Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 11:26:17 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Tobacco addiction (was: Regulated names (was: Crazy Laws)) Message-ID: <19981227112617.C12346@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981226105508.0587f170@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Sat, Dec 26, 1998 at 11:04:48AM -0700 References: <4.1.19981225064918.05738f10@127.0.0.1> <Your <4.1.19981224112052.05a31740@127.0.0.1> <4.1.19981224174155.03dd8670@127.0.0.1> <368378AB.969463E2@uk.radan.com> <4.1.19981225064918.05738f10@127.0.0.1> <4.1.19981225180656.05a34790@mail.lariat.org> <3685208E.DE0DD5F@uk.radan.com> <4.1.19981226105508.0587f170@mail.lariat.org>
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On Saturday, 26 December 1998 at 11:04:48 -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > At 05:44 PM 12/26/98 +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: > >> If you wandered around the North West of England where I'm from >> originally I hope that you didn't come across the expression "Can I bum >> a fag"[1], which has a *totally* different meaning to an American ;-) > > Several times while I was in England, people did ask me, "Fag?" > > Yes, had I not understood the local usage, I might not have understood > that this was intended to be a friendly offer. > > On the other hand, as a non-smoker, I found myself distinctly in the > minority. I have never seen such a high incidence of tobacco addiction! > The Europeans conquered America, but the Native Americans apparently > have retaliated by conquering Europe. > > Even in venues clearly marked as non-smoking (such as the basement of > the legendary Tron folk club in Edinburgh), folks couldn't stand the > notion of going outside to smoke (or maybe just couldn't wait). They > tried, ineffectively, to hide cigarettes, which drove my new wife's > allergies crazy. You obviously didn't cross the Channel. The proportion of smokers is even higher on the mainland. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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