tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post8448667041274098837..comments2023-09-05T08:45:22.572+01:00Comments on Bête de Jour: The Opposite of JournalismLa Bêtehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05934460455824439786noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-280836937309619712009-11-10T17:14:16.406+00:002009-11-10T17:14:16.406+00:00I quit smoking almost three years ago. The first t...I quit smoking almost three years ago. The first three months were a dark horrible tunnel of despair, but it was absolutely worth it. You can do it!<br />Jennifer<br />Portland, ORAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-14223470672949147002009-11-10T15:44:30.328+00:002009-11-10T15:44:30.328+00:00Hmmmm. My 'friend' said it was easy to giv...Hmmmm. My 'friend' said it was easy to give up, just don't have another cigarette. She is still my friend but things between us will never be the same. <br />I've given up a few times, all to varying success. The worst was Allen Carr (God, that book enraged me, and I don't care if that's not how you spell his name). I gave up for nearly two years after a smug ex-smoker-anti-smoker jeweller friend of mine bet me that I couldn't - I was to get a ring if I could keep off for 12 months. I still have the ring. I started again when the smoking ban came in, in protest, and then I lost the diamond out of the ring. Pffft.<br /><br />My lecturer has given up and smokes those electric fags all through class - they have a smoke of sorts that comes out of them and everything. I think if I give up again I'm going to try them, they truly annoy just like real cigarettes.<br /><br />Good luck in your plight. I really enjoy your blog. If you do feel the need to stuff something in your mouth try a biro lid or something equally non-calorific.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05549509390572747201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-7452634711094779412009-11-10T10:57:29.039+00:002009-11-10T10:57:29.039+00:00NK, tsk. Teh internet is not some special place wh...NK, tsk. Teh internet is not some special place where teh rules of teh universe do not apply. You're thinking of Tehran. <br /><br />Awwwwwwww, Amy. My favourite bit is: 'We made a little grave for him with a little wooden cross.' They must have thought he was Opus Dei, like the albino monk. <br /><br />TP, I wish that was really you. On the off-chance that it actually is, hello, and think nothing of it. We all have rotten old day jobs to do and I'm sure you're under a lot of time-pressure which means you're not always permitted to do it to the best of your ability. 'Well-known' should be hyphenated by the way. Oh, just slap me.<br /><br />BSG, you should give up smoking, and steaming too. I'm sure they're both equally bad for you.La Bêtehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05934460455824439786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-27084870800297444832009-11-10T10:30:13.888+00:002009-11-10T10:30:13.888+00:00I knew a Jojo, who was an Australian, too. Probabl...I knew a Jojo, who was an Australian, too. Probably not the same one but I had the same level of disdain for him. In fact, probably more as the mere mention of his name has steam coming out of my ears and I'm not even giving up smoking.bsgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-28763625733086281462009-11-09T22:03:47.578+00:002009-11-09T22:03:47.578+00:00Sorry. Is it any consolation if I say that I wrote...Sorry. Is it any consolation if I say that I wrote that while really wanting a fucking cigarette too?<br /><br />Anyway, I was rather hoping that my feelings about people who bother arguing over what the opposite of "fail" is (i.e. they are dreadful and should stop) came through in the subtext there. But clearly they didn't. Ah well. Once again, sorry.Tom Phillipsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-52809262267012623912009-11-09T20:52:12.218+00:002009-11-09T20:52:12.218+00:00On the internet, the opposite of Fail is Win. As i...On the internet, the opposite of Fail is Win. As in "Goatse FTW (For Teh Win)".<br /><br />Good luck kicking the coffin nails. I've heard the patches give one quite vivid dreams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com