Buckley and I had an in-depth conversation on tobacco earlier today and it led me to wonder what cigarettes you other Feature creatures smoke. As far as I can tell, all of the Features smoke RJ Reynolds' Camel Lights. I prefer Parliament Full Flavors and Alpine Menthol Lights, both made by Phillip Morris. What do you like and why?

(Edited by richarddawson at 12:42 am on Mar. 12, 2003)

Ah yes, a topic about something that I hold dear to my heart ( and is ironically damaging it). My cigarette of choice is the tried and true Lucky Strike. It is so excellent and nonfiltered. Of all cigarettes, this is to me the most flavorful and robust smoke on the market. This brand of cigarettes bring joy to me like few other things do. My back-up brand, in case I cannot find them or if I am low on cash, has to be Camel. In that case I get the Camel Filter 100's. Now, all said, I am addicted and need a Lucky.

Jesus, Alpines are disgusting, my personal opinion. I smoke whatever is on sale. My smoke of choice has gone downhill, from Marlboro Reds, to Mediums, to Ultra Lights. I skipped Lights. I'm currently smoking Camel Lights, cause they were buy 2, get 1 free, however for the past week I've been smoking Parliament LIghts, cause they were buy 2, get 1 free.

(Edited by Ceeze at 1:32 am on Mar. 12, 2003)

I felt the same way at first, but I decided to finish the pack since I payed for them. Coincidentally, I grew to like them. The tobacco store that I work for only sells FF 100s and Light 85s. The FF 100's did not taste as good as the Lights in my opinion. *Note* All Alpines are mentholated.

(Edited by richarddawson at 12:42 am on Mar. 12, 2003)

I never had understood the whole light thing. You're getting less nicotine, but still killing your lungs. That's why I go all out and kill'em faster with my nonfilter, full-flavor, man-killer Lucky's

Camel Wide Gauge.

Camel Lights, for sure. I have tried many, many brands of cigarettes in my life, and nothing tastes better than a Camel Light. They've been my choice since early 1997, when I came out of a phase of Dunhills, cloves, and Bidis.

Can I also say that I hate smoking and wish I didn't?

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 1:05 pm on Mar. 12, 2003)

i think you, mike d, and myself will have to quit together.

i'm a camel light soft pack man as well, although i began my smoking career (age 19) with lucky strike light filters. they were by one get one free for about a year and they were kind of modish (the target emblem, much like vantage).

15-16:cloves(djarum most of the time)
17-19:dunhill, nat sherman, gitanes, etc
20-current:camel lights(exceptions occuring only when there are sales....the aforementioned lucky strike two-fers....marlboro if they're around 30 cents less.....occasionally i'll splurge on gitanes and pretend like i'm serge gainsbourg)

One of my old teachers told me his surefire quitting method. He locked himself in a tiny closet, put towels underneath the door, chain-smoked two packs of cigarettes, and proceeded to throw up for a long time.

(Edited by etcetera at 9:16 am on Mar. 12, 2003)

Djarum Black
Jakarta
Camel Lights

These are a few of my favorite things...

I only smoke Nails and Stingray 100's.

Smoking's for suckas.

i'm pretty allergic to cigarette smoke, it used to bother me so much i'd have to sit really far away from the smoking section in restaurants. now it doesn't bother me, i just think it's disgusting. i think going to features shows has built up an immunity to it for me. i don't know. i still think it's nasty.

Ditto, but I'm pretty sure I'm still allergic.

To enhance my geekiness, I must reveal that I was on allergy shots for 8 years and I even had to go on a special Allergy Diet in 2nd grade that allowed me to eat only pistachio nuts and fruit. That sucked.

oh yeah, i'm definitely still allergic, too. it just takes longer for it to cause me pain. it hurts my eyes a lot and sometimes i can't see very well driving home from features shows. it's a risk i will continue to take, though.

Camel Lights. Except in Europe, they suck there. I smoked Davidoffs and LM Lights while traveling.

