On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Frank, just the other day I was standing by the reception desk of our > company and a man walked in - evidently he was a bike messenger. I > immediately though of you... If you hiccuped at that moment, I am not guilty > :-). > > Is this guy holding a cigarette in his mouth??? Oddly, lots of messengers smoke. I used to smoke. It's quite an art smoking whilst riding fast. You've kind of got to keep your head up, tilt a bit to the right and hang the cigarette "just so" out the corner of your mouth. That way smoke and ashes get blown over your shoulder and not into your face. A significant number of messengers also smoke vast quantities of pot. They smoke it during the day while they work. It's thought that smoking cigarettes gets rid of the pot smell. Of course they're wrong. I suppose that they also figure that since they're polluting the hell out of their lungs with weed, a few ciggies won't do much more damage. BTW, I didn't know they had bike messengers in Jerusalem. Cool! Thanks for the kind words from everyone. Glad you enjoyed. BTW, smoking on bikes is nothing new; witness this old Tour de France photo: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads17/tour_de_france_old_passing_cigarette_smoke1279743847.jpg cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
