>> You go, girl!!! >> >>I say we just roll up $5 bills and smoke 'em. It's cheaper than cigarettes these days. And smell better than cigars. >> > >Well, I find it very hard to understand, given the massive amount of information available, that otherwise intelligent people can be duped into smoking. I always thought developers/analysts/programmers were supposed to be smart? There is no compelling reason to ever start smoking. The only properties I can think of are: thisperson.stink, thisperson.poison, thisperson.notverywise. Of course then there are the methods: thisperson.smoke, thisperson.agitateothers, thisperson.spend, thisperson.cough, thisperson.wheeze, thisperson.gotohospital, thisperson.gotomorgue, thisperson.havefuneral, thisperson.pushupdaisies.
I solemnly admit that the non-smokers die much healthier.
But, there are times when smoking makes your life longer - they shoot the non-smokers right away, while the smokers are given the mercy of a last cigarette.