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This is a question Your first cigarette

To be honest, inhaling the fumes from some burning leaves isn't the most natural thing in the world.
Tell us about the first time. Where, when, and who were you trying to show off to?

Or, if you've never tried a cigarette, tell us something interesting on the subject of smoking.

Personally, I've never ever smoked a cigarette. Lung damage from pneumonia put me off.

(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Wed 19 Mar 2008, 18:49)
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Lung Fact
Apparently, if the human lungs were opened up then they would cover the size of a tennis court...
Not sure how true this is but it came from a solicitor I know
(Fuckarma was masturbating into your handbag, Thu 20 Mar 2008, 15:08, 11 replies)
It's true, although I don't know if anyones actually tried by experiment
The surface of the lungs is covered in Alveoli, which when zoomed in looks not unlike brocolli, and helps give the lungs their massive surface area. Similar to fractals, I think, you can keep zooming in on the lungs surface, and it's always bumpy.
(I helped save b3ta! LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Thu 20 Mar 2008, 15:12, closed)
That's to do with the
Total surface area of all the tube and foldy-bits of tissue that make up your lungs.
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Thu 20 Mar 2008, 15:13, closed)
Solicitors are well known
both for knowing about anatomy and for telling the truth.
(I helped save b3ta! kingofpork is the king of pork, Thu 20 Mar 2008, 15:26, closed)
..
she does work in personal injury tho, company side, not client side. So I;d think it may come up somewhere!
(Fuckarma was masturbating into your handbag, Thu 20 Mar 2008, 15:28, closed)
It's sort of true
although you wouldn't be able to actually do this in practice. The total surface area of the lungs is roughly equivalent to that of a tennis court but you wouldn't actually manage to cut the lung tissue into small bits and reassemble it into a 2-D form.
(I helped save b3ta! K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 20 Mar 2008, 15:41, closed)
I wonder what it would be like
... to play tennis on?
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Thu 20 Mar 2008, 16:07, closed)
^^
Spongy?
(Fuckarma was masturbating into your handbag, Thu 20 Mar 2008, 16:10, closed)
^^
nicer than clay, slower than grass?
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Thu 20 Mar 2008, 16:14, closed)
^^
Never played tennis to be honest, but you could be right, on the other hand it would defo be slower than grass and clay...
(Fuckarma was masturbating into your handbag, Thu 20 Mar 2008, 16:23, closed)
I was always told
that your intestines would cover a tennis court. Sometimes i wonder why they tell us these things.
I've also seen some people who, simply by lying down, could cover up a tennis court, so maybe this information isn't so impressive after all.
(searlichek, Sun 23 Mar 2008, 1:56, closed)
^^
I've been out with soemone like that...
(Fuckarma was masturbating into your handbag, Tue 25 Mar 2008, 9:26, closed)

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