Posted on 04/11/2006 10:07:43 AM PDT by Froufrou
The B.S. Raleigh Tobacco Company is fighting back. They're tired of people enjoying their products for free. That's why they've filed a $5 billion classaction lawsuit to penalize millions of secondhand smokers.
"If people ain't gonna buy our cigarettes, they shouldn't be able to enjoy other people's smoke," declared Raleigh President Frank Thermal.
B.S. Raleigh, which gives consumers a complimentary lung X-ray with every 50 cartons smoked, currently employs 3,000 people, but Thermal expects that number to double when on-leave workers return from cancer, emphysema and heart disease treatment.
Lorraine Wilson, 49, founder of the Environmental Tobacco Smokers Society, sucks in as much passive smoke as she can. "I enjoy the mainstream variety, which is exhaled by smokers. But my husband, Tim "Iron Lung", prefers sidestream smoke, which comes directly from lit cigarettes."
The Wilsons frequent bars that don't obey the no-smoking law. "We nurse a beer and suck in as much secondhand smoke as we can," Lorraine revealed. "We're inhaling 4,000 chemical compounds, but only about 60 cause cancer. My favorite is nicotine."
Tim enjoys his hacking cough and reduced lung function. "It makes me seem cool," he bragged. "As for all the phlegm, I can outspit any punk in the bar."
Thermal hates people like the Wilsons. "How'd they like it if I hung out at their bakery and got fat sucking in donut fumes. They'd probably sue me, which is what I'm gonna do to them."
Funnier'n hell... :)
you guys have gotta see this :-)
humour break
How many posts until someone takes this seriously? My guess is five.
Very funny stuff.
Ya know, why not? We pay for water, and I don't even talk about Starbucks...
Notice what number your post was? Go big tobacco go.
lol!
Very cute. I'm stealing it! :)
Agreed. A great take on so called second hand smoke.
For heaven's sake! LOL
LOL!
I thought this was your handiwork at first.
"D'oh!" -Homer Simpson
I reckon I otter be happy with my asthma then!
Who actually sits down and thinks up words like 'phlegm' and 'smegma?'
"Who actually sits down and thinks up words like 'phlegm' and 'smegma?'"
Smegma actually comes from the greek word meaning detergant...I don't know about phlegm.
My friends pay be directly. Does that mean I owe B.S. Raleigh some cash?
Next up: Gov't adds gas tax for riders in cars
The "meaning" as I know it is far removed from detergent!
"The "meaning" as I know it is far removed from detergent!"
I find it fascinating to trace the origins of words - but then, of course, I'm a nerd.
>>smegma
1819, from L., from Gk. smegma "a detergent," from smekhein "to wipe off, wipe clean, cleanse," from PIE base *(s)mei- "to rub" (cf. Czech smetana "cream").<<
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=smegma
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