# Smokers
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers/682263
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [February 25, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers/682263 "2014-02-25T22:54:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@tomandjudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomandjudy)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers/682263/1 "2014-02-25T22:54:16Z")
Is a crematorium the only place where clients can smoke but employees can’t
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### Author:  [@Archeonomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archeonomist)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers/682263/2 "2014-02-25T23:10:55Z")
Now that’s a burning question.
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### Author:  [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2014, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers/682263/3 "2014-02-26T07:35:15Z")
> [@tomandjudy](#):
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> Is a crematorium the only place where clients can smoke but employees can’t
Depends on just how you parse the grammar.
In a crematorium, the employees smoke the clients.
Here, “employees” is the subject. They are doing the smoking. “clients” is the direct object. They are getting smoked.
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### Author:  [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers/682263/4 "2014-02-26T18:10:55Z")
Is it illegal to smoke a Cuban in a crematorium?
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers/682263/5 "2014-02-26T18:22:59Z")
“Do you smoke after sex?”
“I don’t know. I’ve never looked.”
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### Author:  [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers/682263/6 "2014-02-26T18:25:55Z")
> [@Senegoid](#):
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> Depends on just how you parse the grammar.
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> In a crematorium, the employees smoke the clients.
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> Here, “employees” is the subject. They are doing the smoking. “clients” is the direct object. They are getting smoked.
I think, ideally, the clients are already smoked by the time they reach the crematorium.
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### Author:  [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers/682263/7 "2014-02-26T19:32:04Z")
Define “client”. If I pay a trashman to haul away an old couch and dispose of it, am I the client or is the couch? If I have a pet that has seen better days and needs to be sent to meet its maker, am I the vet’s client, or is the pet?
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### Author:  [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers/682263/8 "2014-02-26T20:53:32Z")
> [@Senegoid](#):
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> Depends on just how you parse the grammar.
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> In a crematorium, the employees smoke the clients.
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> Here, “employees” is the subject. They are doing the smoking. “clients” is the direct object. They are getting smoked.
What I wonder about is how they keep the ends lit?
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers/682263/9 "2014-02-26T21:15:58Z")
> [@Bozuit](#):
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> I think, ideally, the clients are already smoked by the time they reach the crematorium.
Or somebody smoked 'em.