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Dave Starsky

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15. The first one IS a hoax (joke, actually). The Nico Time one is fanfiction.
Wed Sep 4, 2019, 06:58 AM
Sep 2019

A link regarding the first one, by the guy who created it:

https://rjwhite.tumblr.com/post/472668874/fact-checking

The "Nico Time" pregnancy ad was apparently created by a fan of the Bioshock video game series. Nico Time is the fictional brand of cigarettes popular in the decaying society of Rapture, the art deco underwater city where the games take place.

Wow! The last one is brain-numbing... GReedDiamond Sep 2019 #1
Yes, I have that thermometer in my kitchen drawer, also. marybourg Sep 2019 #6
Lol. I cook it until it's almost safe to eat, with one of those, Hortensis Sep 2019 #28
Yes, I have that set, too. Still in perfect marybourg Sep 2019 #32
Vintage! :) I wore ours to death, except for this one piece that's Hortensis Sep 2019 #34
I bought on just like that 3 or 4 years ago. Works great. They still make them. nt. madinmaryland Sep 2019 #35
Probably was distributed to doctors. My brother was on phenobarb for seizures. LeftInTX Sep 2019 #24
Pretty sure the first one is a joke. The children's cigar one might be, too. The others are real. nt tblue37 Sep 2019 #2
I agree, 95% sure the first is bogus ... a lot of the others I recognize mr_lebowski Sep 2019 #3
Unfortunately, the first one is not a joke. Correction: Yes it is a joke. HubertHeaver Sep 2019 #5
Oh, I remember the cig ads.(I'm old.) But the emphasis on sugar in the first one tblue37 Sep 2019 #7
I found a reference to this ad. HubertHeaver Sep 2019 #9
I knew it was fake waddirum Sep 2019 #18
Thanks. For everyone else, the detailed explanation of how this joke as came to be is tblue37 Sep 2019 #19
Not just plain old sugar... SergeStorms Sep 2019 #13
The first one IS a hoax (joke, actually). The Nico Time one is fanfiction. Dave Starsky Sep 2019 #15
I have NatGeos dating back to 1928 and the ads are amazing, not necessarily in a good way. For in2herbs Sep 2019 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author Lochloosa Sep 2019 #14
I have an actual ad for 7-Up that's very similar hatrack Sep 2019 #25
study the puff chart dammit! 0rganism Sep 2019 #4
When I was in jr high, I bought my aunt a carton of cigarettes for Christmas bobbieinok Sep 2019 #8
My dad smoked Pall Mall's and Lucky Strikes most of his life. yonder Sep 2019 #10
Yikes! Zombie baby! chwaliszewski Sep 2019 #11
My husband's mother smoked the whole time she was pregnant with him Raine Sep 2019 #12
I had six kids while smoking,all healthy adults today. virgogal Sep 2019 #31
uh huh. Maru Kitteh Sep 2019 #38
"done the way HE likes it" nuxvomica Sep 2019 #16
Delete first one, it is a fake. Nt USALiberal Sep 2019 #17
Yes, correct it is "fake". Here are comments from the creator of the ad : Stuart G Sep 2019 #21
Thanks for cool info! Nt USALiberal Sep 2019 #23
Both Arthur Godfrey and Santa Clause died of lung cancer from smoking. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2019 #22
My Dad smoked Camel nons for most of his life, until they killed him. redstatebluegirl Sep 2019 #26
Must make the cons weepy for the Good Ole Days.... Thomas Hurt Sep 2019 #27
Unlike today. marybourg Sep 2019 #33
And all pics are of white people rpannier Sep 2019 #37
I wonder which ads that are appearing today will look false and ridiculous years from now? jalan48 Sep 2019 #29
What is the second one even selling...? pnwest Sep 2019 #30
Crazy Maru Kitteh Sep 2019 #36
Yikes people sure were stupi....always stupid.... Brainfodder Sep 2019 #39
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