Comments by Pretendyouareanadultpeople
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Posted on October 3 at 8:41 a.m.
To this comment from JAnderson: "I for one enjoy being able to stop off at a bar for a cold beer at the end of a work week, enjoy a burger (and be able to taste the flavers) and leave knowing I don't have to rush home to shower and wash my clothes that smell like the bottom of an ashtray." "we filthy smokers" would like to congratulate you "holler than thou part time bar goers" on taking over for us in supporting all the small bar business in Ottertail County. We notice that the bars are all but empty now-a-days. There should be PLENTY of room for you "healthy, great smelling" over weight people to belly up at the bar and enjoy your $2/weekly patronage. YOU ARE WHAT PAYS THE BILLS AND MAKES THE DOORS STAY OPEN! Who could ever deny that?
Posted on March 11 at 8:36 a.m.
Dear CP3571,doctipster, and Sumwun
"why did the dumba$$ take off 90mph"
Let's just think about that for a minute.... MAYBE because he was being chased??? ==> He didn't have a license, HE knew that, and then the cops found that out, want to bet that they could have simply met him at his house rather than CHASE HIM INTO FERGUS FALLS at a high rate of speed therefore ENDANGERING all other traffic on the road at that time?
==> Amanda
It's "Ebbighausen" not Ebenhausen. If you don't know how to spell it, just ask someone!
It's a simple thing, really: Just have someone proofread articles first! Consider the source!!
** "We" simply take for granted that THIS is what “we” have to call our “news and our newspaper” in this area. Throw it/something/ANYTHING “out there” in big, bold print (correct spelling is NOT considered to be a requirement), get a reaction from the whole town, THEN do your research, possibly print a retraction LATER (perhaps on the back of the last page, in small print)….. such is life in this “big city.” ;-)
Posted on September 5 at 10:35 a.m.
Venti -
Pretendiamintelligent - "If you want to go to a non-smoking bar, then buy one up!"
Nah, I think I'll just wait until October 1st and then go to any bar I darn well please.
I can't wait to breathe the clean air, listen to the great music, and have a few beers all while being able to see the person sitting on the other side of the table.
THERE SHOULD BE PLENTY OF PLACES TO SIT IN THERE!
I hope you are a heavy drinker, because YOU will be keeping their doors open from now on.
"Pretendiamintelligent" claims to have had an IQ of 140 <== Fact! and you look good in green!!
he must have missed out on civics class, because we live in a Republic, not a Democracy. It's a system of government where power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them. If people have problems with this bill they should really take it up with their representatives, not their fellow voters. <== Again, "you people" get to have the only say in what goes on an opionion website, correct? The rest of us don't even get to comment on an opinion page?? The OPINIONS of "the people" are why we are even reading/writing this stuff! What a Nazi!
Posted on September 4 at 9:12 p.m.
"Pretendyouareanadultpeople, while we're at it, we might as well say man didn't walk on the moon either. "
** How much wind do you think there is in space? Enough to make an American flag "blow" in the wind?" What color is your unicorn?
Posted on September 4 at 9:06 p.m.
I don't think I have gotten "dumber" (is that a word??)
Wonder where the UFO comment came from???....... eating mushrooms? Those are illegal too "don't ya know."
This has gotten to be incredibly boring.
Enjoy those smoke-free bars....... you and that one "other guy," while they remain open to the "public." Tip heavily, business depends on it!!!!
Posted on September 4 at 8:37 p.m.
Dear Elizabeth,
"I'll gladly be the sheep if your apparent intelligence is the alternative."
I have forgotten more than you will ever know (concerning the REAL world).
Have fun in your fantasy land. It will last as long as you pay all the bills........
** And my intelligence, is no the issue here, but for your information my IQ was 140 at age 7.
Posted on September 4 at 7:48 p.m.
Wow, some of "you people" are simple.
If you consider smoking to be a chemical dependency (gotta love those "pill people"), that means that I should get my insurance to pay for the patch, and we all REALLY want to be "you" (since you think that I really want to quit smoking, the same logic that religious fanatics try to smother indigenous people with?? ~ "If we only 'knew better' we would do things the way that YOU do...). Sounds like "restless leg syndrome" to me...... who actually believes that stuff?