LW, you and Jamie have quit many times before, I've never wanted to try, you guys/girls might be on your own. I'm not quiting for a while.

Djarum's and Jacarta's are my special babies. Camel's Special Lights for when I want more than one.

Davidoffs were the first cigarettes that I smoked. I justified my purchase of them, because they were expensive and had nice packaging. Alas, they were just weaker than what I now smoke...

I smoke KAmel REd lights. kamel witha k - red for the brand and lights. i don't like a harsh smoke. i like white filters - its one of those weird things with me. i quit for nine months one time. but i started again due to personal trauma. i'll try to quit again one day.

"non-smokers can never fully actualize their inherent cool potentiality."
-carl rogers

that's weird....i only like cork filters. i think it's because i associate marlboro lights with frat boys and sorority girls.....and i bet cowboys don't smoke white filtered cigarettes.

haha...unless that white filter is recessed like a paliament. that makes it ok in my book. one time i bought some benson and hedges so i could be like noel gallagher, but they killed me. they were pretty harsh.

(Edited by damon at 4:41 pm on Mar. 12, 2003)

Truer words have never been spoken! This is an excellent segue in to how much I hate the existence of Marlboro Lights (particularly in the box). That has to be the least creative cigarette that a person can smoke. PaulFreaksMeOut and Brother Love can attest to the fact that I hate these cigarettes with a passion. People seem to inherently smoke them as if no other tobacco is available to them. I will never understand this. All people ever smoked in high school were Marlboro Lights. It's dumb. At the store I work for, 75% of our customers buy Marlboro Lights in the box. And we have about 400 customers a day. It makes me sad to know people are passing on Parliaments, Lucky's, Camels, and Basics, just because none of their friends smoke them. Silly youngsters.

I too prefer the cork filter. It is supreme in it's cool factor.

I love pistachios.

Lol oh yeah, I'd e so cool, with my eyes watering from the smoke, and my asthmatic lungs hacking from not the 2nd hand, but now the actual 1st hand smoke cigarettes would make me look and sound like a 90 year old woman after about 2 weeks I think I'd need a voice box afterwards... I'll stick to my candy cigs!

i agree with you here. but I'm uncool. part of the mystery that is SOS...

I hate smoking. But when I do it, I'll smoke any cloves, though I prefer Sampoerna Milds in order to not hack up blood the next day. The only regular cigarette that I like the taste of are American Spirits. I'm pretty sure that makes me a dirty hippie.

I had an American Spirit once. It brought back the buzz, but I also felt extremely ill afterwards.

I hate when people who smoke try to quit smoking then they convert to chewing tobacco?! duh that's worse...

Just out of curiosity...

How does the message board community feel about a pipe-smoking girl?

i smoked out of a pipe and i loved it! i felt so cool. and that's really ehy everyone smokes, right?

Why would that be a problem? Mmm...I love the smell and the taste. I don't do it often b/c it's not coducive for many situations other than sitting on your porch or somewhere where you aren't moving around.

I have many things to add to this topic, starting...now.

I'm smoking American Spirits right now, only because the Pipe and Tobacco store is on my walk from work to lunch. I like them, other than the fact it takes 15 minutes to smoke one. That can be annoying.

As for pipe smoking girls, I have converted one girl to smoking pipes. She always loved the smell of mine, so I bought her a fairly cheap one, a tamper, some pipe cleaners, and 2 ounces of her favorite blend. She seemed to enjoy it, I havent' really spoken to her since. I think she was using me for my Black Cherry tobacco.

Pipes and my front porch go hand in hand in the spring and fall. All pipe smoking girls are invited.

If I ever decided to tempt my allergy and start to destroy my already under-perfroming lungs, I would definitely smoke a pipe. Pipes are just cool.

And all of that opinion is based upon Charles Nelson Reilly.

Unlimited cool factor!

