My name is Merlina and I am... *embarrassed pause*.... a smoker (1257 hits)
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Submitted by Merlina (View user info) at 2004-11-25 05:45:08 EST
You know, I am hoping that the ban on smoking will come though for England.
I do actually smoke, and am planning to try (again) at giving up this New Year.
The good thing about banning smoking in pubs is the fact that when I have tried to give up in the past my only weakness is walking into a pub where everyone is smoking. I used to think I wanted a cigarette because I was drinking alcohol but I can drink okay at home and not smoke, but not in a pub. The air is often thick with it.
Another reason is that to be honest it smells bloody awful. I think that all smoking should be outside.
Some smokers say "but I don't want to give up".
I know - I used to say that ALL the time. It's actually a fucking lie. Every smoker would like to think that they could give up if they wanted. I mean, who likes knowing the fact that they are so pathetic that if they run out of smokes at... say 3am.. they will trek though knee deep snow, in a blizzard to get to that 24 hour petrol station 7 miles up the A1. Mmm....a bit sad, hey?
Dependancy. Thats the word that's making me want to give up.
That and the fact that standing shivering outside, stamping feet to keep warm whilst looking in at people having fun inside... I feel like a leper.
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Submitted by podium (user info) at 2004-12-04 18:46:52 EST (#)
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I mean, who likes knowing the fact that they are so pathetic that if they run out of smokes at... say 3am.. they will trek though knee deep snow, in a blizzard to get to that 24 hour petrol station 7 miles up the A1.
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Been there, except the blizzard. It was pretty damn cold however.
I don't like the idea of the smoking ban because of what it stands for. I can't speak for England, but bars and restaurants have been going downhill after the 1980s here and those people have it hard enough as it is. A ban would only make it harder. Plus there's the whole freedom thing...
I'm not worried about going outside in cold weather. I've always found ways to light up inside. Be creative, it works. Congrats on quitting.
Here's my take on smoking bans...
http://www.ubersite.com/m/52614
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2004-11-26 12:06:29 EST (#)
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I quit. The key is to hang around people who don't smoke. I went on vacation and drank with my uncle (who doesn't smoke) and havent had the urge to smoke again. I smoked for 7 years and I'm trying to get my parents to quit. It's not worth it.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2004-11-26 04:47:56 EST (#)
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Well done on the quitting cozmikgirl. Lets hope I do as well New Years Day is my last day of smoking. And I know what you mean.. my father died last month on 8th October due to respiratory problems and on the day before he died the doctor took me to one side and said if he didn't give up he probably would deterioriate. That was at 1pm. He died 9 hours later.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2004-11-25 21:39:59 EST (#)
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Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2004-11-25 15:38:49 EST (#)
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I am a smoker and thought I would be a leper in NY where they have banned smoking in pubs/bars.
It was Ok, half the people in there were outside at any one time smoking so it was quite a sociable stamping of feet and rubbing hands to ward of the cold.
Mmmmmmmmmm Nicotiney goodness.
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-11-25 06:03:24 (#)
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I am going to do a post with all the british characters on this website (you count merlina 'cos you live here and I like Irish people (my granddad is from cork)).
I am going to ham up the accents to shit, enter your names here if you want to be in it.
Might not get it done today as I seem to busier than a one legged man in an arse kicking contest right now.
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Count me in Apollo.
I am a Teesider, who lives in London and supports, and am originally from Newcastle.
Make of that what you will.
-Davros
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2004-11-25 15:29:04 EST (#)
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They banned it here.
It didn't make a difference.
Submitted by cozmikgirl (user info) at 2004-11-25 14:49:07 EST (#)
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Just wait about 10 years. Sooner or later someone you love will die from cancer (caused by cigarettes). After you watch their horrible, painful death (which can take months or years) you will realize that the little stick of tobacco you love just isn't worth it. Besides, who can refuse a loved one's dying wish for you to quit? You won't even need anything to help you, just the knowledge that you won't put anyone through what you've been through.
I quit over a year ago. I used to smoke half a pack a day and I haven't had a puff since.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2004-11-25 11:51:05 EST (#)
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thanks Wuzi, I read it and commented.
regarding your comments on there about your grandfather living until 796, being a smoker an' all....
its not just about dying of cancer. If it didn't cause cancer I'd still want to quit. It costs £5.00 a day... and it STINKS
Submitted by Wuzi (user info) at 2004-11-25 11:33:38 EST (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/52653 <-- thats a good response to your post
Submitted by GodLovesALittleLovin (user info) at 2004-11-25 11:33:34 EST (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/51183
Submitted by mrwolf (user info) at 2004-11-25 10:50:39 EST (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-11-25 10:23:26 (#)
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where are you from again wolfmeister?
derby?
