I hear ya but it seems so silly not to be able to put up a sign that says "If you can smoke less while here, this singer thanks you." Or something like that. Point being, they (smokers) don't give a damn about me an other non-smokers. Why shouldn't I be able to put up a soft-sell sign?

I have often thought... after I watch chain smoker after chain smoker, one after another... for four hours non-stop... and the damn bar is just unbearable... if many of them would just damn, lighten up a bit... if they would just try, they don't have to keep one lit the whole damn time. There are many times they go for long periods without ANY cig. So, just cutting back a bit would help. If you have a guy like me with a sign up, it's obvious. I dunno. It sucks, I know that.

I have come across two singers in the past month, each is 45 to age 50 and their singing voice is just shot. They say "Yeah, these damn cigarettes." And it is. You can hear in their manly voice and their hacking. What a pitiful lot we are, human beings.

The Gonzo jerk (in my song), what an idiot. I wrote that song after musing with a friend, "Who is the idiot s.o.b. that one day said, "Hey, why don't we roll some leaves up and let them dry and light the end and suck the heat and smoke into our lungs? That oughta be really nice." What a pathetic habit. Screw tobacco companies. Screw the Carolinas. If you say you wish tobacco would just disapper, people say, "Yeah, but Uncle Vern will be ought of work. He grows tobacco." Duh. Get another line of work, Vern.