No Smoking

[English77]

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May I offer a partial, admittedly self-centered definition of heavy-handed governmental intrusion on the lives of its citizens? How about:

The state's prohibiting me from smoking a fine, sweet smelling, hand-rolled, Key-West-purchased, 7-year-aged, Cuban-seed, madura-wrapper, saved-for-just-such-an occasion cigar in the middle of a football-festive, charcoal-combusting parking lot in the great outdoors.

"Harumph!" as Major Hoople used to say.

[clenz]

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"Harumph!" as Major Hoople used to say.

Used too? Doesn't he have a college football "pick em" in the WCF paper? I don't know if the name is the same, it slips my mind right now, but I get a chuckle from that article every week.

[SteinPizza]

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The state's prohibiting me from smoking a fine, sweet smelling, hand-rolled, Key-West-purchased, 7-year-aged, Cuban-seed, madura-wrapper, saved-for-just-such-an occasion cigar in the middle of a football-festive, charcoal-combusting parking lot in the great outdoors.

English, you've got a point there. While I absolutely, positively, can't stand cigarettes...I don't mind cigars, and enjoy an occassional charute myself. To certain people, cigars are a symbol of refinement, while cigarettes are...well...cigarettes. I'd guess it's like comparing very good wine to Ripple or Mad Dog. For the record, I don't totally buy off on the "refinement" aspect. But, there are elements of it which make sense.

From a legal standpoint, however, I don't see how you can make that distinction. If the state bans cigarettes on public property, they have to ban cigars as well.

[UNIFanSince1983]

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I don't understand it either, I was tailgating at the ISU vs SDSU game last Thursday and was surprised when the cops were making people put their cigarettes out. I am not a smoker so I was happy, but still didn't make sense to me.

[Big Cats]

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I had not thought of that. I always enjoy a good victory cigar in the south parking lot after a game. Guess I can't do that anymore.

[DomeRanger Posse]

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English, you've got a point there. While I absolutely, positively, can't stand cigarettes...I don't mind cigars, and enjoy an occassional charute myself. To certain people, cigars are a symbol of refinement, while cigarettes are...well...cigarettes. I'd guess it's like comparing very good wine to Ripple or Mad Dog. For the record, I don't totally buy off on the "refinement" aspect. But, there are elements of it which make sense.

Cigarettes were high society and cultural until the common man got a hold of them. Then pipes and cigars, the formerly working class smoking ephemera, became the grounds of the upper classes. Except for White Owls, Phillies, etc.

[English77]

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Used too?

Though everyone who sits in the Dome's West stands will surely remember when "Our Boarding House" first appeared in our nation's papers in 1921 , for the benefit of those in the East stands that was the comic strip that featured Major Hoople as its central character. Whenever piqued or frustrated, which was often, "Harumph" was one of the Major's common expressions.

Over the years, various Courier sports writers have assumed the Major's identity when writing the weekly football contest column. The strip last appeared in 1981.

http://www.toonopedia.com/hoople.htm

[English77]

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English, you've got a point there . . . From a legal standpoint, however, I don't see how you can make that distinction. If the state bans cigarettes on public property, they have to ban cigars as well.

Yeah, agreed. Still frosts my pumpkin though.

[English77]

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I always enjoy a good victory cigar in the south parking lot after a game. Guess I can't do that anymore.

President Clinton could find a way. Where's your creativity?

[Purple Reign]

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My how far we've come. The first year in the Dome, Head Coach Stan Sheriff would smoke on the sideline !!!!!!!!!!


PR

[Big Cats]

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President Clinton could find a way. Where's you creativity?

I'm certain I don't want to smoke any cigar that Clinton has had! BTW, I'm old enough to remember Major Hoople and I sit on the East side. Generalizations will always come back to bite you.

[clenz]

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Though everyone who sits in the Dome's West stands will surely remember when "Our Boarding House" first appeared in our nation's papers in 1921 , for the benefit of those in the East stands that was the comic strip that featured Major Hoople as its central character. Whenever piqued or frustrated, which was often, "Harumph" was one of the Major's common expressions.

Over the years, various Courier sports writers have assumed the Major's identity when writing the weekly football contest column. The strip last appeared in 1981.

http://www.toonopedia.com/hoople.htm

Seeing it there I remember having to read those in my Advanced English classes in HS. The teacher loved those comic strips.

[Newt99]

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I don't smoke and am a big supporter of the INDOOR smoking ban. That said, this is getting completely ridiculous. Not allowing people to smoke while they are tailgating outdoors is going way too far. I also think they should be able to smoke in any parking lot, state-owned or not. Restaurants and bars should be able to designate an outdoor area for smokers separate from any outdoor dining patio. It is stupid that some can allow it outside and some can't based on how they serve food, they just need to split the two areas.

If they write so much as a single ticket at any of the state universities for smoking while tailgating, or even outside of the stadium before or after the game, it will be totally asinine. If they have time for that, they should lay off about half of the campus police force and save some money in the university budgets.

However, it should be a $500 fine for every cigarette butt on the ground. If it is good enough to inhale into your lungs, it's good enough for the ashtray of your car!

[P. compressa]

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I don't smoke and am a big supporter of the INDOOR smoking ban. That said, this is getting completely ridiculous. Not allowing people to smoke while they are tailgating outdoors is going way too far. I also think they should be able to smoke in any parking lot, state-owned or not. Restaurants and bars should be able to designate an outdoor area for smokers separate from any outdoor dining patio. It is stupid that some can allow it outside and some can't based on how they serve food, they just need to split the two areas.

If they write so much as a single ticket at any of the state universities for smoking while tailgating, or even outside of the stadium before or after the game, it will be totally asinine. If they have time for that, they should lay off about half of the campus police force and save some money in the university budgets.

However, it should be a $500 fine for every cigarette butt on the ground. If it is good enough to inhale into your lungs, it's good enough for the ashtray of your car!

Absolutely. I have met almost no smoker who is not a serial litterbug.

[English77]

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P. compressa -- So just where is this Onatrio place, anyway?

But seriously, what part of that fine province do you call home? I just spent another glorious fishing week near Sioux Narrows (NW of Ft. Francis).