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Zorra

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22. Water pistols (waterarms) with a 20 ft range have been 100% effective for me.
Tue Mar 11, 2014, 09:14 PM
Mar 2014

It takes about a week of practice with a waterarm to shoot them accurately. I prefer the Super Soaker Zipfire Blaster, it's compact, semi-auto, has an adequate magazine, shoots a quick short burst, and has an accurate range of over 20 ft.

The longer range gives you a good head start if you should need to run, but once you get really good at using a waterarm you can learn to stash it quick, and if you learn how to act innocent the irate smoker never even knows who doused their butt.
Always remember to shoot from the side of the smoker, never from the front, so that you don't hit your victim with any of the water, because in some states this can be considered an assault, which is actually kind of strange, because water is harmless, but second hand smoke is not. You'd think deliberately subjecting people to second hand smoke would be considered an assault instead of harmless water, but hey, that's capitalism for ya.

Because their smoke was drifting into my home, I started dousing my neighbors butts from a well camouflaged blind about 20 ft away from their patio, and after a few weeks of scanning the skies for incontinent birds ("goddam bird shit on my cigarette again, Dickie Wayne, can you believe it?1?1?") immediately after their smokes got doused, and not understanding why their smokes keep going out, my neighbors decided to start smoking inside their trailer. I feel kind of bad about this, because their 80 year old mom stays inside the trailer, and she carries one of those oxygen mask/oxygen tank thingees on her wheelchair (right next to her cigarettes) because of her advanced terminal emphysema.

That's one way that really works.

(Oh, yeah ~ Never use pepper spray. The second hand spray is harmful and can drift, and cause serious discomfort for any innocent bystanders)

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"polite smokers" is an oxymoron. The same as a "compassionate conservative" nt madinmaryland Mar 2014 #1
What bullshit. I never vape where smoking is not allowed krawhitham Mar 2014 #26
No. Your comment is bullshit. I am happy you are trying to quit, but madinmaryland Mar 2014 #30
My old boss filled my cubicle with tobacco smoke Kolesar Mar 2014 #2
Build a bunch of those airport smoking boxes. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #3
If they are outside, just give them some space Travis_0004 Mar 2014 #4
I read your other post, I think polite nonsmokers is more the topic of the day. Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #5
not only not polite, but seriously twisted and sad. bbgrunt Mar 2014 #40
I really do not know nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #6
People are either considerate or they're not. 1000words Mar 2014 #7
Just stay away from us Politicalboi Mar 2014 #8
Carry a battery operated fan, turn on and point at said smoker Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2014 #9
NON-smokers can stay at home with the blinds pulled - that way ya'll won't see us smoking :) n/t Tx4obama Mar 2014 #10
Create a society of generally considerate people. silverweb Mar 2014 #11
Why is it necessary to do that? There doesn't HAVE to be someone at the "back of the bus" shraby Mar 2014 #12
The more complaints and dirty looks they get, the more likely they are to quit, Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #13
. pintobean Mar 2014 #16
And here she is in later life, trundling around an oxygen cylinder for her emphysema.... Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #29
Smokers are selfish addicts that produce the single most polluted item on earth. onehandle Mar 2014 #14
I thought addiction was a disease, not a moral failing. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2014 #15
A lot of smokers cry 'freedumb' when you threaten their 'right' to pollute non-smoker's air. onehandle Mar 2014 #20
What I posted in another thread mokawanis Mar 2014 #18
Treatment for nicotine addiction has been common and over the counter for decades. onehandle Mar 2014 #21
I try and avoid any problems but as a cigar smoker, I've gotten some complaints even outdoors. brewens Mar 2014 #17
Smokers literally leave a trail around the office when they return from a smoke break. Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #27
I have a problem with people who wear perfume to the office.....(and everywhere else) VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #34
I had one woman at our blood center that would come in with some perfume that was like brewens Mar 2014 #38
Really. Nonsmokers don't get breaks? Because, in California, it is the law. Luminous Animal Mar 2014 #36
I actually don't smoke at work at all these days and when I did, it was only on my scheduled breaks brewens Mar 2014 #37
I find most smokers to be polite. Texasgal Mar 2014 #19
'Non-smoke crowd' = 83% of Americans. nt onehandle Mar 2014 #23
I've known plenty who insist on smoking on beaches and in parks. Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #28
So how do you feel about charcoal grills in the park....? VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #35
Water pistols (waterarms) with a 20 ft range have been 100% effective for me. Zorra Mar 2014 #22
That's a lot of rationalization packed into one OP. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2014 #24
there are a-holes on both sides--have not smoked in over 30 years and yet sometimes the smell of a dembotoz Mar 2014 #25
I've noticed that the most outspoken anti - smoking people pipoman Mar 2014 #31
I tried to suggest, alp227... MrMickeysMom Mar 2014 #32
No, I think you deleted the first thread because...... beaglelover Mar 2014 #33
The reason I don't like being around cigarette smoke undeterred Mar 2014 #39
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