Getting round the smoking ban

Taking Liberties:

Hawke and Hunter has only been open a few months but the owners have created a "smoking room" that is even better than Boisdale's famous cigar terrace in London. It has its own bar, comfortable furniture, tropical plants and no shortage of heaters.

I still hate smoke, so I don't suppose I'd go, but you can't help applauding.

Comments

[James P]

Excellent! Nothing persuades me to support a cause more than our idiotic government imposing a ban on it. I've taken up pipe-smoking as a result, and if I ever get the chance to envelop Tony Blair in its output, I shall die happy!

[nbc]

Apologies for being way off topic, but have you seen this at The Register?

Japan's boffins: Global warming isn't man-made

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/25/jstor_climate_report_translation/

[Bishop Hill]

No, I hadn't. That's rather interesting.