I personally know people that have never smoked, chewed etc...,that have cancer. To say that smoking causes cancer is right now a choice of how the statistics are presented to you. There is no line between smoking and cancer, in that simplistic view. Granted, It MIGHT help cause cancer, but since "they" can't even cure the common cold, how much stock do you actually put in "their" statistics? Don't be the proverbial sheep here........
It wasn't too long ago that eggs, milk and bread were "bad for you." Having grown up on a farm (granted a person that sits on the couch will probably die from something like obesity ==> thank you Darwin as these people will suck the live out of the socialist system longer than the rest of us! ~ we all will die from something right?) I know that that is not correct. I also know many people that have a smoke (and heaven forbid!) a drink, daily, and they live to be over 90 (how much more do you want???).
Let's get to the real heart of this matter shall we? Non-smokers (not all mind you) think that they should shepherd the rest of us. I am here to tell you that I have my own life to live (for better or worse). And if you are not ok with (for example) Roe vs. Wade, then don't have an abortion. Just do not tell EVERYONE ELSE how to live their lives. It is really not any of your business.
If you want to go to a non-smoking bar, then buy one up! Put a big fat sign on your door and wait for your friends to keep your lights on. More power to you, THAT is democracy! Democracy is NOT TELLING THE PEOPLE HOW TO RUN THEIR BUSINESSES. The smoking ban makes this a monarchy state.
And to the person that says "they give me 2 months....." Perhaps when you are driving your beemer on the Lewis and Clark wagon trail in that same amount of time, you will remember what I said before.
Posted on September 4 at 1:47 p.m.
Good old Pawlenty, he doubles the price of cigarettes and then we can't even smoke em' in the bar. Real thinker he is! Having his cake and eating it too!
I for one will not be attending any of the local bars after the ban goes into effect. Restaurants are one thing, but bars are another all together. You are supposed to be 21 yrs old to go into a pub, and by that time you should be able to decide for yourself if you want to smoke or not. Nothing goes together like beer and cigarettes! Afterall, we smokers paid more money to be in here than you did!!
What do you think would happen if we all quit drinking and smoking at the same time? We would be paying to fix the roads then?? Maybe you holier than thou non-smoking whiners should be solely responsible for MN infrastructure from no on??!!
IF YOU DON'T SMOKE, and/or smoke bothers you in some way, stay outside in the fresh air! Be sure to stay 25 feet from the bar entrance too, especially when it is raining or snowing, otherwise you will be in our way, and we are thirsty and smart enough to come in out of the rain.
Just wait until the government tells us adults that we can no longer eat fast food as it is bad for us, makes us fat, and therefore we cannot decide for ourselves what we can eat. It's coming folks! The USA is going totally socialist!
I'm on a roll now!........
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Posted on October 3 at 12:04 p.m.
timetotalk & robbie: I am one of the unemployed due to a closed bar. Watched the tips go from $100+ a night on the weekend to less than $50. "They" keep whining about the smoke, now there is no smoke and they STILL aren't in there buying anything. All "we" want is to sit in the bar and drink and smoke (with the money we made while paying taxes) like we used to do when this was a free country (remember when that was?) We wouldn't go into their office ((sounds like a real blast as far as a place to hang out)) and smoke or complain about the people farting ((maybe nonsmokers don't fart?? Maybe their s**t doesn't stink either?? ;-)) WE don't care if you are in the bar, just don't complain about the smoke. Toss us out and YOU are the ones with nothing to complain about. Look down at your own four fingers JAnderson. Regardless of whether you smoke or not, as a free person, you should definitely bve concerned about the government deciding how a business owner runs his business or not. You don't like smoke, YOU go sit outside and shiver! Or ban the cigarettes completely! Bet you won't tho, you'd miss driving on all these nice paved roads :-) **Maybe we should start a sugar tax to replace the banned cigs?? More fat people out there than smokers anyway........ talk about hard on the socialist health care dollars.
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