You can't handle the  !
Who remembers that old thing? Talk about dusting off old antiques from the attic...whew!
Well, I wish they would resurrect it here in China. Actually, you get used to the smoking after a while. After all, a love of or tendency toward smoking is quite common in many countries around the world. But the thing I don't get, the thing that annoys me the most, is a bicyclist with the handlebars in one hand and a cigarette in the other. What? You couldn't wait ten minutes? Or at least pull over to the side of the road?
Not only is one-handed bicycle smoking (which sounds like my favorite new Olympic sport!) dangerous. Especially since the Chinese - generally speaking - are bad enough in the traffic and transportation department without devoting half of the balance in their upper body - and most of their attention - to smoking a cigarette. But they consistently blow smoke in the face of the person cycling behind, which - on numerous occasions - has been me. I'm already getting the black lung. I don't need cancer and emphysema, too.
Wow - I've been ranting a lot lately. Perhaps it's time for a vacation. Or my nap. Makes me actually miss Laiwu... |
