So Sad

@MsTickle (25180)

Australia

October 27, 2017 7:21am CST

While shopping today, I took the opportunity to sit and enjoy the cool breeze blowing on a warm sunny day. Then I heard someone coughing. It was a horrible hacking phlegmy cough and it kept going. There was an elderly, sad looking lady sitting across the road. As I crossed to go to the chemist, I noticed she had a cigarette in one hand and a puffer in the other. Seeing her sitting there looking so forlorn and dejected made me feel so sad.

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@pgntwo (22405)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

27 Oct 17

Oh dear. The dreaded weed strikes again. Come to think of it, the picture you paint could be me in my dotage, with 2 changes: tablet on table, fingers of one hand tapping on the screen, and cup of Earl Grey tea in the other hand, with the odd delicate slurp...

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

1 Nov 17

I can almost hear the sound of the "delicate slurp". lol

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@pgntwo (22405)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

1 Nov 17

@MsTickle Yes, this scene from a very funny story makes me think of "shlurping" :

Cohen the Barbarian - Have Shome Shoup

Terry Pratchett's "Color of Magic" - Cohen the Barbarian

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

1 Nov 17

@pgntwo Very funny. A couple of real characters there. Love the "s()it by the fire granddad".

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@LadyDuck (502148)

• Italy

27 Oct 17

I would have also felt sad, but if she continues smoking she is surely not going to improve her health.

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@m_audrey6788 (58468)

• Germany

27 Oct 17

Me too

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@bunnybon7 (50970)

• Holiday, Florida

12 Nov 17

would me too. that was me 5 yrs ago. i quit but look at me now. can hardly breathe

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

13 Nov 17

I hope you congratulate yourself everyday for having the strength to quit.

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@bunnybon7 (50970)

• Holiday, Florida

13 Nov 17

@MsTickle no i fuss at myself for not quiting soon enough.

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@sjvg1976 (42727)

• Delhi, India

5 Nov 17

Oh that's sad. People don't understand some times they have to keep their addiction a side and should not compromise with their health.

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