact. So why the ban? why not just have seperate rooms. the reason I post this is because when I am home I enjoy the company of some of the regulars usually old boys in the local, but after July, where do they go! what did they do wrong to be ostracised.....answer - nowt! they are just part of New Labours sad dictatorship, I genuinely feel sorry for them, we all gotta die of something sometime, but the chances of being hurt injured attacked mugged run over, killed by a drunk driver far outwiegh those of dying from second hand smoke, and I will argue that one with any fucker who cares to participate.... what a fucking country! and then we have pay as you go roads coming. May as well live in a communist state.

[Lizard]

Oh, here ya go..


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[andy at handiwork]

Maybe the pub is 70% smokers because the non smokers of the area dont go there because they dont like the smoke, dont like going home smelling of smoke, and resent the assumption of most smokers that non smokers will put up with it.

[algarve addick]

sorry, lizard, can't agree with you on this.
if i had my way, smoking would be banned everywhere.
it is a vile habit with no plus points at all
it is a major contributing factor to cancer and heart disease; is unhygienic; makes everything in the vicinity stink; causes litter etc etc
i'm an ex smoker - always the most pious, i know - but i seriously think that the dangers caused by this drug are seriously underestimated by many.
it should be regarded with the same caution as any class a drug, i think.

[andy at handiwork]

Tell you what Lizard, I promise not to fart in your face, if you promise not to smoke in mine.

[Lizard]

"it is a major contributing factor to cancer and heart disease;"

so is drink.even worse,

"it should be regarded with the same caution as any class a drug, i think."

so should alcohol.

[Lizard]

You obviously need specsavers andy! I DONT smoke.

[algarve addick]

drinking in moderation isn't harmful.
nor does it make everything around you stink.

[NandoRick]

Weve had this law up in Scotland for the last 6 months or so,The downside to this law is you now have about 15-20 drunks standing outside every pub smoking.Not only at night when most people are at home but even at 3 in the afternoon, you get drunks out in the street smoking.

I live near a nightclub and on a fri sat night there can be upto 50-100 young yobs standing outside smoking and because there drunk you get the shouting singing till about 3 am,the noise in my street has increased 100% since this law came out.

I think the best solution would have been a separate smoking room ,in the pub/club.

[andy at handiwork]

I meant it figuratively. But as you dont seem to mind smokers smoking in my face, you cant object to me farting in yours. And nobody ever died from fart gas.