[Closed] Brad Wiggins Smoking

So, he's not the Messiah, just a very naughty boy ?

I suspect what wiggins does in his personal life is his own business.

It actually makes me like him more, particularly if it annoys people.

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Camberwell carrot?

I think they should take back his Gold medal and the Tour de France title....harrumph!!!

I gather ex smokers have improved lung capacity once all the gunks out. A hangover from having to work so hard. Probably bollocks but I reckon its the reason im so orsum 😉

I gather ex smokers have improved lung capacity once all the gunks out. A hangover from having to work so hard. Probably bollocks but I reckon its the reason im so orsum 😉

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Are we sure it was tobacco-based? 😉

Camberwell carrot?

He does appear to be holding it in the 'classic' fashion, so possible...

Dammit, yet another excuse for being slow gone 🙁

I hope it was tobacco based, 2 year ban for weed...

It does look like a joint come to think of it, probably some Colombian Gold from one of his team mates.

that's pretty paltry for spliff, looks like an old soap rollup

he's getting ready for a toot

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And his mate showing him a picture on his iphone next to him?

Who cares.

that's pretty paltry for spliff, looks like an old soap rollup

Nah. With todays superweed you only need a [i]pin[/i] or [i]doobie[/i] at the very most, surely...

It actually makes me like him more, [b]particularly if it annoys people.[/b]

You weren't one of those singing the praises of Critical Mass by any chance were you ?

That sort of "teenage rebellion" attitude does seem to fit in with their methods.

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I'm not convinced by that pic at all. Zooming right in on the iPad the "cigarette" seems to be levitating behind his thumb and forefinger.

I think they should take back his Gold medal and the Tour de France title

I'm so disgusted I'm considering shaving off my sideburns.

Nowt wrong wit smurking tabs like.....
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Well, that answers the 'Can you get yer knee down on a pushbike?' question 🙂

Has anyone phoned the police yet?

You weren't one of those singing the praises of Critical Mass by any chance were you ?

Not really. I positioned myself more as an independent, pointing and laughing at the 'disgusted of middleshire' approach that most posters were taking.

That sort of "teenage rebellion" attitude does seem to fit in with their methods.

I'm sure that helps you to box it off in your head regardless of the truth and if it makes you happy then who's to say it isn't right.

flippinheckler - Member

Brad Smoking You would think that an athlete of Brads caliber would have more respect for his lungs came as a bit of a disappointment to me and not a good advert for such a high profile personality, the tobacco companies must be rubbing their hands with glee. Poor show Wiggo.
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Post reported. You wasted 20 seconds of my life i will never get back reading that twoddle.

I'm sure that helps you to box it off in your head regardless of the truth and if it makes you happy then who's to say it isn't right.

I asked a question. Based on your attitude that if it annoys people then it's great.

You are the one making assumptions about me and the way I think. 😉

I gather ex smokers have improved lung capacity once all the gunks out.

On some TV program about smoking while pregnant, some heavily pregnant woman said something similar, arguing that it would make her baby's lungs stronger, as it had to work harder in the womb. It would have been funny if it wasn't so tragic. Wrong on so many levels.

What's wrong with an occasional cigarette anyway?

I thoroughly enjoy smoking, and have never in my life been addicted to anything but biscuits.

It is possible to enjoy a puff in the same way one can enjoy a drink; is it not?

That does not look like a ciggy. Good work Bradley

smoking is disgusting unless you're cool, then it's cool, or if you're a sexy French woman, then it's sexy.
Wiggo isn't a woman, or French, but he is cool.

Yeah ok neal. Just remember not to inhale. 🙂

everyone knows smokin's good fer growin bairns
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Look at it another way he has a foundation to promote sport and fitness its a kind of a contradiction to then seem to be seen smoking (it is a bad habit). Team Sky invest a lot of money on Brad Wiggins you would think he would consider this before smoking.

flippinheckler - Member
Look at it another way he has a foundation to promote sport and fitness its a kind of a contradiction to then seem to be seen smoking (it is a bad habit). Team Sky invest a lot of money on Brad Wiggins you would think he would consider this before smoking.

He drinks wine as well, you know!

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Wicked child!

s'Billy Bragg anyway.

He drinks wine as well, you know!

Which is know to have certain health benefits, whereas smoking does not!

[i]Team Sky invest a lot of money on Brad Wiggins you would think he would consider this before smoking.[/i]

yeah he's totally underperformed.

What a load of self-righteous tosh.

yeah he's totally underperformed.

Its more about the message it sends out, hes a national hero and if kids see him as a role model they may think its cool to smoke 🙄

He is on holiday. Free choice for all including Brad. I must admit I am suprised though. Doesn't make me think any less (or more of him).
But I think he's great anyway. Even like the sideburns.

