My parents were going about their daily (boring) routine when they heard a loud TINK! In the house. They looked around and didn't see anything until water started dripping through the kitchen ceiling.
They rushed upstairs and found that the toilet cistern had split in half!
Hopefully they will replace it with something more appropriate. The existing arrangement is reproduction Victorian or some other shit and makes your ass numb due to it's ornate but useless "acorn" shape. It's also one of those special toilets where you flush it and everything just goes round and round and stays exactly where it was.
I was in a pub with some friends, sitting round a small table. Suddenly, there was a similar TINK! and the large coloured glass ashtray in the middle of the table parted into two pieces. No one was using it, and it was still completely clean. We completely failed to convince the bar staff it just broke all by itself...
It's very noticable when traveling around in the rest of Europe the positive effect that the ban on smoking in public places has had, especially in restaurants - a real pleasure to go and eat without the disgusting smell of smoke. Even in Spain and Italy, where legislation is more of a policy thing, it is now quite easy to find restaurants with non smoking areas. I'm not as bothered about places like Holland where the cuisine is dubious anyway.
I was in a pub after work and had just been served a pint of cider when the bottom just fell out of the glass! No noise, just suddenly no cider and a glass tube.
Fortunately I was wearing my Electricity board Gore-tex bib trousers and rigger boots so it didn't soak my legs. They promptly poured me a replacement glass of cider.
Isn't the usual pub-science explanation for that the barmaids wedding ring scoring a ring in the glass as they're being dried? Given the number of pubs that seem to serve beer in red-hot freshly washed glasses, they all seem to have dishwashers rather than barmaids with dirty aprons now ...
I could quote many more studies that come to different conclusions. The problem here is the existance of a massive 'anti smoking industry' who look only at research that supports their claims. They ignore the WHO & American Cancer Societys studies which failed to find any evidence.
You only have to look at the British Govmints figures that '11,000 brits die every year due to passive somking' and the EU's figures that '19,000 Europeans die every year due to passive somking'. Both parties claim their figures are 100% accurate, but neither can name any single individual with 'passive smoking' or 'XYZ caused by passive smoking' on his or her death certificate.
There have been around 8 claims that passive smoking kills more people than actually smoking. No credible evidence however.
If challenged, organisations like
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simply ignore questions. Lord Harris of High Cross has challenged Sir Liam Donaldson the Chief Medical Officer and has also ben completely ignored.
What we need to look at is who is earning what from the no smoking issue - the tobacco companies or the huge & powerful pharmacutical multi nationals who produce the patches, gums, whatever.
I'd agree 100% Frank. But why can't the rights of smokers also be respected by allowing smoking areas or smoking & non smoking venues? In South Africa for example licensed premises are 70% non smoking & 30% smoking with a glass screen between the two areas.
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