I once had the strangest dream
that the government had banned smoking in pubs.

Hoping to wake up at some point.
( stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 14:27, 8 replies)

to be honest
its one of the only good things that the labour govt ever did. The simple pleasures of coming home, NOT stinking of ashtrays.

Superb

Plus, it makes things a whole lot easier if you want to have a cheeky bifter, all clubs and pubs now let you go outside. So no more skulking in the shadows.

Win win situation to be honest.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 15:13, closed)

^this

( sm.pl.crt.rs I don't fucking know, do I?, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 15:19, closed)

this what?
Thanks to the smoking ban I can come home smelling like an astray???
and skulk outside rather than inside?
( stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 15:27, closed)

typo
that is now fixed...and no, there is no skulking outside, up here the bouncers don't give a shit what you do 'outside', as long as it stays there.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 15:58, closed)

Also
having a fag outside is a great place to meet/get talking to the ladywomens. a bit tricky at times to get a conversation going inside when you can't even hear your own voice over the music and general din. but when you go outside for a ciggy and the girl you've had your eye on for the last hour just happens by sheer coincidence (honest) to have popped out for one herself 20 seconds earlier... voila
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 15:47, closed)

in my local
of all the "regulars" only 4 people did not smokem, its a rural pub that doesn't do food, the owners smoked and so did everyone who worked there. On the weekend of the smoking ban there was not a single paying customer inside the pub.

Tha barman, followed by bar lady, followed by bar staff stood at the entrance and took orders from everyone sitting outside talking, just as they had sat inside talking for years.

The non-smokers sat outside because it was like the mary fucking celeste inside.

They reckoned that over the entire weekend 2 people actually went to the bar to buy a drink.
(Halfy By light alone, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 16:16, closed)

Post this as a full qotw entry

(raymond "three griddle pans" luxury yacht lovin' the christmas action, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 16:43, closed)

Will they
be enjoying the pleasant ambience of the beer garden tonight I wonder. If indeed the pub hasn't closed down.
( stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 16:47, closed)