tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post6193148403231780893..comments2024-01-26T10:20:37.836+00:00Comments on Diary of a Goldfish: Smoke without fireThe Goldfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-503742912520860442007-05-18T12:14:00.000+01:002007-05-18T12:14:00.000+01:00To me it's crazy that churches have to put up no s...To me it's crazy that churches have to put up no smoking signs.<BR/><BR/>The world has gone mad!Philip.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01385613327362296432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-5317798217574463492007-05-17T20:10:00.000+01:002007-05-17T20:10:00.000+01:00What amazes me is the odd people who get done for ...What amazes me is the odd people who get done for <I>reading</I> while driving! One character was, believe it ot not, reading a newspaper!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-89081655770943357722007-05-17T11:33:00.000+01:002007-05-17T11:33:00.000+01:00Surely the thing about smoking while driving is me...Surely the thing about smoking while driving is mechanical, if you like, rather than health. THat is - ytaking one hand off the wheel to lift the ciggy to lips, tap the ash off - or even light it.<BR/><BR/>Mind you that doesn't equal a little bit of a "From Our Own Correspondent" which said about a lady using a mobile phone, breast feeding and driving. That's what I call mutli-tasking.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-9229559023034978932007-05-17T10:13:00.000+01:002007-05-17T10:13:00.000+01:00I think that, as in the case linked there by Goldf...I think that, as in the case linked there by Goldfish, it IS. But people - even the people who would hesitate to throw, say, their McDonalds cartons or crisp packets out the window because it's littering and Not Nice - are convinced that "only a cigarette end" doesn't matter, because it's so small/biodegradable/not something they're prepared to keep in the car.<BR/><BR/>They tend to not be bikers.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1287255191113521842007-05-16T15:03:00.000+01:002007-05-16T15:03:00.000+01:00If somebody's that dumb, what else will they do? I...If somebody's that dumb, what else will they do? I mean, <I>anything</I> thrown from a car window has the potential to be lethal - bottles which smash, metal which cuts; anything hard if it hits the right spot, even a sweet or a lump of chewy could put an eye out....you can't legislate against every possible missile in detail. Seems to me better to make throwing anything out of a moving car a felony in the first place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-45186492319265065682007-05-16T11:30:00.000+01:002007-05-16T11:30:00.000+01:00Actually S., when we were at primary school (uh un...Actually S., when we were at primary school (uh under elevens), there was a point at which we were convinced that you could get high from sniffing wax crayons. I don't know how this started, but there was quite a market in the things, especially the metallic colours which smelt quite distinctly...<BR/><BR/>I'm with Mary about ash, but that is already covered by littering - in fact there was <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/5268872.stm" REL="nofollow">a case</A> in Poole last year which seemed a little extreme, but still.The Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-59084618971142813422007-05-16T10:44:00.000+01:002007-05-16T10:44:00.000+01:00Charles, I don't mind people smoking in cars, but ...Charles, I don't mind people smoking in cars, but I mind when they flick ash and then a burning cigarette end out of the window and onto a passing/following-behind pedestrian, cyclist, motorcyclist, mobility scooter, kid in a pushchair...Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-34188523066126850262007-05-16T09:09:00.000+01:002007-05-16T09:09:00.000+01:00Is it true that smoking while driving is to be mad...Is it true that smoking while driving is to be made illegal as well? Why on earth?<BR/><BR/>Love the illustrations, BTW. If you're not careful the ASH people will pinch them and use them for real!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1108644613104696152007-05-16T02:35:00.000+01:002007-05-16T02:35:00.000+01:00On the other hand, I once had a class of eleventh ...On the other hand, I once had a class of eleventh graders who liked to put pencils up their noses.<BR/><BR/>(11th grade=16/17...lower 6th???)S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957943262402999997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-38648344552133571882007-05-15T22:28:00.000+01:002007-05-15T22:28:00.000+01:00Indeed, I have never been bothered by second-hand ...Indeed, I have never been bothered by second-hand cigarette smoke in a church in my life - including the period at the Roman Catholic primary school which involved quite a lot of church.<BR/><BR/>Used to get huge sneezing fits from the incense though. Very keen on the incense, was Father Canstale.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-63333515722368792092007-05-15T19:35:00.000+01:002007-05-15T19:35:00.000+01:00Ha - I thought the world was going mad in this rur...Ha - I thought the world was going mad in this rural back water, then I read it on Goldfish: yes, our little village church has to erect a sign outside and adjacent to the the venerable door stating 'No Smoking'. Daft.Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08223682934383856392noreply@blogger.com