AUTHOR: Dave Sypniewski DATE: Friday, August 05, 2005 ----- BODY: From the "oops" department Even though Mike Ditka can always be seen chomping on a lit cigar, that doesn't mean that he's got nothing to say. He's at it again. A few years ago some Chicago Bears fans still living in 1985 started a drive to send Iron Mike to Springfield. He laughed it off, took a puff on his stogie and limped away. This time around, he gave himself the screw job by getting involved in "the big stink" of smoking in public. Because of his famous steakhouses, Ditka welcomes everyone to come out and order a big steak and baked potato smothered in butter and sour cream, drink a dozen beers, and cap it off with a good smoke. He went right into ground zero, otherwise known as the Chicago City Council to say that smokers have a constitutional right to light up wherever they want. He and other business owners are mad as hell that there's a push to ban smoking because they'll lose customers. I say: bad argument. Are Mike and some of the others saying that the food at their restaurants won't taste as good unless the joint is smoking like a chimney full of cigarette, cigar, and pipe smoke? There's also this thing that alcohol and smoking go together like steak and eggs. That might have a ring of truth to it however, when it comes to dining at a place like his where you can easily run up a bill of over $100 for dinner, do you really want smoke blowing in your face? Some people say they have solved the problem by dividing the restaurant into two halves with a wall...as if the smoke won't seep through! Mike agrees that's a silly idea, that's why he wants to keep the whole place a smoker's paradise. So when he opened his mouth the other day after a woman told her tale of throat cancer and said that the woman doesn't know anything because she's a waitress, all hell broke loose. Her claim was that the cancer was due to second hand smoke and Iron Mike said that's a bunch of hooey! She demands an apology however, trying to get Mike to break down and say "I'm sorry" is like saying this years Bears will win the Super Bowl...it won't happen. Anyway, maybe he doesn't know it yet, but he's just thrown his hat into the political ring. He's started off on the wrong foot. If he ever runs for office, his time spent will be shorter than his days of coaching The Saints! Now put THAT in your pipe and smoke it! -------- Squealing Pig WORLDWIDE!: "Da Coach" blows his smoke in the wrong direction!

Squealing Pig WORLDWIDE!

Friday, August 05, 2005

"Da Coach" blows his smoke in the wrong direction!

From the "oops" department Even though Mike Ditka can always be seen chomping on a lit cigar, that doesn't mean that he's got nothing to say. He's at it again. A few years ago some Chicago Bears fans still living in 1985 started a drive to send Iron Mike to Springfield. He laughed it off, took a puff on his stogie and limped away. This time around, he gave himself the screw job by getting involved in "the big stink" of smoking in public. Because of his famous steakhouses, Ditka welcomes everyone to come out and order a big steak and baked potato smothered in butter and sour cream, drink a dozen beers, and cap it off with a good smoke. He went right into ground zero, otherwise known as the Chicago City Council to say that smokers have a constitutional right to light up wherever they want. He and other business owners are mad as hell that there's a push to ban smoking because they'll lose customers. I say: bad argument. Are Mike and some of the others saying that the food at their restaurants won't taste as good unless the joint is smoking like a chimney full of cigarette, cigar, and pipe smoke? There's also this thing that alcohol and smoking go together like steak and eggs. That might have a ring of truth to it however, when it comes to dining at a place like his where you can easily run up a bill of over $100 for dinner, do you really want smoke blowing in your face? Some people say they have solved the problem by dividing the restaurant into two halves with a wall...as if the smoke won't seep through! Mike agrees that's a silly idea, that's why he wants to keep the whole place a smoker's paradise. So when he opened his mouth the other day after a woman told her tale of throat cancer and said that the woman doesn't know anything because she's a waitress, all hell broke loose. Her claim was that the cancer was due to second hand smoke and Iron Mike said that's a bunch of hooey! She demands an apology however, trying to get Mike to break down and say "I'm sorry" is like saying this years Bears will win the Super Bowl...it won't happen. Anyway, maybe he doesn't know it yet, but he's just thrown his hat into the political ring. He's started off on the wrong foot. If he ever runs for office, his time spent will be shorter than his days of coaching The Saints! Now put THAT in your pipe and smoke it!

posted by Dave Sypniewski at Friday, August 05, 2005

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