Blowin' Smoke

I was on my way to hockey the other day at Main Street and Gerard Street East - damn near in Scarborough - when a girl a bit younger than me lit up a smoke in front of me at the subway stop. People who have been around smokers, or been caught behind them on the sidewalk, know the distinctive smell of a freshly lit smoke and how it feels like its tearing your esophagus a new asshole. She then blew a huge amount of smoke in my face without knowing it...

I got wondering about scenarios, something I do to pass the time. They usually involve me being much more belligerent, or righteous, or courageous than I actually am - righting a wrong, telling someone what I think about a behavioural trait of theirs, et cetera. Then I wondered if I told this girl she had blown smoke in my face, and she then proceeded to blow smoke intentionally into my face, if an acceptable reaction to this - if retaliation can even be seen as acceptable - would be to spit on her.

Is that tit for tat, or has that gone too far? Is that close enough to Jay-Z's "If you kill my dog, Im'a kill yo' cat?" If someone blows smoke in your face, and you're not a smoker and can't do something equally disgusting and rude without physically assaulting them, is spitting on them an equivalent reaction? Is spitting on someone physical assault?

I don't know - jury's still out on this one. Again - Andrew of my scenario's might do that, but mild-mannered Andrew of this world certainly wouldn't. Real world Andrew might spit on the douchebags in the above photo, though - thank you Google Images for bringing these turds to my attention. Too bad I'm not the Hulk...