Subject: Re: IE-UK Republic Smokers forced to Northern Ireland
Date: Mar 28, 2004 @ 12:29
Author: Bill Hanrahan ("Bill Hanrahan" <wjhanrahan@...>)
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I especially like the quote about sitting down for "your first
pint"...
(underscore "first"). Yep, they're "my people" all right!

Bill

--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Doug Murray <doug@d...> wrote:
>
> The Irish Republic (home of my people!) is about to institute a
major
> smoking ban in all public places including... PUBS!
> For those in the one town, a puff in the pub means crossing the
> border... are there any pubs DIRECTLY on the border? That would
be
> interesting.
>
>
> Irish Border Pubs Fear Smokers Will Head North
> Sat Mar 27, 2004 04:56 AM ET
>
> By Alex Richardson
"I play music
> in bars, and when you finish playing you sit down to have your
first
> pint and you want a cigarette, and the person behind the bar, who
you
> probably know really well, has got to tell you can't. It's not
fair to
> both sides."