"Personals" [HUMOR... Wet-yourself-silly ads by fictional smokers...]

The New Yorker ^ | May 19, 2003 | Bruce McCall

[paulklenk]

This had me laughing on the subway last night on the way to choir practice. Hope you enjoy it, too.

[paulklenk]

Enjoy...

[Conspiracy Guy]

Sorry I really tried but none of them was funny.

[Cable225]

I'm with you.

Roll-your-own contrarian, stooped, brown teeth, dog breath, dreams about a certain wrinkle-pussed soul mate he glimpsed being bounced from Balthazar last Sunday night with a Marlboro Light in one hand and a Schimmelpennick in the other.

The humor isn't leaping out at me. What's supposed to be the funny part?

[Conspiracy Guy]

I think the funny part is that the poster wants to demonize smokers. Why doesn't the poster also post some funny ad's for blind people or people missing one or more limbs. The poster obviously doesn't like smokers. Who else does he want to protray in a negative light.

[Conspiracy Guy]

PING

[JoJo Gunn]

All sanctimonious fad chasing anti-smoking Nazis can kiss my, er, uh, ....butt.

[rwfok]

Uptight anal-retentive nico-nazi seeks freedom hating busy body with way too much time on their hands. Together we can tell everyone how they should run their lives while denigrating users of a legal product. It will be our duty to stamp out activities that offend us in places that we never had any intention of entering to begin with. Ask for Adolph.

[AppyPappy]

I'm a former smoker and I think it is hilarious. I sent it to everyone I know, even dead people.

[Conspiracy Guy]

You want my list of Helen Keller jokes from grade school. I thought they were funny when I was 8. Now I find them offensive. Unless you were out of control when you smoked, I hope none of the dipictions were accurate on you. None of the smokers I know don't even faintly resemble the ad's.

[Conspiracy Guy]

"weren't accurate on you" is what I meant to type.

[AppyPappy]

You want my list of Helen Keller jokes from grade school

I guess Helen Keller CHOSE to be blind and deaf. Try the "I'm just a victim" stuff on the Democrats.

[dead]

Please forward the Helen Keller jokes to me. I still find them funny.

[FreeRadical]

Uptight anal-retentive nico-nazi seeks freedom hating busy body with way too much time on their hands. Together we can tell everyone how they should run their lives while denigrating users of a legal product. It will be our duty to stamp out activities that offend us in places that we never had any intention of entering to begin with. Ask for Adolph.

Thank You.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Not claiming to be a victim. I just didn't see any of them to be funny. I honestly tried. You and I normally run close on Ideas. On smoking I guess we don't. I am not the classic I have a right to smoke whereever I please smoker. However I cannot support GOVERNMENT BANS IN PRIVATE BUSINESSES and DEMONIZING SMOKERS or LOSS OF PROPERTY RIGHTS BY BAR OWNERS. If you're into more government that's fine and it's your right to support it. I won't even second guess you.

[swarthyguy]

Nice job by Bloomberg's PR machine. In the NewYawkah, no less. Funny, though, just in time for the ban in NYC.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Naw. I'd have to compile them first and send them through email. They really are cruel.

[MindyW]

I'm with you AppyPappy, and I'm still a smoker. Also none of these describe me at all. LOL

[telebob]

Excuse me folks...just let me reach in here and turn the Fun Knob up a little.

There, that's better...

[gcruse]

The funniest bit I have read in a long time. Thanks for posting.