I think the gahmen besides putting a ban on public smoking should put a ban on something else. Stinky people who would put skunks to shame. Ok, maybe I'm not being sensitive here but hey, these people could be as dangerous as smokers and the effect is far more devastating.

Imagine you are trapped in a lift like a can of sardines. The lift door opens, in comes someone who smelled like a mixture of garlic and dead fish, and then the lift door closes and you're stuck with him for the rest of your vertical journey. The people inside could suffer permanent lung damage from prolonged lack of breath-able air.

Actually, being trapped in an enclosure with someone who uses sour milk for shower foam isn't too bad. At most, you try to hold your breath or simply take in as little oxygen as possible or even try breathing through your mouth.

The most dangerous situation is in the gym. For non gym goers, you can't even imagine how hazardous it could be. So I was doing bench press the other day and was desperately trying to draw air to fill my burning lungs so that I could finish my set and put the weights back onto the rest. Then suddenly, this fatso whom I think just managed to find his way out of the sewerage system came walking past. I nearly went into fits and my arms nearly gave way as I drew in 2 lungfuls of foul air. It was then that I have to make the most crucial decision of my life, to risk being BOed to death or have 70kg of iron came crushing down on my rib cage.

Then I notice a very strange phenomenon. The female species smells far better than the male species. Not that I go around sniffing. On those very rare occassions that I happen to step onto the treadmill, I notice that the ladies could be heaving and panting and dripping wet with perspiration, but somehow, the stinkometer managed to record a zero reading. Try running next to 2 guys instead...

While some could be due to medical conditions, most of these skunks smelled the way they do due a serious lack of personal hygiene and self discipline. Ever heard of the saying 'You are what you eat'? How could someone who eat garlics for breakfast expect to fart like a rose? Or for fuck's sake, use the freaking shower. Just because you are exercising, doesn't mean you can stink to high heavens!

Actually, there should be a law that bans such people from using public facilities like the gym, swimming pool or public transport. The gahmen could have one of those famous scanning devices like the ERP or the EasiLink which they seem to like so much.

Walk through the MRT barrier, you will hear a 'tee' when you scanned your EZ link, then walk through a stinko-detector. You will be measured on a scale of 1 - 10. If you scored more than 3.5 on the stinkometer, alarm will sound and the NS guys dressed in those spacesuits used for chemical warfare will come out from nowhere with water hose and dettol and proceed to decontaminate the foul creatures...
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And so it seems that my favorite columnist from Today is being banned just because he has the balls to poke fun of the gahmen in his columns. And by whom? The same guy whom I remember gave credit to Mr Brown n team for their work on the bak chor mee podcast. And did I also hear something about a lighter touch on the interactive media? And so, why the ban now? The whole saga seems to arise from this particular column Click here
which seemed to touch on some raw nerve and hence, the light touch now became a hit below the belt. Click here

Constructive criticism and alternatives my ass. Since when does the top brass ever listen to criticism, constructive or otherwise??? Didn't the People feedback whenever there's a revised upward adjustment in prices? Wasn't there a big hoo-haa when they decided to build the casinos? Oh sorry must use correct term, 'IR'? Just to name a few. And did those people listen? Oh sure they did, always with a 'noted with thanks but we'll proceed anyway'. So big fucking deal!