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Amorous Badger says: I once saw a former manager of mine being asked to 'sit down and let your mouth have a chance to speak' by his senior. What's the best heckle/putdown/riposte you've ever seen? (Hint: Recycled 'Your mum' jokes does not make an answer)

(, Thu 24 Nov 2011, 15:15)
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Can we have the link?

(, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 10:51, 1 reply)

blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2011/11/18/smoking-in-cars-and-the-bma-the-counterwheeze/

There're some really strange comments there, from people apparently falling over themselves to defend positions that even the tobacco industry has abandoned. One even claims that there's a study showing that passive smoking in childhood protects against cancer. (I checked: the paper is old, seems to be an outlier, and doesn't say anything like that anyway.)

EDIT: Several people have pointed out that the claim I make about pleasure is debateable: there're lots of things that become pleasurable only with exposure (good whisky, for example), but that doesn't mean that they aren't really pleasurable. This is a good point, but I don't think it matters all that much: my rejection of Lyons' piece still stands.
(, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 10:58, closed)
It's the fact that you didn't post the link until the 19th reply that concerns me.
& only when you were asked to.
(, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:52, closed)
Eh?

(, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:56, closed)

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