I think a lot of guys bum smokes in a misguided attempt to make friends and/or hit on women. "Hey, she smokes! And I smoke, too! If I bum a smoke off of her, we might fuck!" There's gotta be a better way to break the ice with people.
By the way, any city in Europe or China beats any American city for bumming cigarettes. Go to London, and EVERYONE smokes. It's like the '80s and '90s never happened. They're bumming fags all over the place, and they all have dirt under their nails that would horrify you.
By the way, any city in Europe or China beats any American city for bumming cigarettes. Go to London, and EVERYONE smokes. It's like the '80s and '90s never happened. They're bumming fags all over the place, and they all have dirt under their nails that would horrify you.
Tim Hartford: [Smoking] is bad for you, but at the same time, teenagers know it's cool, and-
Stephen Colbert: I'm glad you said that! Because teenagers do not get that message often enough. Kids! Smoking is cool! You heard it from Tim Hartford! It's in a book!
Stephen Colbert: I'm glad you said that! Because teenagers do not get that message often enough. Kids! Smoking is cool! You heard it from Tim Hartford! It's in a book!
— The Colbert Report, Stephen's interview of author Tim Hartford
Insurance Agent: Smoker?
Homer: Yes.
Marge: You don't smoke.
Homer: Shh, I want her to think I'm cool!
Homer: Yes.
Marge: You don't smoke.
Homer: Shh, I want her to think I'm cool!
Cigarette machine: (repeating loop) Cigarettes! First one's free! Smoking is cool! The Surgeon General is a fool! Lung cancer is a myth! Cigarettes!
— Messiah
Darby: Hey! Wh-where'd you get that cigarette from!?
Jotaro: What, this? Want one? I can't really blame ya. After all, I make smoking cool as f*ck.
— JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Abridged, Episode 7
Hey, you know, I've had it with you guys and your "cancer" and your "emphysema" and your "heart disease." The bottom line is smoking is cool and you know it.
— Chandler Bing, Friends
Ah, the smart young ladies of the land
Can't relax without a harry in their hand
And they light one up and they boast and brag
So content because they got a harry rag.
Can't relax without a harry in their hand
And they light one up and they boast and brag
So content because they got a harry rag.
— The Kinks, "Harry Rag"
Fry: What's the cigar for?
Bender: It makes me look cool.
— Futurama, "Space Pilot 3000"
A cigarette is the perfect kind of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more could you want?
Smoking is, if not my life, then at least my hobby. I love to smoke. Smoking is fun. Smoking is cool. Smoking is, as far as I'm concerned, the entire point of being an adult. It makes growing up genuinely worthwhile.
— Fran Lebowitz
Davey and Kyle, yes sir. Team juijitsu, team MMA. Big match this Friday. Big match down in Cincinnati. Yall boys get you a few extra little laps on the treadmill and shit, do a few more bag kicks or whatever you wanna do. I'mma sit here, I'mma smoke this brutal bob. Mark's gonna finish that beer. And this Friday Night, we gonna whoop yall's ass.
— Jay Briscoe, ROH Wrestling
Give a kid a smoke and he'll be happy for a day. Teach him how to smoke... he'll be happy for his whole shortened life.
— Eikichi Onizuka, Great Teacher Onizuka
Kids come up to me all the time and say "Hey, Mr. Onizuka, man, you look so cool smoking like that, leaning up against the fence, your thick blonde hair blowing in the wind in that devastatingly handsome way that only movie stars enjoy. If I start smoking, can I look that cool too?" Well kids, I just want to tell you that the answer to that question is... absolutely. Under the right conditions, of course. But... absolutely, if you take up smoking you can look as cool as I do. However, the conditions... like my shoes... are somewhat tough to fill.
First off, to look really good smoking, you gotta be able to light your cigarette in a cool way. With your feet, nose, lip, underwater. And fast. If your cig ain't lit within like two seconds, you might as well put it away and wait a little bit...
Secondly, to look really cool smoking, you gotta breathe smoke out your nose, which could be very difficult for many of my wimpy students who suffer from severe allergy attacks. Which brings me to the third condition, you gotta be buff so that when the cancer sets in, it has to eat through strong, sinewy muscles, which we all know taste like crap.
That's about it. But if you can manage it, nothing looks cooler than leaning back, holding a cigarette and waiting for the babes to come. And if you wait long enough, they'll come. Trust you me. They'll come. Any minute now. Yeah. Any minute.
— Eikichi Onizuka, Great Teacher Onizuka
Amy: I recently trained a capuchin monkey to smoke cigarettes.
Sheldon: Have you learned anything?
Amy: Yes. He looks much cooler than the non-smoking monkeys.
Sheldon: Have you learned anything?
Amy: Yes. He looks much cooler than the non-smoking monkeys.
