Subject: Re: Smoking !
From: Rob Riss (sdrelist@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Dec 11 2000 - 19:11:41 GMT
Oh,
one more thing. Yes, i think smoking is 'grosser than gross' (as i used to
say when i was a kid), but i do have a way to turn it into something
positive. For the last two years, my friends and i have been collecting the
marlboro miles and camel cash off of packs of cigarettes. When saved up,
you can trade them in for shirts, jackets, sleeping bags, etc. Then, we
turn around and give these items to the Fort Collins homeless shelter. This
last promotion was our first run, and we were able to get 3 nice heavy duty
jackets for the shelter. I thought it might be a good idea to start this up
on the internet so the shelter could get more things, which i havn't really
done yet, but if you'd like to contribute or know someone who would, email
me at sdrelist@hotmail.com!
thanks guys,
-rob at CSU
>From: kennedyp@toronto.cbc.ca (Paul Kennedy)
>Reply-To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
>To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
>Subject: Re: Smoking !
>Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 17:58:31 -0500 (EST)
>
>...Oh, and by the way, Jake, I'd be delighted to hear from Europeans about
>their attitude to smoking imagery in JDS.
>
>In fact, what I was trying to say is that we've struck a VERY rich vein for
>potential discussion. (I wasn't really joking when I talked about the
>"smoking canon"....) Since smoking is SO prevalent, it should be
>fascinating to seek out subtle differences in Salinger's description of
>"the
>act"--now, in North America, considered much more sinful than sex out of
>wedlock.
>
>(Purely on a sociological--or is it anthropological?--level, though, I've
>noticed a marked decline in smoking, even in Europe. Nowhere near as many
>people smoke in England today, for example, as I remember smoking when I
>was
>a student in Britain--which was only shortly after Walter Raleigh brought
>tobbaco back with him from Virginia Colonie.... Some of my best British
>friends--many of them former smokers--are now anti-tobacco terrorists....
>I
>couldn't really care one way or the other, to tell you the truth. Although
>I should say that there HAS been some sickly-sweet-smelling smoke escaping
>from the doors and windows of Amsterdam coffee shops on recent trips. And
>I've been trying to determine exactly what sort of smoke THAT is....)
>
>Cheers, (anyone want to volunteer 2000 words on 'drinking' in Dasheill
>Hammett?)
>
>Paul
>
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