Jump to full article: Cleburne (TX) Times-Review, 2009-07-30
Author: Bart Cannon
Intro: Thanks to icons like Bogey and the Marlboro man, kids growing up in the '60s learned to admire smokers at an early age.
I'll never forget the preacher who bragged on all the outstanding men in his church -- out standing behind the sanctuary smoking a cigarette.
He must have been so proud of them.
Meanwhile, singer Jim Gilbert extolled "holy smokers who want to see the Lord so much, they're shortening their days."
Army basic training reinforced the notion that smokers deserve special privileges.
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A Litterbutt.com bumper sticker says, "The World is not your ashtray." Neither is my driveway.
That's why I'm asking the smokers in my neighborhood to please Bogart that butt, my friend; don't pass it over to me.
Properly dispose of your cigarette butts, and God's green Earth and all living things will love you, too.
Besides, it's a really cool thing to do.
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