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Spot on sonny jim
Submitted by thedude (user info) at 2004-11-25 10:37:49 EST (#)
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Its hard to quit. I quit quiting. I will wait until I am really ready to do it properly all my heart(which probably will not work all too well by then) and all my mind.
I went through a phase of quiting evry monday morning only to light up before lunch.
Dont bother with the gum, patch. And those spray things should be banned, the taste uggg. Cold turkey. Thinking of going Bhutan for two weeks to try quit. apparently ALL tabacco products are going to be completely banned there from 1 dec 04.
O and I know a couple of herion addicts in rehab and all-- still smoking. Come to think of it they are also probably still taking herion.
Submitted by triple_optics (user info) at 2004-11-25 10:31:49 EST (#)
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i can do scouse,
"allrite our mate, comin up maccy ds fer a burger our mate"
"cumin up parch (park) two play footie"
Submitted by Dervel (user info) at 2004-11-25 10:30:53 EST (#)
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Apollo - Think Alan Partridge and you won't be far off.
If you get bored, have a look at this:
http://www.norfolkdialect.com/expressions.html
Unfortunately this is exactly what we sound like.
He'yer fa'got a dickey, bor? - I actually got asked this the other day.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-11-25 10:23:26 EST (#)
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where are you from again wolfmeister?
derby?
Submitted by mrwolf (user info) at 2004-11-25 10:13:43 EST (#)
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The smoking thing is awful, I hated quitting. I once rolled up a beer mat and set fire to it and tried to smoke it. That was unpleasant...
Is it too late for me to join this story??? I could say "dude" and "weak" continuously.
Submitted by digsy (user info) at 2004-11-25 10:13:29 EST (#)
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My deepest heartfelt sympathy goes out to you apollo :)
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-11-25 10:11:49 EST (#)
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i'm from merseyside mate, we grow up 'imitating' mancs! (In a friendly manner of course!)
Submitted by digsy (user info) at 2004-11-25 10:10:17 EST (#)
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Hows your Mancunian apollo?
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-11-25 09:58:52 EST (#)
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bristol I can do easy.
I just pretend I have been hit by a car and have had severe brain damage as a result, easy.
Submitted by triple_optics (user info) at 2004-11-25 09:57:12 EST (#)
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i'm in Apollo, but you have to get it just right.
"cider me up lan'lord"
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-11-25 09:52:18 EST (#)
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derv, you need to give me an example of your accent in phonetics then my good man.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-11-25 09:51:53 EST (#)
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Submitted by Flying_buttmonkey (user info) at 2004-11-25 08:29:09 (#)
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I'm in the Home Counties, but luckily I have managed to retain my Wirral accent. I'd rather sound like a watered down scouser than a scummy gypo chavvy skank.
I work in social housing and my eye twitches uncontrollably every time we're called the 'Caaaahncil'
*shudder* """"
i too am based on the Wirral.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2004-11-25 09:51:47 EST (#)
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honestly, if a little naively, thought that England would be missed out of all this anti-smoking propaganda facism
incidently - my hometown of Dublin in Ireland has already passed the ban. No smoking in any of the pubs. Most people sit outsidfe in the rain...
Submitted by Dervel (user info) at 2004-11-25 09:49:46 EST (#)
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I smoke like a trooper. I have no intention of giving up. I like being smelly and yellow.
I'm in Apollo if that's okay. However I do not have a West country accent no matter how much you think I look West country.
I have a Norfolk accent with an Oxfordshire twang. I's become Y's, O's become E's.
Submitted by Soley_Trinity (user info) at 2004-11-25 08:29:28 EST (#)
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+1 for the post. I'm an evil bitch without my hit of nicotine.
<flutters eyelashes @ Apollo>
Submitted by Flying_buttmonkey (user info) at 2004-11-25 08:29:09 EST (#)
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I'm in the Home Counties, but luckily I have managed to retain my Wirral accent. I'd rather sound like a watered down scouser than a scummy gypo chavvy skank.
I work in social housing and my eye twitches uncontrollably every time we're called the 'Caaaahncil'
*shudder*
Submitted by Adereterial (user info) at 2004-11-25 08:23:11 EST (#)
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Though quite how you're going to ham up a Home Counties accent without making me into a Chav I'm not entirely sure.
Extra response as I forgot the +1
Submitted by Adereterial (user info) at 2004-11-25 08:21:36 EST (#)
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Count me in Apollo...
Submitted by mikethescottish (user info) at 2004-11-25 08:03:38 EST (#)
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Hey Apollo, don't forget me!
