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Friday, December 19. 2008

Ho ho ho

Bad for the body, good for the soul. How about a coupla cartons of Luckies for Christmas?

Posted by Bird Dog in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 05:06 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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Yes Santa, when a camel cannot be had a Strike will do do very well.

Leno should be hawkin' Strikes with the donuts he provides to the poor writers on the picket line for social justice.

There ain't nothing like a Strike.
#1 Leag on 2007-12-21 10:14 (Reply)
Never smoked 'em. Was taught to smoke by a dear old black guy who smoked Pall Malls. Sweet.
#1.1 BD on 2007-12-21 11:05 (Reply)
Pall Mall is sweet; last longer upon lighting meanwhile not singeing the mustache.

But Strikes shortness had a certain pazazz when one before having mustache, had to cup it, surreptiously, on occasion of administrator or student squeal patroling school perimeter.

Never had'em in black pack, though.
#1.1.1 Leag on 2007-12-21 13:31 (Reply)
The original LS package was dark green, not black. The old ad doesn't reproduce the color well.

The color was changed to white in 1942, partially to appeal to female smokers who didn't like the green packaging. Also, supposedly due to scarcity of some dyes during WWII.
#1.1.1.1 Jack Coupal on 2007-12-21 16:14 (Reply)
LSMFT!
#2 rightwingprof (Link) on 2007-12-21 13:03 (Reply)
LSMFT we used to tell each other, stood for "Loose Straps Mean Floppy Tits". We were obviously a witty little bunch of urchins--
:-D
#2.1 buddy larsen on 2007-12-21 22:31 (Reply)
The old man used to smoke Luckies when I was a kid. He smoked for, oh, 65-70 years and made it to 90. I quit before I was 30. I remember the coolest cats with the best D.A.'s had their packs of Luckies rolled up in their tee shirt sleeves whilst listening to Bill Haley & The Comets on the ol' jukebox at the after-school hangout down on the corner.
#3 greenmtnpunter on 2008-12-19 07:58 (Reply)
Nothing beats a pipeful of Three Castles!
#4 The Distributist on 2008-12-19 08:40 (Reply)
Before filtered cigarettes,
.. after removing the [ Camel,Chesterfield,Pall Mall or Lucky ] from the pack an important part of the ritual was to pack the tobacco by gently tapping one end on any hard surface,a thumbnail would do in a pinch.
#5 ron on 2008-12-19 12:36 (Reply)

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