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Fathom4

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Mmmmmmm Beer. Huh? Damn wrong thread again.




<< Sounds like King Kong is swinging from Russ's neck as if it's the Empire State Building. >>


Thanks Jean I just peed myself and I just did laundry.

Smoking, never ever tried it in any way shape or form. I guess I learned at an early age that all that coughing and hacking my dad did probably wasn't much fun.
 

oldandquitemad

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After a big hunk of medium rare steak (or perhaps a slab of baked salmon), a Maria Mancini cigar and a glass of brandy are the second and third finest pleasures on God's gray earth.

edit: While I STRONGLY believe that one size does NOT fit all, there is nothing quite as stupid looking as a youngster working on a cigar. This will come with age. Be patient. Then you can look like a stupid old man working on a cigar.
 

snow patrol

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<< After a big hunk of medium rare steak (or perhaps a slab of baked salmon), a Maria Mancini cigar and a glass of brandy are the second and third finest pleasures on God's gray earth. >>

After the steak?
 

BiB

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When I was in my late teens I used to _ocassionally_ when drinking (ie, about 2-4 cigarettes a year). Now I can't even do that. They make me sick even to smoke for fun, and as a long-term proposition although I understand how some adults still smoke because its hard to quit anybody under the age of, say, 30 who smokes on a consistent and addicted basis is a goddamned moron for starting in the first place. EVERYONE knows how bad they are for you!

BiB
 

Fiddy

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I just quit about two months ago after smoking for 26 years, ( I started
WAY TOO EARLY!). I agree, it's a nasty habit, there is not one thing good about it. It smells bad, makes your skin wrinkle, turns your teeth yellow and cost a small fortune. But if you have never smoked, don't look at people who do smoke in disgust. Realize it is EXTREMELY TOUGH to break the habit. They say that nicotine is more addictive than cocaine or heroin. Tobbaco companies have spent billions on research to learn how to just to make cigarettes MORE addictive. Phillip Morris makes 200 million dollars a DAY worldwide, they can afford it. So if you know someone who's tring to quit, give 'em all the support you can, they'll need it.
 

brandc

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He: &quot;Do you smoke after sex?&quot;
She: &quot;I don't know, I never looked.&quot;
 

Dan

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Smoked for 20 years. Was up to 3 packs/day (Camels). Quit, cold turkey, 11 years, 2 months and 17 days ago. I've kicked a lot of bad habits over the years but getting the nicotine monkey off my back was the toughest.
 

Sephiroth_IX

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Yes. Whenever im ready to rip my head off from anxiety (i swear to god i have an anxiety problem =\) i smoke probably 1/3 of a light... calms me...
 

ratkil

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Never Cigarettes, but an occasional Cigar or those little cigar-like cigarette to help stay awake when driving.

<<anybody under the age of, say, 30 who smokes on a consistent and addicted basis is a goddamned moron for starting in the first place>> Do you ever drink alchohol? Have you ever drank any and got behind the wheel? Have you ever had sex with someone? Have you ever driven a car a little too fast? Have you ever ridden/driven a motorcycle? Have you ever dressed up in a pink tutu and tip toed around the edge of the roof of a large building singing &quot;This Old Man&quot; while slowly dismembering a dead fruit fly? You shouldn't be so judgemental about things. Everybody does things they wish they hadn't, everybody does things they know may not be good for them. Doesn't really have any bearing on their intelligence. :|

k, that last one might not fit the theme, I am just curious if anyone else does that....... :Q
 

Ken g6

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Just guys behind me on my bicycle! ;)

Which, BTW, I couldn't do if I did smoke!

Edit: Oh, and slow producers in SETI. :)
 

Fathom4

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ratkil
The answers to your questions are:

1. Yes.
2. Yes.
3. Not in the last year.
4. Yes.
5. Yes.
6. WHO TOLD!?!