I have a "Sherlock Holmes" pipe that PFMO named "Watson." It is pretty big, but I love it nonetheless. Luckily, it has not been tainted with "alternatives" by some of my friends who also smoke pipes...I think it might be a law in Gallatin that you must begin smoking with a pipe. It seems that all of my friends started with a pipe, which led to cigars, only to end with cigarettes. I vowed to never smoke cigarettes, because I associated them with white trash. Then, I decided to get dirty...

(Edited by richarddawson at 11:22 pm on Mar. 13, 2003)

Pipes, my first love. My first one was given to me by mr. dawson, I called it "Booboo" (there's a story behind that, it's just too long to tell while keeping your interest). Gradually, however, as I got more and more lazy, pipes became bothersome and inconvenient, especially when having an evening on the town, so cigarettes were the obvious choice.

i want exliontamer to smoke a pipe when he gets old.

i've never smoked a cigarette. ever. but i want to reap the benefits of elt's camel cash. my dad got my family lots of cool things with marlboro miles--cd player, camera, countless travel bags, a couple acoustic guitars, some cool blue dishes, hiking boots, swiss army knives, jackets, etc. he smokes a lot.

...to say the least.

Or how about when they bring chaw to Lord of the Rings in order to make it through the whole thing?

BooBoo is the word of choice for feces on BET's Comic View.

I love my pipe.

Has anyone tried the new Exotic Blends that Camel has? I think they're great... I wasn't too impressed with the Izmir Stingers, but the Mandarin Mint, Twists, Dark Mint, and Cremas are pretty good. Nat Sherman Mints are a great cigarette as well... your mouth tastes and smells cleaner after smoking them.. haha...

my regular brand of choice is camel filters.

The Izmir Stingers suck and taste like Strawberry Fig Newtons as Wilson or Brother Love pointed out to me. The Twists aren't too bad, but I wouldn't smoke them on a regular basis. They're very citric.

I'm going to laugh if I pass you on the sidewalk and you're smoking a pipe.

is this for real? i didn't know one could even smoke that much in a lifetime!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ohh gosh i think my brain just started bleeding....Why?! My stepdad tried quitting one time with that nicorette gum, and he just ended up chewing like almost whole sheet a day... So he quit the gum and just went back to the cigs..

i will smoke the ganja on occassion and rarely bathe but I'm not a dirty hippie.

as for lord of the rings, i made it through the whole thing. but i just straight up smoked cigarrettes in the theater for the RING.

i smoke marlboro light 100's...
2 packs a day...

more cigarette fo yo dolla

the first time a friend offered me an American Spirit, i thought he was trying to give me a USA Gold (i guess it was the patriotic name that confused me)...i was taken aback. but yes, they do take forever to finish. i guess that can be good and bad, depending on how much time you have.

(Edited by damon at 12:22 pm on Mar. 17, 2003)

american spirits are a damn fine tobacco... anybody else notice that unlike other brands, you can smoke a pack of them and then wake up without that shit in your throat in the morning? i love that. the only thing is the fact that they're 4.25 a pack anywhere around here... i am planning on getting a carton mailed to me for free however...

i dont smoke. but peer pressure can kick in any second..

maybe i shouldnt read this post anymore

Don't you want to be cool, Rachel? Come on... everybody's reading this post. If you're not part of this topic, you're not cool.

Man, don't knock the USA's. Redneck packaging + cheap = cool factor out the wazoo!

(Edited by richarddawson at 11:05 pm on Mar. 18, 2003)

i am going to try and quit. starting today. wish me luck.

good luck

good luck

I've quit for the day as I have a nasty little cold and cough. Scary thing is, I don't know if I'll make it.

And that's why God created Menthols.

i can't believe you just said that, mr. dawson. you know those are made with fiberglass, right?

my roommate swears that when he's sick Newports set him right... *shakes head*

I've always thought menthols were more harsh. Looks like I'm gonna go for day two off the standoff as my lungs are still in a constant state of hacking and my throat is more sore each hour. Maybe if I were this sick for a couple weeks I'd never smoke again, sounds easy enough.... In reality, it's super-easy to not smoke at home, by myself. It's a completely different story next time I go to a bar, or club, or work, or outside, shit.

ironically, i feel the urge to smoke most often when i'm alone. i guess the boredom drives me to step out...

