People giving up going to the pub but not smoking
People giving up going to the pub but not smoking
By Roger Bleasdale
SIX months on from my original rant about the smoking ban, I am pleased to report that since then many locals have at last managed to kick the habit of lifetime.
For these days, rather than enjoy an hour of an evening introducing the back of their neck to a pint, whilst enjoying a calming cigarette down at the local, today they huddle up at home in front of the goggle box.
On the plus side, this does mean ADVERTISEMENTthat families spend much more time together, albeit in a cloud of fag smoke, whilst assessing the dubious talents on screen in the latest reality show.
And whilst sitting there, why not have a few cans of the Bavarian Beer picked up at the local supermarket for only a fiver for a dozen?
And so the happy bands of smokers that gathered upon the footpaths of the port back in July last year are no more. The problem is that they are no longer inside the pub either.
Economically, the ban has obviously been a great success – that is at least for the smoker. These days he can invest all the money that he would have spent down the pub on cigarettes and tobacco, especially since both became so expensive after the last budget.
But then again he isn't going to pay shop prices is he? For who on earth buys cigarettes and tobacco in England these days?
Today, your smoking sophisticate jets off to the continent and buys stocks to keep him puffing away happily, until the next time he fancies a few more days away in the sunshine.
Thus does the Spanish Chancellor of the Exchequer benefit from our largesse, whilst poor old Mr. Darling thinks that the reduction in revenue has been caused by people stopping smoking!
So after a winter spent dodging around corners in an attempt to dodge the icy blast of a nor' easterly gale, I feel it could be time that I too seriously considered giving up the pub. Maybe I'm missing something and should spend some time watching a disparate group of deluded self promoters all locked together in a single building? But then again I've been watching the Deaduns darts team perform for the better part of two decades, so maybe things will be more normal amongst the denizens of Big Brother 9!
Oh, and I'll be puffing my head off and downing a few Latvian lagers at the same time.
Roger Bleasdale Fleetwood and District Darts League
http://www.fleetwoodtoday.co.uk
By Roger Bleasdale
SIX months on from my original rant about the smoking ban, I am pleased to report that since then many locals have at last managed to kick the habit of lifetime.
For these days, rather than enjoy an hour of an evening introducing the back of their neck to a pint, whilst enjoying a calming cigarette down at the local, today they huddle up at home in front of the goggle box.
On the plus side, this does mean ADVERTISEMENTthat families spend much more time together, albeit in a cloud of fag smoke, whilst assessing the dubious talents on screen in the latest reality show.
And whilst sitting there, why not have a few cans of the Bavarian Beer picked up at the local supermarket for only a fiver for a dozen?
And so the happy bands of smokers that gathered upon the footpaths of the port back in July last year are no more. The problem is that they are no longer inside the pub either.
Economically, the ban has obviously been a great success – that is at least for the smoker. These days he can invest all the money that he would have spent down the pub on cigarettes and tobacco, especially since both became so expensive after the last budget.
But then again he isn't going to pay shop prices is he? For who on earth buys cigarettes and tobacco in England these days?
Today, your smoking sophisticate jets off to the continent and buys stocks to keep him puffing away happily, until the next time he fancies a few more days away in the sunshine.
Thus does the Spanish Chancellor of the Exchequer benefit from our largesse, whilst poor old Mr. Darling thinks that the reduction in revenue has been caused by people stopping smoking!
So after a winter spent dodging around corners in an attempt to dodge the icy blast of a nor' easterly gale, I feel it could be time that I too seriously considered giving up the pub. Maybe I'm missing something and should spend some time watching a disparate group of deluded self promoters all locked together in a single building? But then again I've been watching the Deaduns darts team perform for the better part of two decades, so maybe things will be more normal amongst the denizens of Big Brother 9!
Oh, and I'll be puffing my head off and downing a few Latvian lagers at the same time.
Roger Bleasdale Fleetwood and District Darts League
http://www.fleetwoodtoday.co.uk
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