A small victory.

ascanbe · 03-11-2011 02:18AM #1

Having a few drinks tonight.
Thought i'd run out of cigs and was feeling antsy to say the least.
Know it's pathetic and i should quit, but i found myself rifling through every pocket of every garment i own in the vain hope i'd find a crumpled cigarette pack laden with precious cargo or at least one that would offer up a rumpled morsel.
No dice.
Returned to my seat and picked up this here computer, picked up a couple of papers from the table beside me in order to throw them down in pure frustration and, lo and behold, the corner of my eye caught what looked like the gleam off a pack of Benson & Hedges.
To my surprise, i never tend to leave cigarette packs on that table, that's what it was, and it yielded a bountiful harvest.
I realise that this isn't much of a story and that this victory, apart from being small, is, given the nature of what i'm celebrating, something of a pyrrhic one, but i still, perhaps due to the fact i'm a bit drunk and juggling watching music videos on youtube with checking into AH now and again, feel compelled to post this video in honour of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U6Hzjz5220

the groutch · 03-11-2011 02:22AM

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a315/ion1966/applause.gif

Eathrin · 03-11-2011 02:22AM

Like when you think all the sweets are gone from the pack, but then, another one appears at the bottom and just for a moment, you're in heaven.

hondasam · 03-11-2011 02:27AM

Riveting

Chuck Stone · 03-11-2011 02:27AM

Brings back memories.

Would have walked across a flat field in a lighting storm holding a golf club above my head singing 'don't stop me now' to get myself a cig if I'd run out.

ascanbe · 03-11-2011 02:27AM

the groutch wrote: »

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a315/ion1966/applause.gif

That reminds me; haven't watched 'The Golden Child' in years.
Chalking that down.
This night just keeps getting better!

ascanbe · 03-11-2011 02:34AM

hondasam wrote: »

Riveting

I aim to please..
If there was any sarcasm intended i won't even mind; a nice, cool smoke takes the edge off.

the groutch · 03-11-2011 02:35AM

ascanbe wrote: »

That reminds me; haven't watched 'The Golden Child' in years.
Chalking that down.
This night just keeps getting better!

"Only a man whose heart is pure can wield the knife, and only a man whose ass is narrow can fit down these steps."

hondasam · 03-11-2011 02:35AM

ascanbe wrote: »

I aim to please..

You need to aim higher.

TheUsual · 03-11-2011 02:45AM

Love Faith No More.

Any of you kids on here, check out "Easy" and "Midnight Cowboy" on YouTube.

Awesome.

orourkeda · 03-11-2011 02:48AM

Why didnt you just buy some more

DEFTLEFTHAND · 03-11-2011 02:49AM

Sweet

, I know that awful feeling when your having a few at home and you miscalculate your cig supply and have to ration whats left for the rest of the night.

Dotrel · 03-11-2011 02:55AM

And now you're ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=303B9vfzxVw

ascanbe · 03-11-2011 02:59AM

orourkeda wrote: »

Why didnt you just buy some more

Failed to prepare.
Thought i had a pack at home, then realised i didn't have a pack at home, then, through sheer luck, discovered that i did, in fact, have a pack at home, so, as it happened, didn't fail to prepare.
Am in the sticks, relatively speaking, so couldn't just head out to the nearest all-night garage, which, in this instance, turned out to be a good thing.

TheUsual · 03-11-2011 03:02AM

Smoke em if ya got em.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhWF12KjUAw

ascanbe · 03-11-2011 03:11AM

Looks like this is gonna turn into a AH tribute to Faith No More thread; better than i could've ever expected.
This is just f*cking phenomenal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRFPs7L9Vgw

Mammanabammana · 03-11-2011 03:11AM

ascanbe wrote: »

That reminds me; haven't watched 'The Golden Child' in years.

Me neither! But I'm just about to rectify that. "I - I, I - I, I, I, I want the knife." A classic...

TheUsual · 03-11-2011 03:18AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5irHyoRNcRY

hondasam · 03-11-2011 03:24AM

ascanbe wrote: »

Having a few drinks tonight.
Thought i'd run out of cigs and was feeling antsy to say the least.
Know it's pathetic and i should quit, but i found myself rifling through every pocket of every garment i own in the vain hope i'd find a crumpled cigarette pack laden with precious cargo or at least one that would offer up a rumpled morsel.
No dice.
Returned to my seat and picked up this here computer, picked up a couple of papers from the table beside me in order to throw them down in pure frustration and, lo and behold, the corner of my eye caught what looked like the gleam off a pack of Benson & Hedges.
To my surprise, i never tend to leave cigarette packs on that table, that's what it was, and it yielded a bountiful harvest.
I realise that this isn't much of a story and that this victory, apart from being small, is, given the nature of what i'm celebrating, something of a pyrrhic one, but i still, perhaps due to the fact i'm a bit drunk and juggling watching music videos on youtube with checking into AH now and again, feel compelled to post this video in honour of it.

How many have you smoked so far ?

TheUsual · 03-11-2011 03:27AM

What is it ?
It's it, what is it ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERTT_sv8sV0

ascanbe · 03-11-2011 03:28AM

Throw up another single from Angel Dust.
One of the best albums ever IMO.
What a song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHydZPFlf2g

hondasam · 03-11-2011 03:34AM

ascanbe wrote: »

Four.

Slow down or you will have none left for the morning.

TheUsual · 03-11-2011 03:36AM

ascanbe wrote: »

Throw up another single from Angel Dust.
One of the best albums ever IMO.
What a song:

Sweet.

Can't find the original version of "Easy like Sunday morning" on YouTube, maybe it has been taken down.

HLecter · 03-11-2011 03:37AM

OP

http://media.onsugar.com/files/2011/04/14/3/1547/15478845/3f/french_anti_smoking_ad_02.jpg

ascanbe · 03-11-2011 03:41AM

hondasam wrote: »

Slow down or you will have none left for the morning.

T'was damn near a full pack; will have plenty for the morning.
Don't tend to smoke in the morning, anyway; only tend to smoke when i drink.
I'm a lightweight in that regard, really; would be held in contempt by true smokers.
But when i'm drinking i'd run through a brick wall for a smoke; it's like two addictions intertwined and i don't know which one is the most powerful/which one, if either, compels me to indulge in both.

hondasam · 03-11-2011 03:45AM

ascanbe wrote: »

T'was damn near a full pack; will have plenty for the morning.
Don't tend to smoke in the morning, anyway; only tend to smoke when i drink.
I'm a lightweight in that regard, really; would be held in contempt by true smokers.
But when i'm drinking i'd run through a brick wall for a smoke; it's like two addictions intertwined and i don't know which one is the most powerful/which one, if either, compels me to indulge in both.

It's obvious you drink because you smoke, if you stopped drinking you would stop smoking:p

ascanbe · 03-11-2011 03:47AM

HLecter wrote: »

OP

http://media.onsugar.com/files/2011/04/14/3/1547/15478845/3f/french_anti_smoking_ad_02.jpg

That's about right.

ascanbe · 03-11-2011 03:53AM

TheUsual wrote: »

Sweet.

Can't find the original version of "Easy like Sunday morning" on YouTube, maybe it has been taken down.

Here's the original and the FNM cover.
Both live:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIRGNzVIz6Y

A small victory.

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