Perhaps the best anti-smoking PSA I've ever read:
"So then I’m smoking 30 cigarettes a day while still running every day and if you’ve never done that, don’t. Let me be your Jesus on that particular cross. I did it for all of us. Call it a handicap. I wanted to see what smoking would do to my speed and miles. Result? It fucked them up. Plus you don’t get that rocking feeling when you’re done like you’re on cocaine getting ready to tackle a tree and bang 22-year-old twins in some Vegas penthouse. No. You think about killing yourself. Your cool down is a catalogue of methods: a bullet, a big plunge, or how about a radio in the bathtub?" ~ the bhj
At the risk of alienating and offending all three of my loyal readers, who perhaps have religious tendancies, "Let me be your Jesus on that particular cross" may just well be my new favourite expression.
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Awesome! No offense taken by this loyal reader (so you can safely say that exactly 33% of your readers supported this post).
ReplyDeleteI have, on occasion thought about taking up smoking to help with appetite suppression/weight loss, stress relief, at least two 15 min fresh-air breaks each work day... guaranteed, increased coolness, and a whole new peer group. This post totally set me straight.
I am sure that the remaining 66.6% of your readership will be thanking you as well!
As nice as all those "fresh air" breaks would be in good weather, when it's balls-cold and windy as hell (f you're on the Pasture you'd know about wind) I'm always quite happy I never picked up the habit. Plus, when the cost of a pack of smokes got to the same price-point as a quasi-decent bottle of wine, one had to pick their poison: I went with the Shiraz.
ReplyDeleteNope, I'm not offended, so 66% OK now.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad I never took up smoking because I have zero will power and would likely never quit. I sure do like a good bottle of wine a day though. And luckily it doesn't seem to be affecting my running too badly so far!