Its more about the message it sends out, hes a national hero and if kids see him as a role model they may think its cool to smoke

Yep, far better to be a racist, with no respect for the referee, I'd say. That's the sort of hero we want...

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FFS.

Cyclist has a cheeky smoke when he's off duty. Get over it!

[i]hes a national hero and if kids see him as a role model they may think its cool to smoke[/i]

and drink, swear and use the c word and abuse french journos

It's not him sending a message out, it's some dodgy photographer. No-one would know he's sneaking a crafty cig/spliff/candy ciggy if they hadn't invaded his privacy.

good for him, though I'm not 100% convinced from that photo that he is actually smoking anything at all.

It's not him sending a message out, it's some dodgy photographer. No-one would know he's sneaking a crafty cig/spliff/candy ciggy if they hadn't invaded his privacy

Fair point!

For crying out loud! If he wants to sit in a bar, in his own time and have a quiet fag, he is entirely within his rights to do so. It's not as if he's turned up promoting B&H all of a sudden. The fact that he is being papped in this way, and that jumped up little englanders feel it necessary to work themselves into a righteous frenzy as a result, is indicative of the mess we're in as a society and just says more about him that he's managed to achieve what he has under the circumstances. So there. When is the bloody raffle anyway?

Just look at this irresponsible nitwit. No helmet!
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And...?
Except some xenophobia on this thread I don't see where the problem is?

where's the xenophobia?

might help him relax and therefore prepare better for a race? A cheeky fag on your jollies is no issue, as already said, how some premiership footballers behave week in week out in for kids to aspire to is far worse IMO.

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Except some xenophobia on this thread

I must have missed that 🙄

Although, there might be some after that stupid comment. 😉

Well thats me told then 😕 Note to self do not share your thoughts and opinion on STW 😆

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Anquetil won 5 tour de frances, he was a smoker and drinker!

where's the xenophobia?

won't somebody please think of the children.

Anquetil won 5 tour de frances, he was a smoker and drinker!

Begs the question what were all the other riders on.

won't somebody please think of the children

Got it covered 😉

Tim Henman smoked throughout his career.

It is possible to enjoy a puff in the same way one can enjoy a drink; is it not?

brakes - Member
smoking is disgusting unless you're cool, then it's cool, or if you're a sexy French woman, then it's sexy.
Wiggo isn't a woman, or French, but he is cool.

Brakes' post. I find it rather offensive, but then I bet plenty of you find it very funny.

Seriously, you find [b]that[/b] offensive ?

If thats actually the case, then you either don't understand what he wrote, Or you really are too delicate for this world.

Brakes' post. I find it rather offensive, but then I bet plenty of you find it very funny.

What do you find offensive about it?

Juan it was possibly a bit crass or not that funny. However it was not xenophobic unless of course liking sexy French women who smoke is racist.

CPT is dissing football on an unrelated thread SHOCKER....its the politics of envy I tell thee. He hates to see common oiks with no breeding having a megabucks lifestyle to which he can only dream of from his bedsit window.

Of course I am in no way shape or form defending Terry but Flashy change the record eh?

Brakes' post. I find it rather offensive, but then I bet plenty of you find it very funny.

What do you find offensive about it?

If he said that then he said they were all sexy 😕

Juan I agree with you in general re this point on here but not this thread or that post

not wiggo is cool because he's not french then ? 😕

Only the sexy ones smoke, Juan. 😉

Sorry to say that you're crying wolf a little here, old chap.

Yep, far better to be a racist, with no respect for the referee, I'd say. That's the sort of hero we want...

Thats the sort of comparison Jeremy Vine would make 🙄

he didn't suggest they all smoked

Beside being non respectful to French women by suggesting they all smoke? Go figure.

Bloody hell

It does seem a bit of a shame, given what we knw about the issues with smoking.

I would like to think it was a hoax, it really does not send out the right signals to young Olympians.

I don't think anyone on his forum would happily give their children a ciggy, not good.

But wiggo is belgian - are they not cool or sexy ? 🙁

Juan! le coq sportif...

(I'm guessing that you can't claim that doesn't translate well...)

Beside being non respectful to French women by suggesting they all smoke? Go figure.

Well one of my early options was that "you don't understand what he wrote"

At least we now know that's the case. 🙄

it really does not send out the right signals to young Olympians.
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If he wants to sit in a bar, in his own time and have a quiet fag, he is entirely within his rights to do so

no he isnt its illegal, he can sit outside the bar like the rest of us!

At least we now know that's the case.

Juan's English is probably better than most of our French, but sorry juan you've got this wrapped round your bollocks a bit.