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TableNine on New York City To Try Ban On Smoking In Parks & Beaches

TableNine — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:37:00 +0000

wasn't that a short-lived Fox reality show?

Kataphraktos on New York City To Try Ban On Smoking In Parks & Beaches

Kataphraktos — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:23:15 +0000

As someone who just quit smoking last week, and someone who was always in favor of the smoking ban in bars and restaurant, this is a really stupid move. It isn't enforceable and people will end up getting into fights over this. Just keep raising the taxes.

MisterHippity on New York City To Try Ban On Smoking In Parks & Beaches

MisterHippity — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:49:41 +0000

They were only around $6 a pack when I quit 5 years ago (after 20 years of smoking three packs a day). Stay strong, Rod, against the forces of spite and willful ignorance!! That being said, I can't get behind this "no smoking in the park" thing. It's fucking park! The smoke goes straight up in the air! I know smoking is bad, but it isn't illegal (yet), so criminalizing smoking behavior that doesn't harm anyone else is just getting to the point of smuggery-induced harrassment.

HiredGoons on New York City To Try Ban On Smoking In Parks & Beaches

HiredGoons — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:35:55 +0000

Pussyland.

IBentMyWookie on New York City To Try Ban On Smoking In Parks & Beaches

IBentMyWookie — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:34:29 +0000

Ask me how much they were in Korea, just ask me! How much were they, you ask? The equivalent of $2.50/pack. Plus, people drive cars made by Samsung there. I shut up now.

Alex Balk on New York City To Try Ban On Smoking In Parks & Beaches

Alex Balk — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:25:51 +0000

I would have gone with Ville de Pussois.

Alex Balk on New York City To Try Ban On Smoking In Parks & Beaches

Alex Balk — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:23:57 +0000

$9.25? Tell me where you see these PLEASE.

jolie on New York City To Try Ban On Smoking In Parks & Beaches

jolie — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:00:24 +0000

I think Pussy Island has a more lyrical cadence to it.

flossy on New York City To Try Ban On Smoking In Parks & Beaches

flossy — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:55:16 +0000

That's offensive.

ljnd on New York City To Try Ban On Smoking In Parks & Beaches

ljnd — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:49:31 +0000

Can we ban smoking on my next-door-neighbor's stoop? Because that shit comes in my front window and my whole apartment smells like I've got a 2-pack-a-day habit. Which I do not. But my neighbor does.

Hez on New York City To Try Ban On Smoking In Parks & Beaches

Hez — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:49:25 +0000

Dudes, Pussy City is so much better than No Fun City. I'm so mad at where I live right now, I could Kanye the whole fucking place down.

IBentMyWookie on New York City To Try Ban On Smoking In Parks & Beaches

IBentMyWookie — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:46:40 +0000

But also to be cool and keep our weight down. Oh, and you'll be back. They always come back.

Rod T on New York City To Try Ban On Smoking In Parks & Beaches

Rod T — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:43:10 +0000

I smoked my last on Halloween last year. Cigarettes smell bad, as do those smoking them. And $9.25 per pack? Still smoking at this point is like still being a Republican at this point; you do it out of spite and willful ignorance.

sigerson on New York City To Try Ban On Smoking In Parks & Beaches

sigerson — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:35:00 +0000

How about city streets? Or underpasses? What about convertibles while the top is down? Or smoking while driving??? Construction sites? Geeeezzzz.....

Lionel Mandrake on New York City To Try Ban On Smoking In Parks & Beaches

Lionel Mandrake — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:34:20 +0000

I truly hate to admit it, but the smoking ban in bars forced me to quit smoking. Once I could see how cheap and dirty the places I hung out were, without the sexy haze of cigarette smoke to smooth things out, it kind of lost its allure.

brent_cox on New York City To Try Ban On Smoking In Parks & Beaches

brent_cox — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:31:16 +0000

If this means we're one step closer to banning texting while walking, then I'll smoke only on a raft in the middle of the East River. with a plastic bag tied around my head.

HiredGoons on New York City To Try Ban On Smoking In Parks & Beaches

HiredGoons — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:22:17 +0000

Wait until AFTER the election, Mike. After.

GiovanniGF on New York City To Try Ban On Smoking In Parks & Beaches

GiovanniGF — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:21:07 +0000

I <3 Pussy City