Survived 9.5 hours of boredom, sans smoke

The electricity company (don't get me started on incompetence) subjected us to 9.5 hours of no electricity, thanks to its incompetence and corrupt officials. Let them sue me for saying that, I'll mobilise all of Pune and ride them out on a donkey, tarred and feathered.

However, the point of this post is that the temptation to smoke out of sheer boredom was so strong, I nearly succumbed.

What saved me?

The thought of the awful taste of the first puff.

I think I definitely have reverted to being a non-smoker.

Deepak