Non Smoking – Day 2 (PM)

Continued from This Morning

It is 14:00 here in France, I am still not smoking and Madame Joan has stopped singing and dancing. It all happened around 08:45 am. I was sitting in the corner of the courtyard watching Madame Joan blowing smoke circles, when she suddenly started coughing and spluttering really badly.

I thought she was a goner. I ran over to see if I could do anything, but by the time I got there, she was laying on the floor gasping for her last breath of air. I took a deep breath and started to give her the kiss of life. After a few seconds, I felt a hand pull hard on the back of my neck; this was followed by a very acute pain in my top lip. I pulled away. Yes, Madame Joan had got better.

She gave me a big toothless bloody grin and started humming “do you think I’m sexy…” I quickly realised what had happened and hastily plucked out her tooth before it totally perforated my upper lip.

I was just about to throw away the tooth when Madame Joan held out her hand. I was angry, but it was her last tooth, so I gently placed it in her palm. She said “Merci”, smiled and pointed to the pocket of her apron. Inside I could see a packet of cigarettes.

I thanked her; I could really do with a smoke. I helped her take the cigarette packet out of her apron pocket but when I opened it, inside were her other 31 teeth. I bravely held the top open whilst she popped in her last tooth, then I closed the lid and handed her the packet.

It is now 14:10 and somehow I cannot see myself smoking today. The association between cigarette packets and Madame Joan’s teeth has turned out to be a very good smoke deterrent. Oh, don’t worry about Madame Joan. Her apron pocket also contained a mobile phone. She phoned home and her older sister came by and picked her up.

I am going to spend the rest of the day holding an ice pack on my lip to stop the swelling. Now I know all this has contributed to me not smoking and I am grateful, but surely, there must be an easier way to give up smoking.

Still I am looking forward to tomorrow, her sister has promised to pop by and give me a lift into town.

Day One is here

Non Smoking Day 2 (AM) is here 

and more from Deety – Weekly Words for the Wise can be found here