The new smoking ban in Britain brings out new form of flirting: smirting!
For every person who bemoaned the smoking ban, there are those who wholeheartedly celebrate it...as a chance to meet the man of their dreams. Yes, as with everything British, there is now a great slant given to the process of smoking and flirting, behold smirting! Now you can look up at the man of your choice under your eyelashes and ask him for a light as you huddle together on a rain soaked street outside a bar.
There are even rules to go with this health hazardous activity, which include: "Carry a lighter in case of emergencies, but never light your own cigarette, as successful smirting often starts with a shared spark of a Zippo. Likewise, don't complain that smoking is getting too expensive or making your skin look like a crumpled paper bag when in the company of other smirters, and never, ever admit that you want to give up..."
"Cultivating an air of being a dedicated, twenty-a-day girl is crucial if you don't want to be shopped as a post ban faker, only their for the smirting and good times. Smirting etiquette demands that smirters always share their cigarettes, but never ask for more than one from someone else, and try to limit their smokers cough while on the pavement, so that at least the impression of smoking as a glamorous activity is maintained."
Well, with advice like that I better get my Marlboro's out of retirement then...
