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Fumesucker

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7. Man is not a rational animal..

Reply to 90-percent (Reply #6)

Sat Apr 14, 2012, 11:55 AM

Apr 2012

Man is an animal that rationalizes..

Zappa enjoyed cigarettes, hence he rationalized that they weren't bad for him.

A friend of mine's dad quit smoking at a fairly advanced age, he'd never had a gut in his life but developed something of a paunch fairly quickly after quitting. The hypothesis we developed was that all the coughing from cigarettes was keeping his belly flat..

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How Our Absurd Drug War Hurts Everyone [View all] xchrom Apr 2012 OP

enFORCEment? izquierdista Apr 2012 #1

Or conversely, we learn to enjoy provoking bombast, at the cost of civility in general saras Apr 2012 #3

Sometimes It Costs Votes Also SoCalMusicLover Apr 2012 #2

Some logic here 90-percent Apr 2012 #4

Didn't Zappa smoke cigarettes? Fumesucker Apr 2012 #5

cigarettes 90-percent Apr 2012 #6

Man is not a rational animal.. Fumesucker Apr 2012 #7

Prohibition is a gross affront to fundamental human decency malcolmkyle Apr 2012 #8

The drug war will never end.. Fumesucker Apr 2012 #10

PROFITS! DiverDave Apr 2012 #9