So far, the funniest thing about the smoking ban in NYC bars and restaurants...

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...is the photo used here to illustrate the point.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 30 March 2003 03:37 (twenty-three years ago)

A woman after my own heart.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Sunday, 30 March 2003 03:53 (twenty-three years ago)

what's her name, i forget

― ron (ron), Sunday, 30 March 2003 04:01 (twenty-three years ago)

oh yeah, that abfab chix0r

― ron (ron), Sunday, 30 March 2003 04:02 (twenty-three years ago)

patsy!

― minna (minna), Sunday, 30 March 2003 04:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Are the BBC's photo files really that thin?

― nabisco (nabisco), Sunday, 30 March 2003 06:00 (twenty-three years ago)

we have one now here in dallas. But as demonstrated by our barhopping this afternoon, no one really gives a shit.

The bars post "no smoking" signs. If someone chooses to smoke, it as at their own risk. If an inspector came in everyone would pay w/their livelihood.

But i come bsck from Houston and find it worse tahn ever before.

― That Girl (thatgirl), Sunday, 30 March 2003 06:07 (twenty-three years ago)

Over a week smoke-free, but please don't mention it.

― felicity (felicity), Sunday, 30 March 2003 12:03 (twenty-three years ago)

"This is like no-fun city."

This week I've been chainsmoking even more than usual. Fuck you, smoking ban!

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 30 March 2003 12:07 (twenty-three years ago)

it'll be funny if you see people standing outside bars puffing away like you see outside offices here and there

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 30 March 2003 12:21 (twenty-three years ago)

It was a common sight in LA.

― felicity (felicity), Sunday, 30 March 2003 12:31 (twenty-three years ago)

...where the weather is nice! But it is supposed to snow a bit tonight so I would expect smoke-ins from the Sunday drinking crowd.

― Benjamin (benjamin), Sunday, 30 March 2003 15:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Was that Kate interviewed for the piece?

― Sonny, Sunday, 30 March 2003 15:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Re: how well the ban will be enforced - the rule HERE is that the establishment gets the fine, NOT the smoker ($1,000 per incident). Nassau county enacted the ban a month earlier than NYC and it's ridiculous. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE SMOKING IN FARMINGDALE WHICH IS LIKE TWO SECONDS AWAY FROM SUFFOLK COUNTY WHICH HAS NO BAN. I mean honestly.

― Ally (mlescaut), Sunday, 30 March 2003 17:08 (twenty-three years ago)

yeah, about as funny as a hole in my head.

― kephm, Monday, 31 March 2003 18:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Your stories?

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 14:16 (twenty-three years ago)

i haven't smoked in days. that's not funny at all.

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Cops being called to disperse smokers outside of a bar in Williamsburg. "Where are we 'sposed to go???" shout the drunken smokers. The cops look confused. Stand around for a bit, then ask the smokers to keep it down a bit. The smokers say, "Sure, whatever." Cops leave.

(I think this'll happen pretty regularly, tho other cops might not be as apathetic)

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Yay I quit!

for one week so far

― Amateurist (amateurist), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:13 (twenty-three years ago)

HAHA "cops look confused" = end result of all of these stupid ass laws so far.

New confusion = state law more restrictive than city law. Cops unsure which to follow.

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:16 (twenty-three years ago)

i know that statewide law fucks over whoever was constructing a smoking room and family owned places that were gonna allow smoking. does it also apply to private clubs?

― H (Heruy), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:16 (twenty-three years ago)

(Also, Bar 119 has decided to allow smoking until they get busted.)

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:18 (twenty-three years ago)

I miss smoking. Its been a month and 3 days. and 20lbs.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:24 (twenty-three years ago)

A) They should just use that photo for every headline; like this...

DOW JONES UP 300 POINTS
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And as for this smoking ban (which is also going down in my just-a-step-above-podunk town), it doesn't really bother me that much, considering it's always been illegal for me to smoke what I smoke in these establishments. So nya.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Blast kills at least 15, injures dozens in southern Philippines

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― Amateurist (amateurist), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Nickalicious smokes baby corpses.

