Comments on: Do You Mind If I Smoke? http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/do-you-mind-if-i-smoke/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:35:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: badgerdaddy http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/do-you-mind-if-i-smoke/comment-page-1/#comment-62117 badgerdaddy Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:51:18 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/do-you-mind-if-i-smoke#comment-62117 I didn't realise, until I quit smoking, just how much it fucking <i>stinks</i>! Also, in one of our locals, you can now smell nothing but vomit – it's actually the floor rotting because of the beer that's been through the boards over the years. I'd say takings are down in there, somewhat. I didn't realise, until I quit smoking, just how much it fucking stinks!

Also, in one of our locals, you can now smell nothing but vomit – it's actually the floor rotting because of the beer that's been through the boards over the years. I'd say takings are down in there, somewhat.

]]> By: Coilín Ó Scópaí http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/do-you-mind-if-i-smoke/comment-page-1/#comment-62076 Coilín Ó Scópaí Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:36:17 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/do-you-mind-if-i-smoke#comment-62076 Ah a Bhock, a chara - I've just smoked a Notturno Serie Quartetto, hand made in the Dominican Republic. I preceded it with three creamy pints and chased it with a good jigger of Black Bush - honest Protestant whiskey from the green glens of Antrim. I puffed in the clear cold air, because tonight there's no wind. It gets no better. I have one left, which I'll keep for the roof of the Empire State building next week. I directed several fragrant clouds in the general direction of Thomond Park in your honour, and in the hope that you'll come to appreciate the finer things.. do chara Coilin Ah a Bhock, a chara – I've just smoked a Notturno Serie Quartetto, hand made in the Dominican Republic. I preceded it with three creamy pints and chased it with a good jigger of Black Bush – honest Protestant whiskey from the green glens of Antrim. I puffed in the clear cold air, because tonight there's no wind. It gets no better. I have one left, which I'll keep for the roof of the Empire State building next week. I directed several fragrant clouds in the general direction of Thomond Park in your honour, and in the hope that you'll come to appreciate the finer things..

do chara

Coilin

]]> By: OrganDonor http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/do-you-mind-if-i-smoke/comment-page-1/#comment-61981 OrganDonor Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:42:35 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/do-you-mind-if-i-smoke#comment-61981 Good post Bock,I am a smoker and I work in Bars occasionally and I was delighted with the smoking ban in that,i would chain smoke while playing also because i stand up while working the smoke would be just at eye level for the whole evening. If am at a friends house i will go outside if i want a cigarette just because it is basic fucking manners.. Anyone that comes to our house knows the score,we smoke so accept that and we can have a pleasant evening. And yes i am going to give up in the New Year (again) Lets see how long i can go this time eh? Good post Bock,I am a smoker and I work in Bars occasionally and I was delighted with the smoking ban in that,i would chain smoke while playing also because i stand up while working the smoke would be just at eye level for the whole evening.
If am at a friends house i will go outside if i want a cigarette just because it is basic fucking manners..
Anyone that comes to our house knows the score,we smoke so accept that and we can have a pleasant evening.
And yes i am going to give up in the New Year (again) Lets see how long i can go this time eh?

]]> By: lisadom http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/do-you-mind-if-i-smoke/comment-page-1/#comment-61966 lisadom Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:10:46 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/do-you-mind-if-i-smoke#comment-61966 A house guest (a winemaker) once smacked my toddler son for reaching for something he was using. We buried him under the house. As for smoking? Thanks to the smoking ban, you now have to run the gauntlet of smokers whenever you enter or leave a public building. I like it better in Singapore where they round up all the smokers and put them into smelly, ashy compounds. And when they took smoking out of the pubs, all you could smell was the farts. xx A house guest (a winemaker) once smacked my toddler son for reaching for something he was using.

We buried him under the house.

As for smoking?

Thanks to the smoking ban, you now have to run the gauntlet of smokers whenever you enter or leave a public building. I like it better in Singapore where they round up all the smokers and put them into smelly, ashy compounds.

And when they took smoking out of the pubs, all you could smell was the farts.
xx

]]> By: Coilín Ó Scópaí http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/do-you-mind-if-i-smoke/comment-page-1/#comment-61907 Coilín Ó Scópaí Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:08:41 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/do-you-mind-if-i-smoke#comment-61907 Ah Bock. A cigarette is only a fag, but a dacent cigar is a smoke. Cigar smoke is the smell of prosperity. Mingled with the smell of brandy its the essence of conviviality. Mingled with turf smoke and guiness it's the smell of Ireland. Add a fiddled reel and it's the smell of Heaven. Romeo y Juliettas, Partagas, Black Bolivars, Guantanameras, Monte Cristos, the list is long and distinguished. As Irish as de Valera and as good a fit in the psyche. Pure bastard to smoke a good cigar outside a pub on a cold windy night, may the hands fall off the fucker who introduced that law. CoS Ah Bock. A cigarette is only a fag, but a dacent cigar is a smoke. Cigar smoke is the smell of prosperity. Mingled with the smell of brandy its the essence of conviviality. Mingled with turf smoke and guiness it's the smell of Ireland. Add a fiddled reel and it's the smell of Heaven. Romeo y Juliettas, Partagas, Black Bolivars, Guantanameras, Monte Cristos, the list is long and distinguished. As Irish as de Valera and as good a fit in the psyche.

