Pass us a Winnie Blue

I've read back over my last few posts and realised that almost all of them are just bitterly complaining about something. Knowing when I'm on a good thing, this post will be along similar lines.

I used to be a smoker. Not a heavy smoker, but a smoker nonetheless. I don't smoke now and haven't for over twenty years and, what's more, I don't FEEL like I need to smoke.

One thing, however, has forced me consider taking the habit up again. It's this ad that's running at the moment:

"http://www.youtube.com/embed/-rUFoLVtwMc"

Now, I know ads, especially Quit ads, are supposed to be manipulative but, seriously, have you ever seen anything quite so blatant? Every time and I do mean EVERY TIME I see this ad, I want to buy a pack of smokes and finish them off in one sitting; just so I can say to the Quit people, 'go FUCK yourselves.'

My neighbour smokes and he hadn't seen the ad until recently. It came on TV when I was over there and I pointed it out to him. The very first thing he did after seeing it, was say, 'I'm going for a smoke.' And he, indeed, smoked two cigarettes before coming back inside.

So, well down Quit centre; you're really helping yourselves in the anti-smoking campaign.