I feel compelled to smoke whenever I read this thread, as well as whenever I watch movies with lots of smoking in them or am around anyone who is smoking when I am not. The power of suggestion is great, and I am weak. Think I'll go have a cigarette right now.

Yep, I'll pay for it tomorrow, I smoked way too much today, just because I started feeling a little better. And because I went to a *kegger*.

Mmmm....fiberglass.
Yes, most Full Flavor Menthol cigarettes and snuff tobaccos (Copenhagen, Skoal, etc.) contain fiberglass, but to my knowledge light menthols and ultra light menthols do not contain fiberglass. I mean, if fiberglass were really bad for you, they wouldn't let them sell it. Now, run along and smoke some menthols.

silly child...

the episode of South Park that came on tonight is absolutely in my top 5 of all-time and it is a new episode. it comes on again at 11. for those fellow smokers out there, do yourself a favor and watch it. absolutely brilliant

I believe that smoking is the most social of vices. I have shared a light with many a cute fella.

It is the ultimate. I agree completely, except insert "lady" where you have "fella".

what is it about drinking that makes everyone want to smoke?

Thanks for the notice on the Southpark episode.

I love smoking, it's the best! Unless you are pregnant... Since I stick to giving everyone blowjobs, I don't have to worry about that. Alright!

its the only time ive ever smoked cigarettes. i blame loss of reasoning skills.

What is it about waking up that makes everyone want to drink?
Maybe that's just me.

Hey Lauren, I have about two cartons of those that I got at a tobacco convention a couple of months ago. They're yours if you want them.

What the crap are Sampoernas? I have never heard of those...

You don't realize just how much you're smoking while drunk. That's my experience, anyway.

same, and i can probably name ten people who do it, too. would that really make you want one, though?

if everyone else is smoking, and i smell it, yes.

That's the best time for a cigarette! It helps your buzz and it takes the bad alcohol taste out of your mouth and replaces it with a wonderful smoke flavor!

They're clove cigarettes. I hate cloves, ugh

I'll give you a pack so you can try them.

(Edited by richarddawson at 10:16 pm on Dec. 3, 2003)

I love cloves. They make me lick my lips. I prefer Sampoerna of Djarum any day.

I smoke the Marlboro Mediums because at Compton's they're $5.43 for the three pack. The thing that get's me is why don't I break down and get the goddamned carton? They're like $23 with 12 packs which is a little less that $2 a pack...that's like 1991 prices when i started. Even though I've smoked for 12 years it seems like your fucking hopeless when you start to buy the cartons.

I used to have a really nice pipe. I went down to that tobacco store on the square in Murfreesboro and the shopkeep pointed me in the direction of a good pipe for a reasonable amount of money. It survived Will Witherow's dog gnawing it but did not however, escape Colvert's room. My guess is a dirty pile of laundary elf stole it.

Ah the good ol days...

(Edited by holeypeacoat at 10:55 pm on Dec. 3, 2003)

Aren't cloves about 10:1 in badness for you compared to regular cigarettes? I smoked them when I was about 16 I think. They gave me a buzz, but always went out between drags.

ive heard that they have fiberglass in them, but that may be some crazy "truth" propaganda. i love them nonetheless.

(Edited by stopforme at 11:03 pm on Dec. 3, 2003)

cloves are what got me hooked on cigarettes. i haven't been able to stand them since i was 16. by the way, i've been off of cigarettes for 3 months now.

Word. I didn't start smoking until this year, so I have a lot of dying to catch up on.

3 months! With or without a patch? Congratulations!

Has anyone on here tried those sketchy looking pills and stuff on the infomercials?

Butt-Out! Smokin's got to go! Southpark is on.

