This thread reminds me of a gal who used to work for my family years ago. She was a "tough broad" type of gal, I loved her. She smoked non-filters and probably could do serious drinking. She used to bitch about people who preached clean living and told me how her uncle smoked like a fiend and drank like a fish. She said he died unexpectedly at a pretty young age, nothing to do with his bad habits. She said he stumbled out a bar, dropped his lighter in the street and was hit by a car when he went out to get it. She viewed this as a terrible injustice but could laugh at the irony of it. I still don't know if it was a true story or a joke, with her you never know.
She was great fun.
Regards,
Julie