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AIBU?

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to think that now you can't smoke in public places, you shouldn't really be making your roll-ups in them either?

157 replies

ScatterChasse · 05/05/2012 21:19

Recently, I've seen a few people doing this, and it surprised me (and when did so many people switch to roll-ups?).

I don't want to see people fiddling about with tobacco pouches and cigarette papers in coffee shops and restaurants. Obviously, if they could smoke them there then it makes sense, but now it seems to me like going into a cafe and starting to make your own sandwich (with no intention of eating it in there obviously).

AIBU? A friend says I am, because if they did it outside "their tobacco might blow away", which while possibly true, hardly seems a good justification to me.

OP posts:
doormat · 05/05/2012 21:50

worral "I used to pay some Chinese children minimum wage to roll mine for me" Grin lmfao

op mind your own business...its doing no harm ffs

trixymalixy · 05/05/2012 21:51

I'm totally anti smoking, but think YABVU!!

ScarletLadyOfTheNight01 · 05/05/2012 21:51

Oooh PEACE PIPE! Sounds good...

Noqontrol · 05/05/2012 21:53

Lol. You are being very unreasonable op. What harm is someone rolling a fag in front of you going to cause to anyone? What a bizarre thread.

TuftyFinch · 05/05/2012 21:53

I used to roll my dad's when I were young.

What is it you object to, specifically? Is it the gaudy plastic pouches? The tins were so much more tasteful.

chipmunksex · 05/05/2012 21:54

There's nothing like rolling your own though; a nice little skinny one with a roach not a filter. Cherry vanilla tobacco or just old holburn, nice little clicky lighter and a pint of Guinness.

2shoes · 05/05/2012 21:55

this thread proves how sometimes people need more to worry about

Haberdashery · 05/05/2012 21:55

Er, you sound completely nuts, OP. I would totally agree that rolling a spliff in a café would be a bit off but smoking is still legal last time I checked, however stupid/unpleasant/pointless.

ScarletLadyOfTheNight01 · 05/05/2012 21:55

Definitely a roach...fuck filters...they're shit...The little green bit in a packet of Rizle was the best roach...after they got rid of Gratis points anyway.

I was always a Drum girl though.

ScarletLadyOfTheNight01 · 05/05/2012 21:56

Rizla even >_

chipmunksex · 05/05/2012 21:56

I gave up 6 years ago, but I can still dream. Wink

2shoes · 05/05/2012 21:56

oh the days of a roach....
we are now grown up and use filters

smurkle · 05/05/2012 21:58

Get a life.

SkinnyVanillaLatte · 05/05/2012 21:58

Skinny ones are prison rollies chip Grin.I liked a mid thickness,no roach or filter,Drum or Amber Leaf.Any old lighter will do.With the first cup of coffee in the morning.

doormat · 05/05/2012 21:59

am lmfao at some of the comments on here..this is one seriously funny thread..hahahahGrin

TidyDancer · 05/05/2012 21:59

OMG this is the most ridiculous AIBU I've read in ages. But made me laugh, so thanks! :)

AgentZigzag · 05/05/2012 22:00

I dunno about the OP needing more to worry about, who hasn't posted something that's been annoying them for an age in AIBU only to be told you need to get a grip?

Grin

It doesn't mean you have nothing else to worry about, just that other people are fucking irritating.

ScarletLadyOfTheNight01 · 05/05/2012 22:00

Ah I couldn't do no roach...I used to get bits in my mouth. Mine were mostly prison rollies though, I liked 'em skinny. Make them too big and you start getting pulled over by the police. This was when you weren't chased out of town for smoking in public though.

maras2 · 05/05/2012 22:01

I don't smoke any more and have never smoked roll ups.However,it makes sense to start rolling before you get outside to be on par with the B&H crew.You are BU.

CrunchyFrog · 05/05/2012 22:02

I have a tin. It rolls them for me. I lack practical skills and manual dexterity.

AND I use filters. Because that makes them healthy, see? Grin [don't burst my bubble emoticon]

In my defence, it's my only vice. Apart from whiskey. And country music. And Unsuitable Male Friends. Grin

WorraLiberty · 05/05/2012 22:02

I also roll my own tampons at the table before going to the toilet

I suppose the OP thinks that's wrong too....

ScatterChasse · 05/05/2012 22:03

It's because it is only a little thing that I've posted it here.

It's unlikely to come up in normal conversation, so I wouldn't find out what other people thought (which is obviously that I'm U), whereas here you can start a thread about the topic of your own choosing.

Anyway, I've accepted I was BU.

You can continue to tell me I need to get a grip, have a sad life or whatever, but I can't change my mind again! It's just something I'd never do, because I think it's impolite, and was only wondering if it was still socially acceptable because people used to do it before the ban.

OP posts:
ChippingInLovesEasterEggs · 05/05/2012 22:03
Hmm

Some people are just weird.

SkinnyVanillaLatte · 05/05/2012 22:03

Scarlet I always kept a long little fingernail for pushing any stragglers in.

I didn't have big fat ones,just a pleasant smoke.Prison rollies just a bit papery .

WorraLiberty · 05/05/2012 22:04

Aww OP you've taken the leg pulling in good spirit though Grin