Pure bastard to smoke a good cigar outside a pub on a cold windy night, may the hands fall off the fucker who introduced that law.

CoS

]]> By: King's Bard http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/do-you-mind-if-i-smoke/comment-page-1/#comment-61904 King's Bard Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:39:44 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/do-you-mind-if-i-smoke#comment-61904 Some years ago I was on a train in the days when you could smoke on them. I was trying to break the ice (among other things) so I asked her "DYMIIS". She looked me in the eye and said "I don't care if you burst into flames". That shut me up. Some years ago I was on a train in the days when you could smoke on them. I was trying to break the ice (among other things) so I asked her "DYMIIS". She looked me in the eye and said "I don't care if you burst into flames". That shut me up.

]]> By: Mr. Terwilliger http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/do-you-mind-if-i-smoke/comment-page-1/#comment-61887 Mr. Terwilliger Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:35:58 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/do-you-mind-if-i-smoke#comment-61887 Do you mind if I fart? Well actually I'm trying to quit. Do you mind if I fart?

Well actually I'm trying to quit.

]]> By: C'est La Craic http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/do-you-mind-if-i-smoke/comment-page-1/#comment-61873 C'est La Craic Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:38:25 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/do-you-mind-if-i-smoke#comment-61873 Esso - there's a fair bit of truth in what you say. I don't believe the government really gave a shit about bar workers heath. I said it in the second part of comment 4 above (sarcasticly, in case it doesn't show) but the fact remains that an employee shouldn't have breath in other peoples smoke to work in an establishment thats business is selling alchohol. If it were a cigar emporium then it might be different. Esso – there's a fair bit of truth in what you say. I don't believe the government really gave a shit about bar workers heath. I said it in the second part of comment 4 above (sarcasticly, in case it doesn't show) but the fact remains that an employee shouldn't have breath in other peoples smoke to work in an establishment thats business is selling alchohol. If it were a cigar emporium then it might be different.

]]> By: EssoDee http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/do-you-mind-if-i-smoke/comment-page-1/#comment-61866 EssoDee Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:35:57 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/do-you-mind-if-i-smoke#comment-61866 Conan & C'est la craic, some context: employee's health and safety was a trump card to play for Micheal Martin when he was forcing this through (which distracted everyone nicely from his non-performance in sorting out our health system). I do think its rough on bar staff to have to breathe cigarette fumes, but then again it was never an issue I heard anyone complain about until Micheal came up with it. Fundamentally though, if this is considered an unimpeachable right, where do you stop? What about road workers breathing in petrol and diesel fumes, should we close the roads to traffic when there are roadworks? People have to work in sewers too, and all sorts of nasty places. I'm not being facetious here. this is basically about competing rights, and these days H & S is the biggie, and can be used to stop an awful lot of things. One right that I think does stand up pretty well to scrutiny, and should trump many other rights, is the right of property owners to bar entry to their properties as they see fit, and also to set the rules of behaviour, such as smoking. When you undermine this, its a slippery slope to all sorts of police state stuff I think. Conan & C'est la craic, some context: employee's health and safety was a trump card to play for Micheal Martin when he was forcing this through (which distracted everyone nicely from his non-performance in sorting out our health system). I do think its rough on bar staff to have to breathe cigarette fumes, but then again it was never an issue I heard anyone complain about until Micheal came up with it. Fundamentally though, if this is considered an unimpeachable right, where do you stop? What about road workers breathing in petrol and diesel fumes, should we close the roads to traffic when there are roadworks? People have to work in sewers too, and all sorts of nasty places. I'm not being facetious here. this is basically about competing rights, and these days H & S is the biggie, and can be used to stop an awful lot of things. One right that I think does stand up pretty well to scrutiny, and should trump many other rights, is the right of property owners to bar entry to their properties as they see fit, and also to set the rules of behaviour, such as smoking. When you undermine this, its a slippery slope to all sorts of police state stuff I think.

]]> By: C'est La Craic http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/do-you-mind-if-i-smoke/comment-page-1/#comment-61861 C'est La Craic Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:26:01 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/do-you-mind-if-i-smoke#comment-61861 -Esso You wouldn't smoke in someones house but I imagine you wouldn't sit on their desk in work and light one up either. Staff health is also a concern. -Conan All good points, but why does nobody mind the government dumping flouride, a toxic waste that is classed as a neurotoxin, into drinking water. Nowhere else in western europe does it anymore due to concerns raised about the accumulative effects of flouride and in germany it's illegal, but in Ireland over 80% of tap water is flouridated. -Esso
You wouldn't smoke in someones house but I imagine you wouldn't sit on their desk in work and light one up either. Staff health is also a concern.

-Conan
All good points, but why does nobody mind the government dumping flouride, a toxic waste that is classed as a neurotoxin, into drinking water.
Nowhere else in western europe does it anymore due to concerns raised about the accumulative effects of flouride and in germany it's illegal, but in Ireland over 80% of tap water is flouridated.

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