Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 10, 2012

Um, I’d rather go to the smoking section…as long as I get to choose what I smoke…Sayin’….BTW, the economy? Life in general? I’m better off than I was a hundred years ago…no denyin’ it…

An evening of a mixed political partied couple

“Dear Optimist and Pessimist,While you were arguing about whether your glasses were half full or half empty, I came up from behind and finished them both. — The Opportunist"

The reason that many restaurants now do not have smoking sections is the same reason that pools do not have pissing sections.

The optimist says the glass is half full, the pessimist says it’s half empty – I say “can I top that off for you?”

Sit separately.

The water full of chemicals, The fatalist.

No… why’d they get married?… He must’ve liked her outfit at one point, they could always talk about that… @masterskrain That’s for sure…

The optimist says: “Well, it can’t get any worse…”

The pessimist says: “Well, the Republicans say it will… What do you mean give money to help others, they should keep their money, taxes, shmaxes, there are no corporations not paying taxes… Man that Democrat is suuure pulling our debt down a hole… Shee, I wonder how that happens?…”

Reminds me of my dad and I… So, we just talk about food…

@Alexikakos Amen…

Guess they they cancelled each other’s vote’s already.

So, if I got new glasses, would it give me a better outlook?

I know many couples who have different opinions on everything; my lover and I have almost identical views about every subject (especially the economy and politics, but even the foods we prefer etc. (He does like steaks a little more “done” than I, because I prefer it really RED) but that’s it. I HAVE known him for 40 years.

Kissing a smoker is like licking a dirty ashtray.

Not necessarily. I have been in a “cigar bar” that served up great cigars, single malt scotch, and fine brandies. The owners spent a small fortune on their air filtration system, but it was worth it. You could not smell the heavy cigar smoke. In fact if you went into the place right after it was closed for the night there was no lasting odor of smoke. The trick was that they scrubbed the filters every day, and even non-smokers could enjoy the ambiance and a good scotch !

Cigarettes, stench. Cigars, stomach churning, hair falling out STENCH.

IMHO

I live in a state where there is NO smoking in restaurants. There are bars that don’t serve food and allow smoking, but as a non-smoker, I don’t frequent them, for the exact reasons you gave.

Varnes, you are better off now than you will be in a hundred years.

Surely any wine steward can tell us whether the glass is half full or empty :-)

the optimistic pessimist says: The glass is half full – of poison.

Let me guess . . . your daughter figured it was ‘cool’ to smoke. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I’ve got a 40 yr. old daughter who still smokes – although not as much as she used to – even though I haven’t smoked cigarettes for over 27 years and her husband doesn’t smoke ( nor thank goodness, my 17 yr. old grandson who hates her smoking ). She claims it calms her nerves. I claim it’s an addiction but I’ve learned not to nag or be confrontational. At least she won’t smoke in her home ( or mine ) or in her new car.

In Washington State we have very strict non smoking rules. Some public areas like parks have restricted smoking because of kids. Now we passed legalized pot that can be taxed by the state but don’t think of lighting up in public. It’s the equivalent of banning public drinking

I hope the optimist section is well-lit, and the pessimist section suitably gloomy.

@prrdh; Am I the only one here that actually ‘got’ your joke?010 + 010 = 100

Smoking is cool.

You have to stay in the cold to do it.

I love my grandchildren and when out they behave or we leave, but I used to go to bars with food(that then allowed smoking, which gags me) because children in a restaraunt at night usually would ruin our meal.When you go out after 8 or 9pm for a meal, children should be in bed. Why some parents inflict their kids on others, I will never know.

Night-Gaunt: Fritz Schumacher was another one. As chief economist of the National Coal Board, he required every mine, coke oven, or brickyard to at least break even or be closed. This made management so panicky they actually listened to the workers and half the threatened ones were saved – then Thatcher gave them away to her buddies. His most popular book, Small is Beautiful, should be a required textbook.

Lemme guess – on one side of the restaurant, they give you a half-empty glass of water and on the other side, they give you a half-full glass of water.

What side would Danae sit on?

Re glasses: mine is neither half full nor half empty…it is non existent.

The optimist says “The glass is half full.”The pessimist says “The glass is half empty.”The nihilist says “Pour me once again!”

And the Tea Partier says “The glass AND water are MINE; and if you try to say any different, I’ll call you a ‘Socialist’ even though it’s probably not true and I don’t know what the word actually means.”

‘O’ for optimist. ‘O’ for Obama.

Jeez.. I’ve been RETIRED almost that long..Binary wasn’t that bad, then they had to throw Hexidecimals at me..I still have bad dreams about those days in the ’70’s…

I’m glad they have smokin’ sections – a whole newspaper would be too much!