ThermionicScott 

This thread is making me want to practice my pipe-handling skills while riding. I'll have to find my windcap!

tjspiel

Read an article in the paper today that partially blames chain-smoking pregnant mothers of the 50's for the obesity epidemic of today.

Back then moms were even encouraged to smoke in order to limit their weight gain while pregnant. Often they ended up gaining much less weight than they should have and the babies didn't get enough nourishment. This caused the babies to eat too much once they were born. Making things worse was that fact that mothers of the 50s typically bottle fed. This meant there was no natural limit on the babies' food intake.

Not sure how much I buy it.

fizbiz

Are people seriously concerned that riding behind someone who has a lit cigarette is going to negatively impact their health? That's ridiculous. Unless you are standing right next to someone who is smoking, and have your head suspended over their cigarette hand, you are not inhaling any significant amount of smoke. Compared to standing at red lights for several minutes at a time surrounded by large fossil fuel burning engines the draft from a single cigarette 10-15 feet away while moving at double digit wind speeds is less than negligible. Seriously...complaining about that just comes across as whiny. Environmental issues are another story...but again...cigarettes produce a negligible amount of greenhouses gases in the big picture. In fact...isn't the burning of naturally grown organic matter carbon neutral? I think something along the lines that the plant is only releasing the amount of carbon that it fixed throughout it's life (or something like that. I could be wrong).

alan s 

The cause of obesity is too much junk food and TV.

locolobo13 

NOOOO Don't take my junk food!

ThermionicScott 

Well, excessive calories and underactivity.

SlimRider

I believe in civil disobedience and firmly expressing my opinion about all matters that infringe upon the rights of the innocent. This is especially so, when it involves huge conglomerates, like the entire tobacco industry, which has aligned itself against the average American consumer's health. Millions of advertising dollars are invested into the creation of new nicotine addicts annually. The prime target is the youth of our country. Of course, it's not only in the form of smokables, such as cigarettes, cigars, and pipes. This nicotine monster also raises its ugly head in the form of snuff and chewing tobacco. All forms of tobacco use, contributes to many different types of cancer. The carcinogens in tobacco cause, lung cancer, throat cancer, lip cancer, nose cancer, cancer of the mouth, cancer of the tongue, cancer of the lymph system, etc...

It goes on and on. You can contract cancer in practically every portion of the human body from this stuff. We already have far too many carcinogens within our environment.

Let's just start cleaning up our global act, collectively...Please!

The time to be defiant about the condition of our global environment is yesterday!


Just think! Chances are, your beloved grandfather would still be here today, if only he had never smoked. He would have made the earth's atmosphere just a little more healthy, as well.

- Slim

pityr

Why do you hate America?

fastbartender

I'm pretty confident I could handle a bong while riding.

RaleighSport

Wouldn't be hard, especially with a 2 footer you could put the base on top of the bikes stem to stabilize if needed.

alan s 

I was referring to the causes of the obesity epidemic in France, actually.

jdswitters

When you see me on my bike or usually just getting off of it and smoking, please keep in mind that I am not cycling, biking, racing or training. I'm just going to work, or the grocery store, pub etc.

Leebo

I don't know, lighter, cover hole, both hands off wheel, could lead to problems. Lets talk about beers and pedaling.

Angelis

Actually, he might not have. Living longer means using up more resources from all the extra time on earth. Pollution from commuting, food delivery from around the world, oil, water, increased CO2 production, more waste, over population, etc etc. So if we all die a little sooner; we'll help the planet even more by just getting out of the way.

So help out mother nature, smoke up and die quick!

(btw, I smoke, and commute daily by bike; just not at the same time)

SlimRider

Ah...But you are a cyclist!

As a cyclist, you are bound to unite with all of the other world cyclists, so that we may make conditions for future cyclists more tolerable! We must send a message to all of the world leaders. We must send a message to all of the world's countries. We must send a message to the UN. We must send a message to all the unions in the world that represent the world's cycling workers. We must send a message to all of the energy producing companies. We must send a message to all of the manufacturers of the world, today!

We must all ban together and unite as one commited political body of cyclists, as we peacefully demand better working conditions, more bike lanes, and more comprehensive health insurance advocated by the World Health Organization!

Yeah! That's right! Advocated by WHO!

- Slim

ThermionicScott 

The philosopher Bertrand Russell credited pipe-smoking with saving his life on one occasion. He was flying in an airplane which crashed while making a water landing. He was able to get out sooner due to being in the smoking section.

SlimRider

Bertrand Russell was an Atheists!

RaleighSport

onboard bbq lighter strapped in place, bowl facing you, base mounted to the top of the stem, and have a hand carb with a brake caliper, second brake lever on left side for clearing , that just leaves needing the bong to be adjustable tube, so you can angle it down for regular riding.

mikeybikes

This thread has reached an awesome level of ridiculousness.

fairymuff

The best thing you can ever do for the environment is to have one child less than planned. You can then drive the biggest car imaginable, fly around the world several times a year and generally not care for the environment for the rest of your life and still have a net benefit to the environment.

SlimRider

Ah, MikeyBikes...

I do believe that ridiculousness was exceeded about two hours ago!

ThermionicScott 

Not particularly relevant to this thread, but yes, he was awesome for that as well.

Mr IGH

But what if the kid you didn't have was the one that was going to make world peace? Or invent a perfect energy source?

ThermionicScott 

Or cure lung cancer?

pityr

I did my best to derail it from the start