I forgot the fifth rule!
5. Smokers-only rule. Note: this isn't about actual cigarette smoke. It's outside and I don't care. My issue is this: That thing in your hand? IS A STICK ON FIRE. Could you not swing it around as you walk along, completely oblivious of the crush of people around you? Christ on a crutch.
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rearwindow said...
As someone who's gotten burned, literally, by cigarette swingers -- and more than once, I might add -- I wholeheartedly agree with this rule. Burning tobacco might taste good when you are inhaling it, but it sure doesn't feel good when you are searing the flesh on my poor hand!
viewofscaffolding said...
Though I don't belong to that particular demographic anymore (32 days!), I still feel that smokers are much maligned. Don't get on the hate bus! Plus, the 'accidental' hand-burn might not have been so accidental...smokers might have black lungs but usually have good aim.