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redstatebluegirl

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26. My Dad smoked Camel nons for most of his life, until they killed him.
Wed Sep 4, 2019, 11:38 AM
Sep 2019

Those ads were just like the vaping ones now, lies.

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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