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Russia protests U.S. bombing near embassy

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― hstencil, Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:35 (twenty-three years ago)

Doherty Resigns as North Carolina Coach

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― felicity (felicity), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:45 (twenty-three years ago)

We have found this photo's true purpose. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:47 (twenty-three years ago)

U R ALL GAY
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― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Aging Model Gets Plastered, Falls Off Skyscraper
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― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 16:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Babcock dismissed after 13-year run with Hawks
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― Aaron W (Aaron W), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 16:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Saddam calls for a jihad
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― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 16:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Photo Milked for All It's Worth
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― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 16:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Yay! Freedom Vodka!
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― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 16:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Help! Lockjaw!
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― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 16:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Betty Ford Center Burns Down - Thousands Celebrate
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― Wintermute (Wintermute), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 17:14 (twenty-three years ago)

60's Brit Model Shrinks Freakishly After Consuming In-Flight Vodka: Sues Airline, Liquor Company

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― felicity (felicity), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 17:33 (twenty-three years ago)

hairstylist too, i hope!

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 17:34 (twenty-three years ago)

BBC Website Crashes Due To Mysterious Bandwidth Suckage
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― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 17:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Diplomatic attaches ordered to leave Baghdad under duress

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― Amateurist (amateurist), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 17:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Some jocks should be seen, not heard

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― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 17:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Rescued POW's family 'overjoyed'

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― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 17:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Saddam Hussein: 'Victory Is at Hand'...

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― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 17:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Study Shows that Drinking Vodka May Cause You to Imitate the Lead Singer from AC/DC
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― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 17:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Ab Fab Sleb Stores Own Eyes in Stoli Bottle
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― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 17:50 (twenty-three years ago)

now that's funny.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 17:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Well let's see how it works with the actual headlines...

Mystery Virus: Chronology Of The SARS Outbreak
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― Chris P (Chris P), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 17:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Enormous Woman Puts New York On Giant Credit Card

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― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 17:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Medina and Baghdad Republican Guard divisions no longer "credible forces," Pentagon reports

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― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 17:56 (twenty-three years ago)

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Original question - constantly thinking people are leaving the bar when they're just going outside. Also, girls wearing next to nothing standing outside in 30 degree weather.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 04:09 (twenty-two years ago)

That happens whether or not they're smoking.

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 12:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, I went out to an event on one of those sub-20s misery nights in February wearing only skimpy chiffon separates thinking, aw yeah, we have a driver, no need for a coat, and yelling my newly-coined catchphrase, "COATS ARE FOR LOSERS," SUCK IT, SUCKERS! and then because of traffic hell + also because all New York drivers pick up extra fares on the side leaving you to freeze, I basically had to stand on 8th avenue for like 40 minutes in the snow and freezing wind and then reconsidered that "Coats are for losers" was perhaps not the best New York in February catchphrase after all.

― felicity (felicity), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 13:59 (twenty-two years ago)

The mystery activity Snoopy is engaging is roller skating, actually, not tennis unfortunately I find. Also: they are oh no! thongs! oh no! I hate thongs! I thought they was regular. No wonder they were so cheap: lack of fabric. American Psycho is the midnite movie on weekends at Sunshine Cinema. Patrick . . .

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Maybe we should trade the Snoopy thongs for a light blue Adidas warm-up with unidentified stain on them? Or will the fantasy ILE League veto the trade??

― felicity (felicity), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 20:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Please tell me how to how accessorize with soccer socks ILE. I'm thinking a jean skirt. But what sort of top? Where are some other good places to get knee-highs? I looked at Paragon but they were no good.

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 21 April 2003 02:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Sports Authority!

― felicity (felicity), Monday, 21 April 2003 02:53 (twenty-two years ago)

seven months pass...

This really was a great thread.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 02:34 (twenty-two years ago)

ah good old patsy

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 02:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't believe the BBC website keeps their pictures around this long! I've saved the Patsy picture to my desktop, just in case.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 03:02 (twenty-two years ago)

It's probably like the CNN site and all, just a huge years-old archive now. Why not?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 03:08 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

why hello

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Sunday, 4 June 2006 08:13 (nineteen years ago)

From today's CNN.

Prime suspect in killing of 7 surrenders

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― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 4 June 2006 15:54 (nineteen years ago)

So this was the source of that pic...

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 4 June 2006 15:58 (nineteen years ago)

A Spoonful of Foreign Culture Helps Western Medicine Go Down

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― gabbneb (gabbneb), Sunday, 4 June 2006 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

2 found dead inside deflated balloon
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― Courtney Gidts (ex machina), Sunday, 4 June 2006 16:54 (nineteen years ago)

Cloned mules' race times nearly identical

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― Courtney Gidts (ex machina), Sunday, 4 June 2006 17:56 (nineteen years ago)

April 2003 was apparently a month that I don't remember much of, cos I have no idea what f. and I are going on about April 14 and afterwards. Provocative bar mitzvahs??

