# Wish Me Luck!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-luck/144553 "2002-12-23T16:35:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-luck/144553/1 "2002-12-23T16:35:03Z")
O.k. - long story short time… I’m going to my parents house for a wee bit less than a week for the holidays. This means, good food, no computer, and NO SMOKING. My mom is hardcore anti-smoker-allergic-anooying about it. In fact if I told her about it she’d probably disown me. So i’m gonna go smoke about 5 cigarettes right now until i get that yuck taste in my mouth, and then i’ll quit. No more Vitamin N for broccoli!. Sigh… it’s a good thing the actual chemical addiction is only three days… I just need to find something to do with my hands and my oral fixation now. Any suggestions? Chew straws? Gum? Does gum really help? “Word to your mother.” -Vanilla Ice, 1992 (and the REAL sig) ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-luck/144553/2 "2002-12-23T16:36:58Z")
Sure, gum and straws help keep you occupied, but no, they don’t “help”, as they don’t contain the blessed Vitamin N. Buy a box of Nicorette gum or patches before you go? Heehee glad you’re detoxing there rather than here. 😉 If I can do it you can, babe. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-luck/144553/3 "2002-12-23T16:38:19Z")
Gum helps me every damn time I quit. What? ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-luck/144553/4 "2002-12-23T16:39:33Z")
Oh, and good luck… ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-luck/144553/5 "2002-12-23T16:41:44Z")
You can do it buddy! I think that a good replacement for an addiction like smoking would possibly be something like, I dont know, Beer? Yes, Beer would probably do you good. ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-luck/144553/6 "2002-12-23T16:48:39Z")
Yeah… **Hey Pezzy** We need to have a going away beer fest! ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-luck/144553/7 "2002-12-23T16:54:59Z")
Or we could just get the **pezpunks** to move to NYC and we could start an ex-Tampan commune or something! But the smoking thing. Yeah. If you can make it through the first day you’re golden. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-luck/144553/8 "2002-12-26T18:17:25Z")
Okay, he’s surviving. I forgot to ask when I spoke with him how the no smoking was going, and he has no internet access at his folks, but… apparently the lack of Vitamin N hasn’t killed old **broccoli!** yet. Further bulletins as events warrant! ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-luck/144553/9 "2002-12-26T19:21:26Z")
What’s a tampon commune? ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-luck/144553/10 "2002-12-26T21:19:14Z")
El Hubbo has, many times, quit smoking just for the purpose of visiting the rellys. I think you’ll be surprised how easy it is to abstain because no one else is smoking. Until something stressful happens. Like Mom pushes one of your kiddie buttons. “Why don’t you iron your shirts like I taught you?” or “Are you going to have ANOTHER piece of pie?” It will be then that the nickymonkey attacks your back like a pustulating boil. Oh yeah, I’ve done the quit-smoking-for-the-rellys thing too. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-luck/144553/11 "2002-12-26T21:20:53Z")
Oh, good luck **broccoli!** You can do it!