On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:20:53 -0500, "Brian K"
wrote:
>My father smokes cigars. When it comes to non smoking signs, he pretends
>not to see them. He once entered an exclusive country club with a lit cigar.
>Staff asked him to put it out. His reply was "I'll just puff on it, I don't
>inhale." That this wasn't the issue didn't seem to matter. Eventualy, much
>to everyone in the family's embarrasment, he was ejected from the country
>club. I will no longer ride with him. His car smells like a rolling ash
>tray.
>
>I think in some perverse way, he gets some kind of kick out of sending out
>his clouds of cigar smell on people who don't like it. Imagine if you will,
>W. C. Fields blowing cigar smoke in a cop's face while he tries to squirm
>out of some infraction. That's my dad.
>
>Brian K
Both of my grandfathers smoked cigars. I can remember choking a lot on
Sunday afternoon drives.
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