No fat people allowed: Only the slim will be allowed to dine in public!

[Purple Banana]

Hey Donnie, check your email!

EDIT: I think the smoking ban is absolutely ridiculous, especially in bars where it's soo common. I don't smoke cigs, nor will I ever, but I choose to go to places with cigarette smoking because it's my choice. It should always be up to the establishment to allow smoke or to not allow smoke. People can choose to go elsewhere if they don't want to be in a smoky environment.

[killerweed420]

Well shit. That means I'm fucked. No more resteraunt food for me.lol

[CultureCherryPopper]

I feel your pain kkiller. Time to hit the gym, fuck.

[jimmy8778]

Hey Donnie, check your email!

EDIT: I think the smoking ban is absolutely ridiculous, especially in bars where it's soo common. I don't smoke cigs, nor will I ever, but I choose to go to places with cigarette smoking because it's my choice. It should always be up to the establishment to allow smoke or to not allow smoke. People can choose to go elsewhere if they don't want to be in a smoky environment.

i actually see things a little different, just the other day the state smoking ban went into effect here. And not that i mind so much because i dont smoke, but i agree and disagree with you. I think that smoking should be banned from certain types of restaurants, such as ones where the bar, and smoking customers are a small percentage of the patrons, which means most restaurants. Though i believe that smoking should still be allowed in bars and clubs. It is expected that certain places will have a smokey atmosphere and it should be up to the establishment to make that decision. Though for my state atleast, i was reading the frederick post, i read an article about it and it said that businesses that feel that banning customers from smoking inside the establishment would negatively afffect their business, in the way that they go from making money to losing money due to loss of business can apply for a special permit to get a 3 year waiver from having to comply with the ban. But they have to be able to prove it. So this basically means that clubs and bars that end up losing business over it can have inside smoking sections.

[Purple Banana]

Oh yeah, I definitely agree with you on that- I really only meant bars and clubs, not restaurants. I generally never went to restaurants that allowed smoking and non-smoking sections, it wasn't appetizing...

I heard those permits are extremely difficult to get, as well as very expensive, and knowing Maryland's legislative hisroty, it's gonna be difficult for those places to prove they're losing business. It's an uphill battle for 'em.

[couch-potato]

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RON PAUL!!!

[Purple Banana]

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RON PAUL!!!

Amen, brother! :thumbsup:

[dragonrider]

If they ban fat people from eating in restaurants in Mississippi, of all places, every restaurant in the state will go out of business. The idea is absurd.

Although, I think the idea of scales at the door is not a bad idea. It could form the basis of a new way to charge for the all-you-can-eat buffet. Instead of a flat rate where everyone pays the same, they could weigh you on the way in and weigh you on the way out, then charge you by the pound. Whenever I go to one of those places I feel like I am paying the same as some guy who would be banned in Mississippi, and no matter how hard I try, there no way I can cram as much food down my gullet as he can.

The smoking ban is a totally different thing. Smoking is a hazard and nuisance to other patrons and to the employees. I was glad when the smoking ban went into effect here in California, and it must have been more than 10 years ago. I don't think it has affected business. We still have plenty of restaurants, and bars here! I worked at a brew pub that had a no-smoking policy in effect years before the ban, and everyone loved it --- the place actually smelled great and the food tasted better.

[Kryptonite24]

PWNED

[SFGurrilla]

If they ban fat people from eating in restaurants in Mississippi, of all places, every restaurant in the state will go out of business. The idea is absurd.

Although, I think the idea of scales at the door is not a bad idea. It could form the basis of a new way to charge for the all-you-can-eat buffet. Instead of a flat rate where everyone pays the same, they could weigh you on the way in and weigh you on the way out, then charge you by the pound. Whenever I go to one of those places I feel like I am paying the same as some guy who would be banned in Mississippi, and no matter how hard I try, there no way I can cram as much food down my gullet as he can.

The smoking ban is a totally different thing. Smoking is a hazard and nuisance to other patrons and to the employees. I was glad when the smoking ban went into effect here in California, and it must have been more than 10 years ago. I don't think it has affected business. We still have plenty of restaurants, and bars here! I worked at a brew pub that had a no-smoking policy in effect years before the ban, and everyone loved it --- the place actually smelled great and the food tasted better.

LOL. The buffet line would have a lot more damn food in it, i'd open a chince buffet if the bill came into play in that aspect lol