[ApplegateRanch]

I'm a slim smoker and I really think the entire thing is quite funny. Thank God the government has decided to demonise another group of people.

Reminds me of when I was considerably overweight & smoked regularly. I had a physical, and my cholesterol was 135. The doc saw that, smiled and asked about my diet. When I told him of 2 dozen eggs/week; lots of bacon & pork steaks, and potatoes fried in bacon grease, he lost his smile.

"I'll show you the folly of your diet; I'll take more blood & do a triglyceride screen; THAT will show you what your diet is doing to you, despite the cholesterol!"

The triglycerides came back low-normal; and the HDL/LDL ratio was excellent.

Was he glad for me? HAH!

He literally cussed me as an "affront to medical knowledge", and dropped me as a patient!

They'll have to pry that batter-fried drumstick from my cold, dead fingers!

[Mears]

Hey you "affront to medical knowledge",enjoy that fried chicken!!

The government has become nothing but a spoilsport and will not be happy until we are all miserable----healthy but miserable.

They still haven't figured out anything that will prevent dying,though,but I'm sure they think they will eventually solve that "problem" also.