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Loading ...Another excellent piece from Atherton. I’m interested, Will, as a smoker do you buy into the “nanny state” argument or not?
I’m consistently surprised at the number of cricketers who smoke.
Dying embers
By Will last year, mid-July Leave a comment on this post
Even the Lancashire dressing room of my time was inhabited by half-a-dozen or so. Nick Speak, Graham Lloyd, Phil De Freitas, Wasim Akram and Graeme Fowler all paid constant homage to nicotine. Early season Benson and Hedges games, when sponsors not only provided loot but product as well, produced a terrific scramble for those distinctive yellow bricks; even the non-smokers were known to hoard a packet or two to bargain with. How about a few half-volleys in the nets then, Daffy?
Phil Tufnell and Wayne Larkins were the culprits on my first England tour. Because I was a first-time tourist, and because I have no sense of smell, I was forced to room alternately with ‘Tuffers’ and ‘Ned’ for the whole five months.
Another cracking piece from Mike Atherton in The Sunday Telegraph.
Tags: lancashire, Mike-Atherton, phil-tufnell, smoking, wayne-larkins |
3 Responses to “Dying embers”
July 8th, 2007 at 9.44 pm
July 8th, 2007 at 10.13 pm
Dunno really Sean. I can understand why we need to stop smoking - all smokers know they’re killing themselves, and those around them - but the “control” aspect…the state telling me how to live my life, that really pisses me off.
We’ll all look back and laugh, in a few years, that anyone was ever allowed to smoke in a restaurant etc, in the same way I laugh when my Dad used to tell me you could smoke on the underground (even though large parts were made of wood)!
All in all, they’re a bunch of bastards and fascists, but there’s not a lot we can do about it!
July 8th, 2007 at 10.42 pm
I agree with your second paragraph wholeheartedly.
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