Hey 999, Thanks for the kind words - so far you are the only person who has appreciated that the song changed policy, and a friend and I were wondering if anybody on this thread would concede that much, even if they can't seem to crack a smile over it. I loved the other song just posted. May songs fill the air. But another group of people I played "Smokers Are Scum" for last night found it funny, so I hope this group can acknowledge, even if it is not their cup of tea, that some people like it. Humor is pretty personal, and also very regional, so there's always a wide range of options for reaction, and it's interesting how much hostility it seems to engender for a perky little vaudeville number. If you hate it, that's fine with me. I posted it here, as I said before, because there had once been a thread asking for anti-smoking songs, and this is the most virulent, over-the-top, and (to me) funny one I've ever heard.

"i dont see why people couldnt smoke wherever they wanted"-- quite aside from the moral issue of poisoning children at a holiday street fair, the location we were located in as a street band is in a smokefree business district. Even if that had not been the case, I had specifically asked a smoker not to smoke near me due to a lung condition I have, a leftover from chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease, and his response was to hold the cigarette as close to my fiddle as possible without getting in the way of my bowing arm. I finally nabbed his cigarette (still holding the bow), dropped it on the ground near my boot, twisted my boot on it, and kept playing. It was a nifty move. I wish I had it on video.