Jim wrote:
hk wrote:
Eisboch wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
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None, not one of the union guys I know, smoke. Some did, but they
gave it up a long time ago. There's no smoking at the union offices
I visit downtown, because smoking is prohibited in DC offices. At
one of the white collar union offices I visit, there's no smoking
outside on the sidewalk, either, because the union president has
made it known that anyone who smokes is on the schitt list.


That figures.

What about the guys that smoke on the way to to meeting? You can't
convince me that none do. You have indicated that your nose is so
superior that you can detect the aroma of a departed smoker in an
elevator. Are you now saying you can't smell it on the clothing of a
person sitting next to you?

Better never arrange to meet Obama.

Eisboch

Actually, the smoker in the elevator is one of the soon to be
departed. No, I cannot smell them after they have left the
elevator...just while they are in it.

Some years ago, I was at a breakfast meeting in Chicago with some of
the officers of an international union. The exec veep lit up, and I
said, "Jesus, Tommy, would you put out the f*cking cigarette or I'll
puke in your eggs, and stop smoking before it kills you."

Everyone burst out laughing. "Tommy" was the union's persuader. He put
out the cigarette. That evening, at a reception-dinner, his wife
planted a big kiss on my cheek and told me that I was the only one who
had the balls to tell her husband to stop smoking.

Sadly, Tommy had a stroke the next year and died. He was only 60.


If I met Obama, I'd ask him if he had stopped smoking. It is a fair
question and he is smart enough to know that people who care about him
want him to stay healthy. I want him to serve two full terms in good
health.

You are so brave.
Tell me Harry. What is the job description of a union persuader.

He's the hired thug. He checks job sites and intimidates the non-union
family men.