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Chimp Trying To Quit Smoking
Chinadaily.com ^ | 06/27/06 | Chinadaily.com

Posted on 06/29/2006 1:06:52 PM PDT by Froufrou

A chimpanzee at a zoo in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is trying to stop smoking. The chimp, which used to perform in a circus, had previously been smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day. Zookeepers said that the animal would get very uneasy if it didn't get its daily fix of nicotine.

They have been giving it beer in a bid to stop it smoking. The chimp is now on less than four cigarettes a day.


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KEYWORDS: addiction; chimp; lyingheadline; pufflist
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But their losing money on the kegs...
1 posted on 06/29/2006 1:06:53 PM PDT by Froufrou
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To: Froufrou

their = they are


2 posted on 06/29/2006 1:09:20 PM PDT by Froufrou
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To: Froufrou

I don't smoke, I don't chew,
and I don't go with chimps that do.

(OK, a little RedMan. And a cigar every so often.)


3 posted on 06/29/2006 1:09:42 PM PDT by tumblindice
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To: Froufrou

Take away its wallet and it can't buy any more cigs.


4 posted on 06/29/2006 1:10:35 PM PDT by rightinthemiddle (Islamic Terrorists, the Mainstream Media and the Democrat Party Have the Same Goals in Iraq.)
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To: Froufrou

Oh yea, beer always makes me smoke less.


5 posted on 06/29/2006 1:10:48 PM PDT by synbad600
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To: Froufrou
Zookeepers said that the animal would get very uneasy if it didn't get its daily fix of nicotine.

The first person who gave the chimp a cigarette is an *ss.

****

By the way........... "their losing money on the kegs... " ----English--- they're losing money.

6 posted on 06/29/2006 1:11:16 PM PDT by beyond the sea (Scientists Are Itching to Blame Poison Ivy's Effect on Global Warming)
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To: Froufrou

You're fast. :-)


7 posted on 06/29/2006 1:11:37 PM PDT by beyond the sea (Scientists Are Itching to Blame Poison Ivy's Effect on Global Warming)
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To: beyond the sea

I think this is the same chimp that took cigs from visitors standing near the fence.


8 posted on 06/29/2006 1:12:16 PM PDT by samson1097
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To: rightinthemiddle

for lack of proper I.D., right?


9 posted on 06/29/2006 1:12:42 PM PDT by Rakkasan1 (Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!)
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To: tumblindice; Froufrou
I prefer my chimps with nothing but cantaloupe and strawberries on their breath.

;-)

10 posted on 06/29/2006 1:12:48 PM PDT by beyond the sea (Scientists Are Itching to Blame Poison Ivy's Effect on Global Warming)
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To: samson1097
Theif!

;-)

11 posted on 06/29/2006 1:13:11 PM PDT by beyond the sea (Scientists Are Itching to Blame Poison Ivy's Effect on Global Warming)
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To: Froufrou

So, they make him an alcoholic to get him to stop smoking?........


12 posted on 06/29/2006 1:14:04 PM PDT by Red Badger (Follow an IROC long enough and sooner or later you will wind up in a trailer park..........)
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To: Froufrou

Is the chimp trying to stop or are they trying to stop the chimp?

There's a significant difference between the two.


13 posted on 06/29/2006 1:14:41 PM PDT by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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To: samson1097; Froufrou
(correction) thief....... (YOI!).....

:-)

14 posted on 06/29/2006 1:15:02 PM PDT by beyond the sea (Scientists Are Itching to Blame Poison Ivy's Effect on Global Warming)
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To: Froufrou
They have been giving it beer in a bid to stop it smoking.

Yeah, replace the nicotine addiction with an alcohol addiction - real smart. Anyone who would get an animal addicted to cigarettes is abusing the animal.
15 posted on 06/29/2006 1:16:02 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Rakkasan1

Well, it could carry a credit card somewhere.


16 posted on 06/29/2006 1:16:33 PM PDT by rightinthemiddle (Islamic Terrorists, the Mainstream Media and the Democrat Party Have the Same Goals in Iraq.)
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To: synbad600; rightinthemiddle; beyond the sea

Well, we all know that cigs cost way more than beer...but I think they're deluded if they believe they can break the little guy's habit now...


17 posted on 06/29/2006 1:16:56 PM PDT by Froufrou
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To: coconutt2000; AnotherUnixGeek

See, that's the point. Like substituting Purina for bananas, how would we like that? Nah...not so much...


18 posted on 06/29/2006 1:19:02 PM PDT by Froufrou
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To: coconutt2000

Good point.


19 posted on 06/29/2006 1:20:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin ("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
That's right!

They should give him some medical marijuana.

20 posted on 06/29/2006 1:20:54 PM PDT by robertpaulsen
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