Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for November 07, 2010

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    LittleSister18  about 14 years ago

    It’s kindling. to start a fire in the fire place.

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    George Arnold  about 14 years ago

    Opps!

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    Llewellenbruce  about 14 years ago

    At least ther’s less tar and nicotine in a pencil.

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    Hillbillyman  about 14 years ago

    I am now over 10 years smoke free.

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    gjsjr41  about 14 years ago

    I quit 11 yrs ago. I still reach in my shirt pocket once in a while.

    Other than that, I’m glad I quit.

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    davidf42  about 14 years ago

    Hillbillyman, Ladyfingers, & Bdaysuit - Congratulations on your success!!

    You know, it’s funny. I’ve never met a person who quit smoking and wanted to go back to it and I’ve never met a smoker who didn’t want to quit. Is there a lesson here?

    Not being judgemental, just observant. I tried it myself when I was a teen, but I’m thankful that the cigs cost too much for me to get the habit.

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    Crabbyrino Premium Member about 14 years ago

    I quit smoking 14 years ago–best thing I ever did for ME. I try to counsel youngsters to quit before they really get hooked. It is like talking to a wall. But I couldn’t be talked into quitting when I was young either. Lessons learned the hard way must be the best. Congrats to my fellow “quitters.”

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    celeconecca  about 14 years ago

    it’s been almost two years since I quit, and I still want to light up sometimes. Habits die hard, but I will die much later - I hope

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    gvbarb  about 14 years ago

    @davidf42: I quit smoking in 2003, and could light up again right now. The only things that stop me are the cost, the smell on your clothing, and the fact that I’d have to go through the agony of quitting again. There, now you’ve met someone who quit and would go back to it ;-)

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    Kokopelli  about 14 years ago

    i was a smoker for 40 years, gave them up 11 years ago in Jan. I know a couple of people that quit smoking, got over the withdrawals and went back to smoking.

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    tmick2001  about 14 years ago

    I know smokers that’d sooner die than quit smoking. That nicotine is a hell of a drug!

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    Quabaculta  about 14 years ago

    I quit almost 35 years ago, and I still have occasional cravings, especially when I’m stressed. Nicotine is pure evil that you can reach out and ‘touch’.

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    W6BXQ, John  about 14 years ago

    Quitting

    I quit smoking in June of 1968. I sure don’t miss it!

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    Fogger_man  about 14 years ago

    Quit Christmas Day 1988! Made it a present to the wife. You can’t take that back! Now I can’t stand the smell of them, and I can pick up the scent from 100 yards! NASTY! Sometimes I wonder if I smelled that way while I was smoking… then realize that may be why I didn’t have many friends??? Advice to anyone even thinking of smoking: DON”T START! Booze, pot, filthy language were all easier to quit than cigarettes.

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    RadioTom  about 14 years ago

    40 years smoke-free… if you don’t count the leaf-burning, or the logs in the fire, or…

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    cats32  about 14 years ago

    holey … LOL

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    Lyons Group, Inc.  about 14 years ago

    Once again, I say it again: I quit in 1972…at the age of 12.

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    ububobu  about 14 years ago

    I started smoking at age 14 and quit at age 40 doing 2 to 3 packs a day. Reason? Cigarettes went up to 50 cents a pack. I am still smoke free after nearly 35 years but sometimes still dream of smoking situations and enjoying it. I am a non drinking alcoholic and can’t imagine a more addictive substance than nicotine. Stay away from it folks.

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    Shikamoo Premium Member about 14 years ago

    Congratulations to all who kicked the habit here. And especially to UBUBOBU.

    Isn’t there lead in pencils? Can’t be good to smoke.

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    captainedd  about 14 years ago

    No that is not lead the element, it is what they call it, it is actually carbon graphite…which I reckon doesn’t taste too good anyway.

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    gocomicsmember  almost 14 years ago

    Congratulations to those of you who quit. I am grateful that I never had any urge to start, partly because I can’t stand the smell, partly because, among other health problems, my mom was hypersensitive to smoke.

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    MisngNOLA  almost 14 years ago

    I know several people who have quit smoking for as long as 10 years and started back up again. I have never been a smoker, although I grew up in a home in which both parents smoked. My two brothers are both smokers, as is my lovely female accomplice. I figure the smoke I’ve been exposed to won’t hurt me any more than the automobile exhaust I deal with, or the smoke from all the fires I used to run into and extinguish. However, concentrating that smoke by purposely inhaling it, will definitely cause at least some sorts of medical problems. A lot of that though depends on your activity and heredity. My mother died of a heart attack at age 66. My father who has been a smoker for 62 of his 78 years still lives, and still is healthy enough to walk 18 holes of golf twice weekly.

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