The price of progress

[fancycwabs]

Several months ago, Memphis passed a law outlawing smoking in almost all bars and restaurants. I'm now sitting at the bar next to an eight-year-old. It's a fucking Chuck E. Cheese in here.

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[skatiemom.livejournal.com]

You should come to Wisconsin where the eight-year old could be drinking a beer if a parent or guardian is present.

[magicninja.livejournal.com]

You *could* come to ohio, where that same 8 year old would be drinking a beer. But I advise against it.

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

The few establishments where children are forbidden and smoking is permitted are All About The Smoke. Every smoker in five counties congregates there to enjoy their favorite vice. At least one can escape the wandering mobs of children in exchange for lung cancer.

[crankyliberal.livejournal.com]

What all the commenters are missing is that you are apparently using the Internet from a bar. What kind of gloss yuppie beer joint is that?

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

I'm using the Internet in a bar Right Now! And this one is blessedly child-free. Sadly, they've been replaced by obnoxious drunks.

[bigbrownhound.livejournal.com]

Ah, 8 year olds--they drive me to drink, too.

[redtheblue.livejournal.com]

Is that the downtown saucer or the one in the burbs, or something else entirely? Last time I was at the downtown one, there were yuppies smoking cigars as big as they wished they were. Kids that age should be out beating the homeless and learning to score extasy, not letting their cascading piles of Hannah Montana dolls get caught in your shoelaces.

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

The Saucer is one of the few places in town that decided to ban children instead of smoking. This was at Huey's.