Found in the Times2 Column

Recently

"I find smokers more generous, more cynical and more up for a laugh," says Carol Midgley.

"I admit that I like smokers. Perverse, I know, being attracted to the 21st century's No 1 lepers, particularly since I've never smoked in my life and consider it a septic little habit. But it's not the cigarettes I'm draw to - it's the people who smoke them.

smoke doker A disproportionate number of my friends are nicotine addicts and this must be because I find smokers a bit more, well, interesting, more generous of spirit, more amusingly cynical, more up for a laugh than non-smokers. You can't imagine a smoker placing their hand over their wine glass and saying: "no more for me, thanks. I have to be up early for my Pilates class." And they are unlikely to be vain since they obviously don't mind developing grey skin and a mouth like a cat's arse. And you can't ask for more than that in a friend."

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Comments

Anonymous says:

September 15, 2005 at 5:19 pm

LOL.

nathan says:

September 15, 2005 at 6:04 pm

Kiss my cattie ass!

This is a fine article, I appreciate this woman and laugh in the face of mortality. Please, haveatthee and ye and other such words meant to say "good jorb, m'lady."

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