During an election in Texas back in the 50's, a conservative candidate accused his liberal opponent of being a "known parlimentarian who allowed her children to masticate at the table." She lost.


Re HDPM's preferences, I went to a wellknown poker game in Houston a couple of years ago. I was the only guy who showed up who was younger than 70. I caught the deck and played for 14 hours. All these oldtimers chewed, non smoked. The next day when I woke up I couldn't figure out what was wrong: no head ache and my clothes didn't stink. Finally I figured it out, it was my first smoke-free poker game! God bless those spitters.