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randomnessish
06/11/09

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Oh, Camel Lights. How I used to smoke thee, until you went up to $11 a pack. Now I ration from my $5, Tennessee-bought pack. Which means I smoke once a month.

Being poor! The new nicotene patch!
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minou
06/11/09

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Oh thank god. I can finally go back to smoking Camel Filters again, but without the guilt.

In some countries they have Camel Mediums, which are -- I have to tell you -- the ultimate cigarette. They're in the orange box, if I remember correctly?

Also, I haven't heard it called the "corner spa" since high school. I'm adding this to my current lexicon.
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bjonston
06/11/09

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Great. Thanks, Richard. My pregnant wife, who hasn't smoked in three years, just read your listicle then turned to me and said, "I kinda want to smoke a cigarette now." Awesome.
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abettertomorrow
06/11/09

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wow, this is a walk down memory lane.

That said, and my original point, tied to that post that went on and on about Leno fans being stupid middle Americans and Conan fans being well-regarded urban sophisticates: if you smoke - and glorify cigarettes like this - you don't really get to call other people stupid, naive, etc.

Also, must we define ourselves by which laundry soap peddling TV personalities we identify with? Just asking...
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allyzay
06/11/09

@abettertomorrow: your "original point" about this post was on a totally unrelated post days ago about comedians? are you futureman?
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abettertomorrow
06/11/09

@allyzay: @Maya Twocents: re addicted, absolutely, but addiction doesn't force you to post a bunch of pictures of cigarette packs and repackage cigarette company marketing as some kind of cultural insight.
Allyzay - different authors, yes, but Gawker wants to both lord it over Leno fans, and post this type of thing, and I don't think you can lord it over anyone when you're promoting cigarettes.

Also, I kind of agree with that Breitbart guy about right wing extremism not being the same as a homocidal racist. Wow, maybe it's time for the star to go!
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bjonston
06/11/09

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*cough* *cough* "So anyways..." *hack, cough* *chhhhhh-awk* *spit*

Seriously though, beautiful walk down memory lane, Richard. Thank you.
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BookishLookish
06/11/09

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Virginia Slims Menthol Light 100s. For the ultra-anal-retentive flight attendant/women's libber who likes to show of her manicure in YOU.
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Spaceman Bill Leah
06/11/09

@BookishLookish: My BF used to smoke those in college. She said she liked them because no on would ever bum then from her... until she met me.

I want to lick that box of Marb Lights.
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Rumpelstilskin
06/11/09

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My Marlboro lights already a warning that tells me light refers to taste and not safety. Will they start to look like the european packs,with huge black letters saying "You're Dead Already"?
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allyzay
06/11/09

@Rumpelstilskin: we used to trade the euro warning ones...like if a guy got the impotence one, and the girl got the deformed fetus one, we'd trade, because girls can't get impotence and guys can't have fetuses. we figured that'd work out okay.
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slimceagirl
06/11/09

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Well, they also decreased the amount of nicotene in the lights without mentioning it to anyone so that more people would buy more cigarettes to get the same dose. It is more cost efficient of you to just buy the reds, since one more point up and the light would've been a "normal",anyhow.

What they don't tell you is that if you just pray for God to take away your addiction, he will take it away if you have the faith to let him handle it. It's really that simple. I quit drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes that way. It took a few years, but now the desire is gone because I just prayed constantly,had faith and was patient, just as God will be for you!
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bjonston
06/11/09

@slimceagirl: LOL! That was hi-larious!
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peperony and chease
06/11/09

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Why do black people smoke menthol cigarettes? Because that's what Newports are.
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StonedAndDethroned
06/11/09

@peperony and chease: So we don't have to brush our teeth.
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coyote1284: P.E.T.U.
06/12/09

@peperony and chease: CORRECT!

...because they go good with weed. CORRECT!

...I don't know. CORRECT!

(Chepelle's Show skit)
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DennyCrane
06/12/09

@coyote1284: P.E.T.U.: IM RIIICH BEEYOTCH
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Cheap Shot
06/11/09

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I call Parliaments Palmolives. I used to be a pretentious fancy pants and smoked Export A, Ultra Lights. It was like smoking tobacco flavored air, had a short filter and came with a calendar on every box!

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johnny_carsick
06/11/09

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i don't think anyone ever told me i possessed "devil-may-care" coolness, but that's probably 'cos i was too damn cool looking to be approached. what am i to do now?
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Rozelle’s Bagman
06/11/09

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Who ever calls them Parliament Lights anyway?
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allyzay
06/11/09

@Rozelle's Bagman: this one confused bodega worker at the bodega i sometimes buy mine at. he ALWAYS double-checks..."parliament...lights??"
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jupiterspaw
06/11/09

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"We're not quite sure what happened to the Marlboro Light-why it lost its cultural capital-but we suppose it's moot now."

Two words: American Spirits (yellow pack). At least that's what I hear, not like I smoke or anything (sounds of puff-puff-puffing in background).
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HiredGoons
06/11/09

@jupiterspaw: Marb Lights are Jersey, that's why.
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Larry Bird Flu
06/11/09

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This is a dangerously accurate listicle. I'm a Camel Lights guy and will be till I quit for the 4th time, whenever that might be. Hopefully soon, but really, no one likes a quitter.
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BadUncle
06/11/09

@Larry Bird Flu: A quitter never wins, and a winner never quits.
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BookishLookish
06/11/09

@Larry Bird Flu: *sob* Quitting Camel Lights was like the killing floor.
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Kid Twist
06/11/09

@Larry Bird Flu: Every smoker quits -- eventually.
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BadUncle
06/11/09

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That analysis of Camel Lights is spot on, Richard. They were my brand, 20 years ago - until I my lungs felt like they were going to stop working.
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