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Monday, 5 June 2006 13:54 (nineteen years ago)

kneesocks and cartoon summer panties, all right!!!!!

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Monday, 5 June 2006 14:08 (nineteen years ago)

Those were truly the halcyon days.

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Monday, 5 June 2006 14:10 (nineteen years ago)

we need an ILXNYCHXOR reunion... with kneesocks and panties

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Monday, 5 June 2006 14:14 (nineteen years ago)

It's about time you all started wearing kneesocks and panties again.

― Dan (Fun With Grammar) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 5 June 2006 14:15 (nineteen years ago)

Daryl Hannah removed from tree

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― Aaron W (Aaron W), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 03:07 (nineteen years ago)

Cats to compete in reality TV show in New York

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― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 03:11 (nineteen years ago)

Some are just too easy...

Paris Hilton enjoying the single life

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― Aaron W (Aaron W), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 17:26 (nineteen years ago)

Cocaine, marijuana came with bathroom cabinetry

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― lord pooperton (ex machina), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 17:43 (nineteen years ago)

New look expected for al Qaeda in Iraq

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― lord pooperton (ex machina), Thursday, 15 June 2006 16:07 (nineteen years ago)

what made the picture all the more funny to me was that the whole time I thought it was Ivana Trump. of course its Patsy..

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Thursday, 15 June 2006 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

Patsy. Patsy Stone. Stone. Patsy. Patsy Stone, Patsy. Pats. Patsy Stone.

― DAVE, for #1 Hits of yesterday and today! (dave225.3), Thursday, 15 June 2006 16:47 (nineteen years ago)

Casino: Jerry Lewis has 'mild' heart attack

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― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Thursday, 15 June 2006 18:28 (nineteen years ago)

A child looks at children's books

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― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Thursday, 15 June 2006 18:29 (nineteen years ago)

Ex-Reagan official wins Democratic nomination

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― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Thursday, 15 June 2006 18:30 (nineteen years ago)

North Carolina copes with Alberto's effects

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― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Thursday, 15 June 2006 18:34 (nineteen years ago)

Hooters pained by champagne report

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― lord pooperton (ex machina), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:41 (nineteen years ago)

Watch out, Bea Arthur!
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― DAVE, for #1 Hits of yesterday and today! (dave225.3), Friday, 16 June 2006 10:43 (nineteen years ago)

Crying, sniffly mayor apologizes for cocaine use

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― Aaron W (Aaron W), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 20:27 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

Obama camp: What's Clinton 'hiding'

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― HI DERE, Sunday, 16 March 2008 20:01 (eighteen years ago)

Must be done:

Paris Hilton wants a new 'BFF'

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― en i see kay, Sunday, 16 March 2008 20:21 (eighteen years ago)

Rare tornado rips through Atlanta

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― Mackro Mackro, Sunday, 16 March 2008 22:14 (eighteen years ago)

From Seattle Times:

Aging population embracing a different kind of will

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― Mackro Mackro, Sunday, 16 March 2008 22:19 (eighteen years ago)

four months pass...

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― Tracer Hand, Monday, 4 August 2008 16:10 (seventeen years ago)

A whole new world

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 4 August 2008 16:19 (seventeen years ago)

Easy, Jazmin.

― HI DERE, Monday, 4 August 2008 16:20 (seventeen years ago)

amazing

― Surmounter, Monday, 4 August 2008 20:54 (seventeen years ago)

three months pass...

"Budgets Shrink, and Holiday Fares Follow Suit"

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― Ned Raggett, Monday, 24 November 2008 21:04 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

Ticker: McCain wife's video surprises

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― Baron Strange of Knockin (DJP), Friday, 12 November 2010 17:05 (fifteen years ago)

(there are several on CNN.com that good taste is keeping me from using)

― Baron Strange of Knockin (DJP), Friday, 12 November 2010 17:06 (fifteen years ago)

(although I will do this one)

Dementia on the job expected to rise

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― Baron Strange of Knockin (DJP), Friday, 12 November 2010 17:07 (fifteen years ago)

three years pass...

And the original photo finds a true purpose

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― Ned Raggett, Monday, 17 March 2014 14:50 (twelve years ago)

one year passes...

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Manhattan Just Quietly Decriminalized Public Drinking, And That's a Good Thing

― Bernie Sanders Give You So Much Bro (Doctor Casino), Friday, 4 March 2016 01:03 (ten years ago)

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