November 28, 2006

Cigarettes: they're always a temptation, they're healthy, but they may cause deformity.

And here are some American fag ads from the 1940s and 1950s.

posted by bobboggis 18 years ago
  • World peace at last! Osama still looks evil, though...
  • Mmm smooth fresh tobacco flavo(u)r! good find! That old reactionary Lileks has some too - creamy, and double-cellophane wrapped!
  • WANT.
  • I think this one is my favorite.
  • Looked like I picked the wrong day to quit smoking. No really. I haven't touched a fag all day.
  • Looked -> Looks lack of nicotine -> fogginess These ads are fantastic. You can still buy Sportsman cigarettes in East Africa. Manky tasting things, but cheap.
  • Be strong, roryk!
  • Congrats, roryk! Keep at it!
  • I'll add to the congrats pile for roryk - best of luck!!
  • Awesome. Stay strong, roryk! It can be done; I'm living proof!
  • Thanks folks, it's like the fifteenth time this year, so I feel a bit embarrassed by the encouragement.
  • Go Roryk! Get up. Fall down. Get up again. That's the way most folks get anywhere.
  • Underpants, your choice of cig-related deformity has my mind spinning. Her arm is like some weird Escher thing... amazing, it haunts me. Of course, the cig I'm smoking does not contain tobacco...
  • Oh, and, uh, good luck there Roryk with whatever it is you're up to. *cough*
  • Don't do it, Roryk! Smoking's cool! Fire up a Gauloise, breathe in its warm caress, embrace it, hold it, and send the signal of your union out into the air... You know you want to. C'maaaaaan...
  • *smacks the Cap'n with a giant ashtray*
  • TUM, kinnakeet, was this what you were thinking of? Or perhaps this?
  • Those were seriously disturbing, muteboy. I'm now seriously disturbed.
  • Do you know what that Giger book is which contains a shwackload of sketches of those sculptures with a silly side story, muteboy?
  • Wow, muteboy. bobboggis is right. Disturbed is the word. *scratches nape of neck with toes*
  • *awakes from hibernation as if nothing had happened* I think The Mystery of San Gottardo is the one you're after, I_C. Also here. I remember good ol' HR saying in an interview that human beings were one of these with cancer, cancer being the head and the other "unnecessary" organs.