From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Dec 26 16:57:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA20583 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 26 Dec 1998 16:57:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA20578 for ; Sat, 26 Dec 1998 16:57:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA21979; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 11:26:16 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id LAA26244; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 11:26:17 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981227112617.C12346@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 11:26:17 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Brett Glass , Mark Ovens Cc: Sue Blake , Mike Smith , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Tobacco addiction (was: Regulated names (was: Crazy Laws)) References: <4.1.19981225064918.05738f10@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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981226105508.0587f170@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Sat, Dec 26, 1998 at 11:04:48AM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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