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From: plunkett@rlgvax.UUCP (Scott Plunkett)
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.misc,net.religion,net.med
Subject: Re: Why Smoke?
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Date: Tue, 12-Jun-84 09:38:23 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 12 09:38:23 1984
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"..dad saying no isn't going to cut it.." ... it depends on *how*
you say no.  I know a chap, of Polish extraction, who once told
me how his father convinced him never to smoke.  Understand that
his father had the strength of several bulldozers, was the size of
a house, and had hands the size of shovels.  Father once said to
son slowly with unflinching eye contact: "Son, if I ever catch
you smoking," he said, "I will break both your legs."  To
reassure his son that this was not infact an act of mercy, he
continued, "..and if that doesn't make you stop, I'll kill you."
Son never smoked, never particularly wanted to, after that heart-
to-heart.
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