Submitted by Flying_buttmonkey (user info) at 2004-11-25 07:58:58 EST (#)
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Who nees the 3am trek now that Dial-a-Beer exists? I swear to God that's the best fucking idea I've ever heard of, I wish I'd thought of it. I'd be able to give up if weekends didn't exist.
I honestly, if a little naively, thought that England would be missed out of all this anti-smoking propaganda facism. I know it's a good idea, and I don't even smoke in my house if it's 6ft thick in snow outside but I thought it would just be another one of those crazy American fad things.
Oh well. Social pariahs unite, BSE didn't stop me eating Beef....
Oh and Apollo, you don't know me but I'd quite like a cameo role?
End Message.
Submitted by bigbabylons (user info) at 2004-11-25 07:18:59 EST (#)
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apollo feel free to stick me in even though i'm sure you haven't a clue who i am, have never posted before but have been around for a couple of months. This site seems to cure my boredom at work! Maybe i'll get the guts to post soon(probably when at home drunk i imagine)
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2004-11-25 07:10:33 EST (#)
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I never could do the 'couple of cigs when in the mood' thing. Plenty of people who can, lucky them! If I smoke... I smoke 20 a day. If I could just have the one or two that would be great.
oh and incidently, when I mentioned the trek through the snow... that was when I was 18. which was some years ago. Am not THAT sad now..
Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2004-11-25 06:52:58 EST (#)
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Maybe I was a little harsh... I just don't suffer with psychological dependence as many others apparently do. I smoke maybe 6-8 cigarettes a day at work, and more in the evening when I go out to the pub or into town. I don't feel the need to smoke though... It's just a habit. I simply enjoy a cigarette with a beer. I don't smoke at home, with my girlfriend, or any other time. It pisses off my mates no end...
Submitted by Kent_Weirdo (user info) at 2004-11-25 06:44:15 EST (#)
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I smoke tobacco in all of its forms, be it cigs, cigars, even pipes.
But I like to smoke. I don't want to quit.
Submitted by hairycoo (user info) at 2004-11-25 06:37:38 EST (#)
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sure put me in Apollo
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2004-11-25 06:33:03 EST (#)
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Additional incentive: I will never kiss another smoker, so if you wanna git with me, you gotta kick the habit.
Submitted by Tigre (user info) at 2004-11-25 06:28:22 EST (#)
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Keep ya head up.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-11-25 06:24:43 EST (#)
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cool so far that is stin and merlina, I will of course put people in without their permission.
Hairycoo you count cos you have been here for ages.
Submitted by hairycoo (user info) at 2004-11-25 06:22:25 EST (#)
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oops that was suppose to be a 1 so heres 2
Submitted by Scarlett13 (user info) at 2004-11-25 06:21:55 EST (#)
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I smoke too, have done for seven years, but I don't think it's that big a problem, I can smoke anything from 1 a day to 40, you can stop, you can cut down, and you can definitely wait til a more reasonable time to go and get some more - lunacy!!!
Submitted by hairycoo (user info) at 2004-11-25 06:21:50 EST (#)
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I tried to stop putting bacci in my weed but I go through about an ounce a week that way.
Im concerned about the no smoking thing though - all of this legal bollox is going too far
Submitted by Stin (user info) at 2004-11-25 06:19:53 EST (#)
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Oooh, I want to play Apollo!
But only if you ham up my fantastic West Country Farmer accent to the pitch it deserves.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2004-11-25 06:19:50 EST (#)
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Good point coley, ex heroin addicts have actually reportedly said that smoking is harder to give up.
and apollo - I'm in...
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2004-11-25 06:10:09 EST (#)
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I wish you determination (fuck luck, it only gets you so far).
Today is my 14th day without a puff..and I smoked for 12 of my 24 years.
check this out: http://www.ubersite.com/m/51530
And DeathJester? I've not tried heroin, but I can tell you that quitting is much much MUCH more difficult than you seem to think.
I hope you never know how hard it is.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2004-11-25 06:05:28 EST (#)
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yep, I want to be in it..
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-11-25 06:03:24 EST (#)
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I am going to do a post with all the british characters on this website (you count merlina 'cos you live here and I like Irish people (my granddad is from cork)).
I am going to ham up the accents to shit, enter your names here if you want to be in it.
Might not get it done today as I seem to busier than a one legged man in an arse kicking contest right now.
Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2004-11-25 05:57:24 EST (#)
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At 3 in the morning i'm asleep. Get some willpower. It's not like you're on heroin.
Submitted by Stin (user info) at 2004-11-25 05:57:21 EST (#)
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My name is Christina, and I'm a smoker too.
I know what you mean.
Submitted by funk_boy (user info) at 2004-11-25 05:56:39 EST (#)
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Good luck!