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catabryna

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5. Disgusting...

Reply to trof (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2011, 07:14 PM

Dec 2011

My husband died because he was fat and couldn't control himself and got cancer. My dad will eventually die because he smoked and drank. My mom will die because she smoked and was overweight. I will die because I'm a smoker. My son will die because...???

Please... do gooders... get over yourselves.

eta: My other mom will die because she's pumped up with legal drugs supplied by major pharma and her physicians. Ouch, hurts doesn't it?

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"Vaclav Havel, a heavy smoker, died today" - CBS News [View all] trof Dec 2011 OP

Kudos to him Autumn Dec 2011 #1

Heavy drinking or heavy Politics are not good for one either, but who gives a crap? teddy51 Dec 2011 #2

it is offensive. just say, he deserved to die and should have died sooner. seabeyond Dec 2011 #3

When ya got no game make one up..... Old Guy and his pipe Dec 2011 #4

Disgusting... catabryna Dec 2011 #5

My grandmother was heavy her entire life The empressof all Dec 2011 #6

good for you.... nt seabeyond Dec 2011 #9

I had a great big great grandmother, married to a skinny guy, who outlived her husband by decades. MADem Dec 2011 #11

Good call, trof! pacalo Dec 2011 #7

I'm guessing that means he died of lung cancer or some smoking-related disease. Honeycombe8 Dec 2011 #8

Given the state of journalism today, I would suspect the opposite. hughee99 Dec 2011 #10

Yes. It's a 'guess'. trof Dec 2011 #13

Thanks for your support. Really. trof Dec 2011 #12

I was set back on my heels one night EFerrari Dec 2011 #14

Agreed Ron Obvious Dec 2011 #15

Same here. Both my parents died from smoking related illnesses. RebelOne Dec 2011 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Dec 2011 #17

it is epidemic! KT2000 Dec 2011 #18

President Havel was a whole universe more than that. Octafish Dec 2011 #19

*Everybody* in Eastern Europe smoked mojowork_n Dec 2011 #20