Posted on 12/20/2007 4:31:52 PM PST by DeaconBenjamin
A German restaurateur has come up with a novel solution to a new ban on smoking in restaurants: He has made three holes in the wall of his restaurant so that customers can smoke "outside."
Michael Windisch, proprietor of the "Maltermeister Turm" restaurant in Goslar in the state of Lower Saxony, was frustrated by the state's ban on smoking in bars and restaurants, which was introduced on Aug. 1 . His solution was to get out the saw.
With the "smoking point," customers can put their heads through the large hole in the middle and one hand through each of the two smaller side-holes. The patrons can then legally enjoy a cigarette without having to leave the comfort of the inn.
The idea could well catch on across the country: Several of Germany's 16 federal states are to introduce smoking bans on Jan. 1, 2008, including Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia and the city-states of Berlin and Hamburg.
How fitting-it finally returns to the country where it all began under Uncle Adolf.
LOL!!!! Good One.
Not picking any fights. I'm not among the folks advocating government intervention in smells I find offensive.
agree
and neither am I
I am still waiting for the mothers against everything to provide just ONE name of a real person that has died of second hand smoke.
You are not actively resisting this intrusion, therefore you are an advocate.
Go in peace and don't resist. Look forward to the day you can't buy a cheeseburger and have to wear a helmet in your car.
Then go to a non-smoking restaurant.
Last I checked, tobacco was a legal product and restaurants were private property. Tell me why a restaurant owner shouldn't be allowed to decide whether or not he will allow his patrons to use a legal product.
I’m just glad my hole’s not smoking!
The mothers against everything are all guys. The "mothers" only appear for PR purposes.
These are the guys who perpetually wore their underwear around their ears in high school, but subsequently discovered the power of propaganda in the feminized state that is now the USA.
I gotta tell you, this has me ROTFLMAO
They tried to make porches for smokers in Ohio, but the law said that if it had 3 sides it was "enclosed" and therefore the Nazis forbade it.
Thanks for the ping!
figuratively, not literally
this idea will *really* catch on in gay bars...
INTENDED consequences, perhaps?
Why is the title in English?
You’re a very sick man.
If it does in the future, just use a little lube and you’ll be fine.
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