I always get to these threads too late. All the exciting comments are deleted by the time I get here.

The article say "they can enter without any cost to them if they find sponsors to foot the $495 bill." You know, I could get a new car with no cost to me... as long as I find a sponsor to foot the payments. The mother does raise a good point, though... how DO these companies get these girls' names and addresses? Are the schools selling their students' information?

I may be wrong, but I think the 22 foot tooth was only a proposed exhibit, to be made if he won ArtPrize. Regardless, he seemed like a pretty interesting guy.

It's true! I had mine filled out the same day I received it.

I laughed.

I did read the law, the law does not ban tobacco itself, only the smoking of the tobacco. It is not illegal to go to a bar, or anywhere, and chew.

They prob had in their meeting "okay, who wants to write about this car accident? Who wants to do the story about the ducks in the drain? Okay, now who wants to go to 25 bars tonight?"

Smokeless tobacco is allowed.

You wrote "Why should I have to smell like an ash tray every time I want to go out?" Answer: because the business owners had not been breaking any laws by letting people partake in a legal activity in a privately owned business. Any bar or restaurant had the choice to make their place smoke-free or not, but the government decided to make that choice for them.

As far as not wanting to hear smokers complain about the law... you may not want to go to any Michigan-based message boards for the next several months/years.

Okay, to be fair they've added more to the article and posted a video since I last read it.