I read lots of books 'cos I is cleva and someone told me to buy Damned Utd...

...which I have (not my normal cerebral sort of a read but good to see what it's like to be working class)..

Anyway, its often asked/mentioned on here about players who smoke but f**k me they smoked a lot back then which reminded me that as a kid I read in Kevin Keelan's biography* that he smoked 40 a day...can't say for sure if I imagined that bit I'm sure I didn't...

But me point/question is this: a chummer of mine who is very much in to long distant cycling said to me that if you're jolly fit that side affects (cancer etc) of cigarette smoking, heavy or not, are lessened, is that true?..

*Published I reckon only a few seasons after Damned Utd is set?

Posted By: Fierce Panda on September 25th 2008 at 14:00:14

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I read lots of books 'cos I is cleva and someone told me to buy Damned Utd... (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Sep 25, 14:00:14
- there is probably evidence to suggest that if you're sporty and smoke you're less likely (NCFC) - blindasabat, Sep 25, 14:06:04
  - Yes, but we don't KNOW, know, do we?.. (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Sep 25, 14:09:37
    - are you going to start running a lot then? (NCFC) - camcan, Sep 25, 14:10:33
      - Well I already cycle and er, that's it, but it's a start... (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Sep 25, 14:12:45
        
        yep think that's probably it (NCFC) - camcan, Sep 25, 14:14:06
- toss (NCFC) - camcan, Sep 25, 14:02:21
  - How old was Bremner when died? He smoked a lot (as I said, they all did).. (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Sep 25, 14:07:03
    - 55 (NCFC) - camcan, Sep 25, 14:08:07
      - Does he smoke more than I rightly or wrongly believe Kevin Keelan did? (n/m) (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Sep 25, 14:10:58
        
        dunno (NCFC) - camcan, Sep 25, 14:13:14
      - actually he was two days short of his 55th birthday (NCFC) - camcan, Sep 25, 14:09:10
        
        Nearly all of them drank like lords too... (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Sep 25, 14:13:56
        
        Do Lords drink with their little fingers sticking out? (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Sep 25, 14:18:00
        
        no, the little finger on their free hand is usually inserted in their drinking partner's (NCFC) - blindasabat, Sep 25, 14:20:13
        
        Thanks for the lesson in etiquette. Should prevent any embarrassing social situations. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Sep 25, 14:30:30
  - or stop cycling (NCFC) - Tomblander, Sep 25, 14:03:16
- i dont know but I do know that (NCFC) - Tomblander, Sep 25, 14:02:18
  - Don't do a CB41 on me... (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Sep 25, 14:05:46
    - nope (n/m) (NCFC) - Tomblander, Sep 25, 14:07:40

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