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Old 30-06-2008, 16:19   #1645
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Re: smoking and the pub

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Originally Posted by roadwolf View Post
Lets get this thing into context, pubs used to be frequented mainly by smokers, until the so called middle class decided that they wanted to go out for something to eat. Instead of going to a restaurant the decided to go to a pub that resembled a restaurant and then complained of the smokey atmosphere,the smoking drinkers were there first, they didn't start going to restaurants to drink. It's like the american indians and the aboriginies all over again, move in take over and restrict what the indigenous population can do. What next slip some disease into our beer and rid yourselves of all beer drinkers.
Hello? And how exactly did the evil middle classes decide to go to a pub that resembled a restaurant, unless the pub's owners first decided to turn it into a pub resembling a restaurant?

Sorry but the line you're taking here has more holes than a colander.
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