Gasping

Who would have thought, before the indoor smoking ban, that smokers were potentially such fresh air enthusiasts, ready to get outdoors at every opportunity, whatever the weather?

It occurs to one with regularity these days that smokers now get much more fresh air during the average working day than the rest of us.

I now realise that smoking has inflicted a double blow to my human rights. I have spent most of my working life in environments where it was difficult at times to see across the room (in fact I have done so much passive smoking that I can’t believe I’m not dead). And now, because I don’t smoke, I don’t get as much fresh air as those who do.

It's a funny old world. Makes me laugh anyhow.