I heard a story on NPR this morning about smoking bans in France.
A smoking ban exists, but it's not enforced. Hmm.
Smokers complain. They say smoking is part of French character. They smoke anyway.
That sounds sort of like Chicago. Smoking is banned, except on Saturdays. Or it can only occur in the front of the bar. Or the back. Or depending on the bartender's preference. Or the band that is playing. Or if the place has a "smoke filter" in the room.
Essentially, the only places in the world where people will be allowed to smoke are Chicago and France.
Interesting Miz M. I'll be sure to bring back an update on this when I return from the city of France next month.
ReplyDeleteYo - Chicago is the city of big shoulders! Those French people are pretty petite so it takes a whole country of them to match a city of us!
ReplyDeleteOkay, point well taken. I it makes more sense when you consider there are more people in Chicagoland than there are in the entire state of WI.
ReplyDeleteThe whole of France does have more people in general. And I was surprised to see it has almost 500 more people per sq km than the Chicago Consolidated Statistical Area.
Gotta love Wikipedia.