tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post959662663709940722..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: I am Toxic Man!Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-47891286695583388022011-05-02T01:30:41.482+01:002011-05-02T01:30:41.482+01:00I suddenly remembered something tonight, one of th...I suddenly remembered something tonight, one of those random memories which occur once in a while. In 1968 my Dad was steward at a club, you know, ran the place. He had a customer with TB. The guy could not sit in the main bar because the smoke irritated his condition. Now I am going to say something which some would not like to hear. Because of one feckin guy, a very nice guy may I add, who had a condition which did not tolerate a smoky atmosphere, the whole feckin world has to give up smoking!!!timbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06985165416240833253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-27600890898077271362011-05-01T12:11:07.437+01:002011-05-01T12:11:07.437+01:00" The 'Leg-iron' moniker has been mis..." The 'Leg-iron' moniker has been misunderstood again."<br /><br />Yes, what does it mean?<br /><br />Is it like a 'fire-iron', but you kick things with it rather than poke them :-)Woodsy42https://www.blogger.com/profile/12355671210161625647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-25039931061783833762011-04-30T15:16:45.547+01:002011-04-30T15:16:45.547+01:00No need to brush up on your French. The French thi...No need to brush up on your French. The French thing is a translation of one of your pieces. So there's no need to translate it back into English. You can just read the <a href="http://underdogsbiteupwards.blogspot.com/2010/12/addict-rambles.html" rel="nofollow">original thing you wrote.</a><br /><br />The only things that need translating are the italic interjections ('brun') throughout the translation, and the further non-italic remarks at the end of the translation.<br /><br />But I think I understand what it means when they say "Dommage pour Leg-iron de ne pas lire le Francais". It means "Too bad Leg-iron can't read French."Frank Davishttp://cfrankdavis.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-40061668052331066322011-04-30T09:09:02.383+01:002011-04-30T09:09:02.383+01:00I read your blog regularly, but I seldom comment.
...I read your blog regularly, but I seldom comment.<br /><br />You're always an inspiration, and never boring. But commenting is only really enjoyable when I can disagree!<br /><br />Keep it up, please. :-)Zaphodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695819392577629492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-86231963899912115302011-04-30T07:00:18.878+01:002011-04-30T07:00:18.878+01:00I had a Business teacher who lectured that stifled...I had a Business teacher who lectured that stifled new business formation on the part of the western world due to risk avoidance was setting the stage for its downfall. He often cited the destruction of the tobacco industry by the legal profession as a catalyst.<br /><br />It seems to me that the growing economies of the world do focus more on making things and less on eradicating all risk from life. I'm not suggesting that we can smoke our way to prosperity, but China is one of the few nations with a rising rate of tobacco use.smokervoterhttp://smokervoter.webs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-79483481778984870772011-04-30T06:29:13.725+01:002011-04-30T06:29:13.725+01:00Bill in SD again. Wear a Guy Fawkes Mask; they wo...Bill in SD again. Wear a Guy Fawkes Mask; they won't catch you. I see this in your movies.<br /><br />The right to be left along is supreme, and in fact, in America, it rarely will triumph in court. Under Force majure, it is the one right that trancends all others. A sad and decadent world approaches and we talk but still wait, silently like growing grass, as the sythe swings overhead...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-60181288284055299442011-04-30T06:05:18.663+01:002011-04-30T06:05:18.663+01:00Fantastic stuff! If you don't mind, I might p...Fantastic stuff! If you don't mind, I might print some of this out and distribute it around the Brave New World of downtown Vancouver? There's a reason that Canada doesn't have to be quite so authoritarian, and that's because they're more brainwashed. We're banned from smoking within 6 metres of patios, windows, parks and beaches. And nobody thinks it odd. It's all settled science.Antipholus Pappshttp://antipholus.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-29151314541734811302011-04-30T05:49:57.780+01:002011-04-30T05:49:57.780+01:00"I have a simple outlook on life. All I reall...<i>"I have a simple outlook on life. All I really want is to be left alone."</i><br /><br />That's the 'hobby' that the NuPuritans fear the most. Not smoking, drinking, fatty foods.<br /><br />That hobby says to them they're irrelevant, and they <i>hate</i> that...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com