December 09, 2007
I heard a rumor
Yesterday I bought a carton of cigarettes. The pack has been redesigned and the clerk and I were talking about that.
That's when I heard that things will change even more, here in the EXTREME NANNY STATE.
Seems that come January, when you are no longer allowed to smoke indoors, there's going to be an even bigger change. This time it's the cigarettes themselves.
From what I was told, if you drop your cigarette or just lay it in the ash tray it will go out. Unless you are inhaling on it, the damned thing goes out.
So the GOVERNMENT is not just satisfied with telling me WHERE I can smoke, or when, but now they are actually telling me how.
Part of my "cut back" strategy is to just let most of the cigarettes just burn themselves out in the ashtray rather than smoke them all the way down. Huh. Guess that won't be workin' so well for me any more. I supposed they'd rather force me to go on the patch or maybe they are planning statewide mandatory hypnosis.....
I wonder when I can expect "THEM" to tuck me in and make sure I'm saying my prayers......
Damned Nanny State.....
Posted by Tammi at December 9, 2007 04:55 AM | TrackBackThat's ridiculous! What's next???
Posted by: pam at December 9, 2007 12:48 PMMichigan just pasted a ban that you can't smoke at places of work. Anyone's work, so that means restaurants, bars, etc.
Except the huge money makers for the state, casino's and bingo halls.
They have already passed a ban of smoking in cars if there are kids under 16 in them and they are trying to pass that same ban for houses with kids under 16 in them.
Yep, they are trying to tell you what you can do in your own house.
I keep saying alcohol will be the next target.
Posted by: Quality Weenie at December 10, 2007 08:51 AMNo, not alcohol. Lawyers would go broke. DWI's are big business.
Now if you could get a ticket from a cop for causing lung damage or P.E. ( public exhalation)...now then you'd have something!
Posted by: marcus at December 10, 2007 09:39 AMIt's because too many idiots can't remember to put out their own ciggie butts before falling asleep.
Gotta protect the idiots too dumb to protect themselves.
Can't just thin the herd.
Posted by: Roses at December 10, 2007 10:24 AMThey're working on a government department of wiping people's asses next. That way we can be sure everyone's doing it right.
Posted by: Ogre at December 10, 2007 01:15 PMGoodness, that's ridiculous.
Posted by: sarahk at December 10, 2007 07:47 PM