Law of Unintended Consequences

[Mike McCusker]

I was reminded of the sometimes perverse consequences of actions at Interpol in Edinburgh last night.

A new law has been introduced in teh UK that bans the smoking of cigarettes in encolsed spaces.

Now as you will know (if you have been paying attention) I don;t smoke. :coughsmokerscough:

This law was introduced to improve the air quality and prevent second hand smoking. However, what I have discovered since its introduction is that concert goers have no shame when it comes to breaking wind next to their fellow revellers even when in confined spaces. I never noticed when venues were smog filled.

But recently - three times, in three diferent cities, some twat has farted next to me.

Either its someone following me to trump when i am in a packed venue and unable to escape or its a universal phenominum (sp?).

I need to know.

[kara lee]

:spit:
hahahaha! the last show i was at, mel and mandy noticed. . .in the absence of SMOKE we got the essence of BO! mmmm! the kind you can *taste*. D:

[Mike McCusker]

What is it about body oder? Have they no friends or relatives?


There cannot be that amount of friendless orphans in the world.

Everyone - just in case its you and no one has told you --

Have a wash.

Put on some deoderant.

Change your shirt.

In that order.

I think I just made the world a nicer place.

[wardle]

jesus mike, i know exactly what you mean. last gig i was at it felt like i could've ate (not that i'd want to) this blokes fart it was so strong... very high pepperoni content. not nice. not nice at all!!!

[pokey]

:lol:

[kara lee]

I think I just made the world a nicer place.

you did indeed!

oh! question. . . .so is it smoke free in all of the uk? just manc-land? curious. . . .my coworker and i were just chatting about it (his bro is english and had a terrible time 'quitting' while constantly being in smoke filled places).

[Mike McCusker]

Hi Kara, sadly its now the whole UK. Scotland went first then Wales and now us.

[candylion]

jesus mike, i know exactly what you mean. last gig i was at it felt like i could've ate (not that i'd want to) this blokes fart it was so strong... very high pepperoni content. not nice. not nice at all!!!




:spit:

[candylion]

i can't imagine the UK smoke free... that's just weirdness...

and a show i went to recently, someone kept farting near me... D:
it was a built to spill show... :ok:
smoke free venue in DC too...

[arnold_layne]

If you go to an Interpol concert, you deserve to be farted on.

[donnyidk]

yeah, but before the smoking ban, you still got farted on just as much. at least now you know it!


i don't know where i stand on the smoking ban. i don't smoke, so i should be all "good, yay, no filthy smoke in my lung babies" but i'm just not sure if it's actually right or not. it suits me, so what? question is should the government be allowed to ban things like that or not?
(cue big discussion on nature, role, purpose of government i've never been arsed enough to get into and use to sort out my moral uncertainties about smoking bans. bleh.)

[beth]

:pukes:

:)

[Ignorant Bliss]

I have noticed that since pubs no longer smell of stale smoke and ale (an old friend of a smell, like freshly cut grass it has the power to invoke memories of happier, carefree times), instead however they all now smell of salt and vinegar.

also, in a traditional sticky floor venue, the ash flicked onto the floor used to have the effect of soaking up and removing some of the adhesive power of spilt ale - once inside somewhere like say, the sugarmill, you are now destined to remain stationary for the duration of your stay.

[wardle]

the good thing about farts vs fags is that fart smell doesn't cling to your clothes the morning after like fag smoke does (unless it's a particularly powerful brew, laden with eastern spices and guinness)

[StellasAntics]

Anytime I've been at the front of a show and the members are smoking, which I've actually seen Interpol do at 40 Watts like 3 years ago, which is a fairly small venue in which I could've touched Paul's shoe, I could hardly smell anything. To be honest, I don't really care if an artist smokes on stage. If someone doesn't want second hand smoke filling up their lungs, they should back up a bit. But that's hardly happened even when I'm dead on at the front. But that's with concerts and that's a completely different deal when it comes to something like a cafe or what not. Eh.

[wardle]

don't turn this into a smoking debate, this thread is about farts, impure and simple! :O ;)

[kara lee]

*poufs*

*pffffft*

*poufs*

:D

[days_between]

So all the people that farted next to you were guys right?
Girls don't fart...
they can't fart...

I had a scare a couple years ago when somebody mentioned Elliott had a book titled "Everybody Poops". Everybody would mean girls poop and girls don't poop.

But I Realized the book was a joke. Haha very funny...got me

So now im better