Reply #78: I loved Hicks.

[JoeyT]

I try to be as polite a smoker as possible, but it isn't easy. Not because I have to be around people that don't like smoke or because I feel the need to smoke all the time. That isn't what makes it hard. What makes it hard are the asshole militant nonsmokers. Nearly every smoker has dealt with these people. The ones that will cross an entire parking lot to stand near you and cough meaningfully, even when their car is on the opposite side of the lot. Then when the meaningful coughing doesn't enforce their moral crusade, the throat clearing starts. Finally they'll give up on "subtlety" and just demand you put it out. I find the most amusing reactions come if you respond with something like "Well, you came all the way over here just to stand next to a guy with a cigarette. I figured you must like it.".

Other than the ones that saw me with one in my car or on my porch or standing on the far side of a parking lot from the store, most people don't even know I smoke.