tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031824543370830642.post1091731189894860847..comments2023-10-31T21:50:46.985+11:00Comments on Plonka's Blog: Holy SmokePlonkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01552546816593027504noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031824543370830642.post-39075576769120078762007-12-14T15:11:00.000+11:002007-12-14T15:11:00.000+11:00Hehehe...:) I can't help it. It's the American's I...Hehehe...:) I can't help it. It's the American's I speak with. You know how they always drop the "U"...;)Plonkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01552546816593027504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031824543370830642.post-71897158899704381912007-12-14T14:30:00.000+11:002007-12-14T14:30:00.000+11:00Never mind, I might make it into a medical diction...Never mind, I might make it into a medical dictionary with that spelling.<BR/><BR/>Patient: 'Doctor, I have the urge to snatch cellphones from loud people and force them into orifices where they wouldn't be reasonably expected to fit.'<BR/><BR/>Doctor: 'Right, so you're feeling a litle romulous, eh?'Romulus Crowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275578435620952450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031824543370830642.post-18365837234889782002007-12-14T12:30:00.000+11:002007-12-14T12:30:00.000+11:00Romulus: Sorry about the previous spelling...Romul<B>u</B>s: Sorry about the previous spelling...Plonkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01552546816593027504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031824543370830642.post-62779606989306780862007-12-14T12:22:00.000+11:002007-12-14T12:22:00.000+11:00Dikkii: the biggest nicotine addicts in the countr...Dikkii: <I>the biggest nicotine addicts in the country are the 9 state, territory and federal governments.</I><BR/><BR/>Oh yeah. They rant and cry about the dangers of tar and nicotine, wax lyrical about the medical costs then allow us to enjoy it whilst charging to the hilt for the privilege.<BR/><BR/>Romulous: Thanks for stopping by...:)<BR/><BR/><I>You have to leave the station premises completely.</I><BR/><BR/>We only have to do that at the two major interchanges and although we don't quite have the same calibre of wind, I still say it's a travesty.<BR/><BR/><I>You can have a roof, but no sides. Not much fun this far north.</I><BR/><BR/>Luckily I live in warmer climbs. This far south that isn't a problem and is even preferred. The humble Aussie "beer garden" does a roaring trade these days, even in winter.<BR/><BR/><I>Here, too, at least 70% of the price of any tobacco product is tax.</I><BR/><BR/>Which is why nicotine will never be the controlled substance that it should be...<BR/><BR/><I>It's the MP's bar in the House of Commons.</I><BR/><BR/>Lol. Why does that not surprise me...:)Plonkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01552546816593027504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031824543370830642.post-32019679170212748192007-12-14T09:44:00.000+11:002007-12-14T09:44:00.000+11:00In the UK, you can't smoke on the uncovered sectio...In the UK, you can't smoke on the uncovered section of a platform. You have to leave the station premises completely. Even in the North of Scotland, where you can stand at the end of a platform in a gale, nobody in sight, no possibility of even a whiff of smoke going anywhere near anyone else...you can't smoke there.<BR/><BR/>Airports no longer have smoking areas. You have to go outside. Once you're in departures, that's it. If your plane is five hours late, tough. There's nowhere to smoke.<BR/><BR/>I work from a little office in my house. Technically, it's my place of work and therefore illegal for me to smoke there. Yes, I'm a criminal without even leaving my home.<BR/><BR/>Pubs tried setting up enclosed areas outside, but as soon as they did that, the area became an 'enclosed public space' and nobody could smoke in it. You can have a roof, but no sides. Not much fun this far north.<BR/><BR/>The worst is the bus stops. One panel up, one flat roof. You can't smoke in them. Even if it's raining, and there's nobody in sight, you have to step out into the rain to smoke. One step is the difference between illegal and legal.<BR/><BR/>Here, too, at least 70% of the price of any tobacco product is tax.<BR/><BR/>Not only are our government treating us like lepers, they're charging us for it.<BR/><BR/>There is one enclosed public space where smoking is allowed. Just one.<BR/><BR/>It's the MP's bar in the House of Commons. There are words I shouldn't type...<BR/><BR/>Oh yes, and prisons. I forgot prisons. If you want to smoke indoors, do something illegal. Like smoking indoors, for example.<BR/><BR/>And people wonder why we Brits are all such miserable sods. It's not just the weather.Romulus Crowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275578435620952450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031824543370830642.post-89526721687736371802007-12-14T08:46:00.000+11:002007-12-14T08:46:00.000+11:00You know, I've often maintained that the biggest n...You know, I've often maintained that the biggest nicotine addicts in the country are the 9 state, territory and federal governments.<BR/><BR/>Gambling also.<BR/><BR/>But yeah. If the government was serious about getting people to stop smoking, it would make cigarettes unavailable through banning them outright. Obviously, they haven't, so we can assume that they're not serious.Dikkiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.com