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2007-01-15 Down Under

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-01-15 10:39|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Cause, meet effect.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2007-01-15 11:48|| 2007-01-15 11:48|| Front Page Top

#2 How about just leaving people alone? If you want a smoke free environment, then go to the smoke free bar or restraunt. Of course none of these nanny states are turning down tobacco taxes...

Posted by Cromoper Glinens6509 2007-01-15 12:28|| 2007-01-15 12:28|| Front Page Top

#3 You live on a very large farm.
Among other produce,
you raise chickens and sell the eggs
You have done so for years.
The eggs are addictive - not good tasting or anything, just addictive.
The eggs sell like crazy.
You make a fortune.
Years go by and you discover
people who eat your eggs get ill
and then they die.
Lots of them.
You do some research and discover
the eggs you are selling are killing them.
Slowly.
Expensively.
So you raise the price;
Maybe that will dissuade them.
But the eggs are still addictive and kill people
and besides, you're making a fortune.
So you colour them black and label them "poison eggs"
and raise the price again.
But the eggs are still addictive and kill people
and, besides, you're making a fortune.
So you sue the chickens
to make them pay for the people who are dying.
After all, it's clearly the fault of the chickens.
Besides, you're making a fortune
Otherwise, you'd stop selling the eggs.

Posted by Thinemp Whimble2412 2007-01-15 12:56|| 2007-01-15 12:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Sly-grogging in sheds, garages and backyards

In my youth we called such situations "parties". Back when we hadn't much money to spend we had BYOB parties, where we provided the house and the food, and our guests brought things to drink. We even had the extravagance of an outdoor smoking porch, which doubled as a place to sit in nice weather.

/How idiotic!

Posted by trailing wife 2007-01-15 13:19|| 2007-01-15 13:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Drinking sly grog, and smoking "chop"?

Posted by Marlborough Man 2007-01-15 20:29|| 2007-01-15 20:29|| Front Page Top

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