On Jan 27, 2008 10:52 AM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, > and in the black, stinking fume thereof nearest resembling the > horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless. > ~James I of England, A Counterblaste to Tobacco, 1604 > > OR > > Tobacco, divine, rare superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond > all panaceas, potable gold and philosopher's stones, a sovereign > remedy to all diseases. > ~Robert Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy > > You pays your money, and you takes your choice. But you have to do it > in the road. > > http://www.web-options.com/Smoker.jpg > > Ex-smoker Bob
OR "I like the way a fresh firm pack feels in my hand. I like peeling away that little piece of cellophane and seeing it twinkle in the light. I like coaxing that first sweet cylinder out of its hiding place and bringing it slowly up to my lips. Striking a match, watching it burst into a perfect little flame and knowing that soon that flame will be inside me! I love the first puff, pulling it into my lungs... little fingers of smoke filling me, caressing me, feeling that warmth penetrate deeper and deeper until I think I'm going to burst! Then... watching it flow out of me in a lovely sinuous cloud, no two ever quite the same!" -Bebe Glazer, Frasier Crane's agent in the episode Where There's Smoke There's Fired, 1996 As an ex-smoker, naturally I'm offended by this loathsome habit (unless I'm smoking one of Norm's). Great photo, Bob! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
