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Post by Tex on Oct 28, 2005 9:55:18 GMT -6
It's been years since I smoked regularly, but when I actually did manual labor out in the oilfield, everyone smoked. We had one guy who smoked liked a chimney and never seemed to have a pack of cigarettes. No one minded giving their buddy a few smokes, but this was premeditated, habitual, and intentional. A drilling rig has a "doghouse", a little heated steel cabin next to the drill floor where we would stay warm and play cards in between doing our jobs. Most of the roughnecks left their cigarettes laying around. When this mooch was on a job, he would wait until everyone else was outside, the help himself to seven or eight of your smokes. One old timer fixed his ass. He took about ten Marlboros and shoved a horse hair down each one with the back of a needle, then trimmed the end. Everyone else on the crew knew to leave that pack alone. Sure enough, Mr. Mooch was vomiting off the side of the rig before the night was over. A little chicken feather works just as well.
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Post by Irish Stu on Oct 28, 2005 10:01:02 GMT -6
Great story Tex ;D
Did he buy his own cigarettes after that?
Simon
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Post by Chicago Jake on Oct 28, 2005 10:16:56 GMT -6
I used to have a girlfriend who smoked a lot. Often, other smokers would come up and bum smokes off her. I asked her why nobody ever refuses to give a cigarette to someone who asks for one, and she said "Because we've all been there."........Jake
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Post by Merlot Joe on Oct 28, 2005 11:35:33 GMT -6
I used to have a girlfriend who smoked a lot. Often, other smokers would come up and bum smokes off her. I asked her why nobody ever refuses to give a cigarette to someone who asks for one, and she said "Because we've all been there."........Jake And she was right Jake. I remember one time when I used to smoke, we were at Epcot Center in Florida. I was off in a corner having a smoke and this guy keep looking at me. I couldn't figure out if he was pissed because I was smoking or if he was just weird. After about 5 minutes he came over and offered me $5.00 bucks for a smoke. He was out and he could not find any place to buy some in the park and was going nuts. I had about 5 cigarettes left in the pack so I gave them to him for nothing.( Had another pack in the wife's back pack) Joe. |
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Post by jdmcowan on Oct 28, 2005 11:59:09 GMT -6
After about 5 minutes he came over and offered me $5.00 bucks for a smoke. He was out and he could not find any place to buy some in the park and was going nuts. It's sad for someone to be so desperate for something so bad for them. Congrats on kicking it, Joe! Jeremy |
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Post by Tex on Oct 28, 2005 13:27:12 GMT -6
Great story Tex ;D Did he buy his own cigarettes after that? Simon Damn right he did, or in Texese: Fuckin' Aye |
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Post by JustIan on Oct 29, 2005 8:36:49 GMT -6
Why does a horsehair in a smoke make you sick?
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Post by Dan on Oct 29, 2005 8:56:03 GMT -6
Why does a horsehair in a smoke make you sick? Want to bum a smoke - I'll show you! ;D D |
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 29, 2005 12:14:06 GMT -6
It's sad for someone to be so desperate for something so bad for them. The same thing occurs to me whenever I read Stinko's pathetic attempts to get my attention. |
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Post by Merlot Joe on Oct 29, 2005 13:21:55 GMT -6
Why does a horsehair in a smoke make you sick? Sicker than a dog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Joe. |
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Post by Tex on Oct 29, 2005 14:01:53 GMT -6
Why does a horsehair in a smoke make you sick? I never dealt with the why but it does. |
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Post by Chicago Jake on Oct 29, 2005 14:54:17 GMT -6
Just burn any old hair and smell it. Then imagine inhaling it.......Jake
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Post by Tex on Oct 29, 2005 18:28:11 GMT -6
I don't think there is anything special about horse hair but a horse hair is stiff and will go down into the cigarette easier.
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