tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post1833530429680807918..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: Smoke and drink.Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-73923085293117400552010-01-01T11:25:35.348+00:002010-01-01T11:25:35.348+00:00I seem to remember you like modelling. As in makin...I seem to remember you like modelling. As in making them. Err, like Airfix kits, I mean.<br /><br />Anyroaduplike, I noticed a curious anomaly the other day.<br /><br />After World War II, Airfix made plastic models of Messerschmitts, Heinkels, Junkers etc. But they did not put a swastika on the decal sheet, as it was considered offensive. That has now lapsed and it is very easy to make a perfect model replica of any of the above.<br /><br />My personal modelling fetish is cars.I recently saw advertised a Lotus 79. Looking at the advert, I was struck by a sense of something missing. It was sponsored by John Player. Sure enough, the model bore no trace of the original tobacco advertising. Christ, the team was even called John Player Team Lotus. What are the chances of some adult (at £89.99 you're not going to buy one for a kid) looking at this model, seeing the words "John Player" and immediately becoming a life long smoker?<br /><br />Anyhow, the real irony is that in the 21st century, it is now perfectly acceptable to display on a model the symbol of a regime that murdered several million people, but you cannot display the name of a tobacco company.<br /><br />And before any trolls start up, people like Leg-Iron have a choice whether to smoke or not. The Jews weren't asked whether they wanted to go to Belsen or a nice chalet in the Swiss Alps.john millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-46641020469009705042009-12-31T17:51:05.809+00:002009-12-31T17:51:05.809+00:00I think cigarette cases will come back into fashio...I think cigarette cases will come back into fashion, who wants to walk about with those revolting pictures. My father would never be seen taking a cigarette from a packet, the first thing he did when he bought a packet was to transfer them to his silver case and throw the pack - perhaps because he didn't want anyone to know when he was smoking. Perhaps you can get similar tobacco cases!<br />As a non-smoker the constant anti-smoking campaign infuriates me. Partly, I suppose, because if they win the next target will be my nightly dram (actually, they've already started). But worse is the talk of what it costs the NHS, the income from tax far exceeds any extra NHS costs. And if they are telling the truth, smokers die earlier and there is presumably a huge saving in pension payments.English Pensionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271488641341955140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-24030245731325242972009-12-31T11:31:32.775+00:002009-12-31T11:31:32.775+00:00"... means stopping us buying on the continen..."...<i> means stopping us buying on the continent, there's not a damn thing anyone can do about it."</i> <br />The Common Market that I voted to stayin was supposed to be about europe-wide free trade. What exactly happened to that idea?<br /><br />Good luck with that child, there seems to be some pressure building up in the press to stop the whole process of child-kidap being shrouded in secrecy, dunno if that applies in Scotland.<br /><br />I have heard rumour of after hours smoke-ins at certain pubs but am never out late enough to find out if it is true.<br /><br />Happy New Year LI and please do keep up the good work, I may not always comment but do try to make yours a must-read blog.bannedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406037760273820029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-62226668966675824332009-12-31T11:26:00.389+00:002009-12-31T11:26:00.389+00:00I'm still doing my tax, too. Don't know h...I'm still doing my tax, too. Don't know how I'm going to pay it - but the prisons are full so I suppose HMRC will content themselves with slapping on extortionate interest.<br /><br />I so wish I could find a smoky drinky place (and some cheap fags). I'd have some kind of social life again and the satisfaction of denying HMG the means to keep beating me with its big stick! I think this should be my one New Year Resolution.<br /><br />I'm a relative newcomer to your blog but it's become required reading. Keep on!<br /><br />A very Happy New Year when it comes both to you and my fellow righteous-loathers.<br /><br />JayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-44815419863532020432009-12-31T08:23:43.041+00:002009-12-31T08:23:43.041+00:00Happy New Year in North 'o the Border Land!
...Happy New Year in North 'o the Border Land! <br /><br /><i>"Even though the SS had forbidden this, you won't find council staff working on Christmas day so nobody could check."</i> <br /><br />The expected combination of State 'services' - unduly harsh, yet lazily incompetent...<br /><br /><i>"I hope they don't say anything to the SS about this because all the SS will do is move him somewhere else."</i> <br /><br />Not to mention, they will find themselves off the 'approved' foster care list. And their own children looked at, if they have any...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-77374434001428392262009-12-31T07:26:39.305+00:002009-12-31T07:26:39.305+00:00Enjoy your hols, some of us are back at work alrea...Enjoy your hols, some of us are back at work already (no I don't work for the council) still at least I can blog from work, if I can get my boss off the pc.Quiet_Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-46217136498761867312009-12-31T01:14:03.867+00:002009-12-31T01:14:03.867+00:00Don't know about the streets in Aberdeen LI bu...Don't know about the streets in Aberdeen LI but the pavements in Perth are treacherous. Was there today and could hardly keep my balance. My local town in the same.<br /><br />When I spoke with a friend who's in the medical profession and on call, they said they'd contacted the council to ask them to fill the grit bins as they were empty. They needed to get out in emergencies.<br /><br />The reponse?<br /><br />'No can do. We're on holiday until 5 January."<br /><br />Magic eh? So I'll do my shopping tomorrow and then hibernate until the thaw. All my friends feel the same. We don't think it's worth breaking anything just because it's Hogmanay.<br /><br />Once the roads and pavements are safe we'll get together.<br /><br />Glad to hear the wee fella saw his family over Christmas. As you say I do hope it goes to court and quickly.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-24352171841979021632009-12-31T00:51:07.530+00:002009-12-31T00:51:07.530+00:00Happy New Year LegIron!
Long may you continue to ...Happy New Year LegIron!<br /><br />Long may you continue to blog in 2010.Beware of Geeks bearing GIFshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01593142105719207212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-37366794841880801222009-12-30T23:56:02.677+00:002009-12-30T23:56:02.677+00:00Happy New Year and best hopes for the poor child c...Happy New Year and best hopes for the poor child caught up in that social service nightmare with the anti-smoking SS gestapo.<br /><br />Good for the Smoky Drinky place hosting the new underground Resistance Movement against the current stasi-ship.<br /><br />Best o' luck in 2010.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com