Anyone Got a Light?

Europeans smoke more than Americans.  Teenage smoking still seems to be a rite of passage.  I remember people telling me that smoking goes with drinking, and kids can drink beer or wine over here at age 14 when with parents or 16 in general.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_drinking_age.  Thanks goodness they don't drive until 18.  But if you are having a glass of wine or beer, and you are a smoker, then you are much more likely to light up right?

There is no smoking in restaraunts here, and that is a big difference from when we were here last time.  Our friend from England, who smokes...yuck, had her pack on the table and I "took a gander" at her smokes.  The warning labels are a little more clear. 

That is a little different than, "The Surgeon Genral...blah blah blah."  I've seen German cigarette packs that warn smokers about sterility.  That may change things a bit for some smokers.  One would have to be a real "nube" to smoke if it would shrink one's "Johnnies".

Lightbulb Laughter

Sometimes words in other languages just make absolute sense.  The German word for a lightbulb is "Glowing Pear" or in German, Glühbirne.

A Pear



A Glowing Pear ...Glühbirne