I Smell Like a Rose, You Stink to High Heaven

It's not often that I nod in happy agreement with a code enforcement officer, of all people, but Dan Wellington seems like a guy with a good head on his shoulders.

Wellington, who works for the city of Bangor, Maine, was called to the scene when a recently opened, perfectly legal cigar parlor, despite its double air filtration and exhaust system, began to get on the (olfactory) nerves of the pizza-joint owner next door. Philip Nadeau of Spanky's Pizza claims that he and his customers can smell smoke wafting in from the lounge, and that the odor is "atrocious. It's more than atrocious, it's horrible."

It's more than horrible, it's unpleasant! It's more than unpleasant, it's not altogether lovely!

But anyway, Nadeau demanded that the city come sniff out the problem. Code enforcer Dan Wellington did the honors, shrugged, and kindly gave his professional assessment to the local paper:

"You can smell it both ways. They're getting the smell of the pizza in the smoke shop."

Spank that, Nadeau.

Comments

[Jerry]

I'm from Bangor just moved from there a little over a year ago to Virginia. A cigar bar next to Spanky's sweet. I may have to check it out when I'm home for Christmas.

I'm a former anti-smoker (never smoked for 42 years); who now enjoys a cigar now and then. I almost smoke because of the Tobacco Taliban just to shove their smugness in their face.