Smoking Cats..

Ok. I'm an ex smoker. And I know there is nothing more self righteous than an ex smoker. But actually, I defend your right to smoke. OK, its stupid & ugly. But stupid & ugly aren't crimes. If you want to spend a lot of money to kill yourself horribly that’s fine. If you think that smelling like an old bonfire is sexy, go ahead. And 'passive smoking my arse'. If you don’t want to work in a smoky pub then don't. If you don’t want to sit in a smoky restaurant then don't. If there's enough demand there will be smoke free pubs & restaurants & we don't need legislation. Its about choice arsehole. Besides, I'm no fan of big tobacco but they employ a lot of people. Smokers in the UK pay a lot more in tax than they cost us. In fact, the only big objection I have to smoking is that smokers simply refuse to accept that cigarette butts are litter. Yes, you morons, Its fucking offensive of you to drop your butts & tread them out wherever you please. But, lets face it, if your stupid enough to smoke your too dumb to understand.

Still, as of early next year smoking in public places will not be allowed. By law. Now my guess is that rather than reduce smoking there will just be a massive slump in the Pub & restaurant trade. But just on the off chance that the government are right (and the whole monkeys & typewriters thing means that sooner or later they will get one on the button) how will we make up the huge loss in tax revenue? Well on Tea's site there is a magic picture of a cat smoking a pipe. Yup. Get the cats to smoke. Their owners will doubtless pay excessively for kitty tobacco. We get the tax income. Big tobacco keeps its livelihood. Cancer rates drop. Vets work overtime. Everyone’s a winner. Except of course the cats & their passive smoking owners. But lest face it, they've got it coming...