Kudos, dude. Smoking's for suckas.

shame on you

carl is the good angel on your right shoulder and i am the one on your left with sketchy advice. but, i would never tempt you to your face, just through the internet

(Edited by richarddawson at 11:19 pm on Dec. 3, 2003)

I've only smoked when I was drunk - partly that drunken "I'll do anything!" and partly being addicted from *someone's* second-hand smoke! Menthol cigarettes are the only ones that did anything for me though, so I think I was craving the menthol and not the nicotine.

(Edited by SoundAsEver at 11:40 pm on Dec. 3, 2003)

Um, again, I apologize for being a bad influence and getting you second-hand addicted to my ridiculous redneck girlie cigarettes.

Aside to anyone who's seen me smoke them: YES, I do realize that they are really obnoxious. However, how many people do you think try to bum them from me? My friend with the Marlboro Lights always ends up giving up one or two when we are in a bar, but my Virginia Slim 120 Menthols are all for meeeeeee!

I feel liberated actually typing out that long ass name for all to see. I don't have to be ashamed any more.

I love it when girls come to the tobacco store and buy Capri's or Virginia Slims. There's just something so right about it. The ones that buy Eve's and Misty's on the other hand...now, that's a little sketchy.

Tell your friend with the Marlboros that she gets what she deserves for smoking those pieces of shit. And tell her it's with love from the cigarette nazi.

(Edited by richarddawson at 11:56 pm on Dec. 3, 2003)

LOL

You're not really a bad influence, because all of my friends have taken up chainsmoking. So when I go home, I'm sure they'll all be smoking...It shouldn't surprise me they started, since they've all been obsessed with carrying around lighters for years...At least I was accomplishing something while breathing in your smoke, rather than hanging out downtown (there, where "downtown" is a big shopping area)!

And I'm over it now...I think it was being around three people smoking at once that got me hooked.

My mom used to smoke Virgina Slims.

You think that's bad? How about Marlboro Menthol Ultra Light 100s in the Box? Now, that's a mouthful that even you might not be able to handle...ahem.

(Edited by richarddawson at 12:06 am on Dec. 4, 2003)

I wasn't referring to one person in particular.

Actually, if you see me sitting with a girl it would be unusual. You know, being that I am always scouting out guys to give blowjobs too. (I am never going to let that go by the way..lol)

I just meant that anyone around me smoking regular cigarettes gets hit up by bummers, and I don't.

now, ultra lights are just pointless.

please reread my previous comment, as edited

and yeah, they are pointless

you smoke the Virginia Slim Menthol 120's lights...which is always a joy to ask for when I pick them up for you at the store

sorry binky!

I always make fun of people like you when I work

...fag

I hate cigarettes.

I love cigarettes.

That's my relationship with them. God, I've been smoking for over 9 YEARS now. I'm well into the zone of "long-term smoker." I have panic attacks when I really think about that and what it means. I'm terrified of getting cancer. Yet I keep smoking. I know, I know...that's such an original cycle to be in, but it really eats at me. I need to quit smoking, if not for my sake, then for my future children's sake.

If you're going to smoke, though, do yourself a favor and smoke the best: Camel Lights.

I to have the occasional cigarette guilt, but I quckly get over it. After the guilt passes and it's time to get some smoky treats I'll stick with my trusty Camel Filter 100's in most cases, and occasionally when I want a tasty menthol I choose my Benson and Hedges menthol lights. They're the best.

(Edited by paulfreaksmeout at 2:49 am on Dec. 4, 2003)

I think it makes many a cute "lady" unattractive.

Daaang straight.

completely agreed.

's ok...It's usally mutual

...assclown

no patch....i think cold turkey is the only way. everyone i've known who tries gum or the patch ends up failing. the nicotine's easy to get over. the associations and the motions are what makes it difficult.

Congrats dude! That's quite an acomplishment. It could be said that you're in the clear now, the first three months have to be the hardest hurdle.

Will

is that why you're always walking around chewing on straws whenever i see you?

Quitter...

ELT, I'm with ya man, im going on 5 months, (all cheating aside).

Speaking of redneck habits, didnt there used to be a girl that went to Features shows that dipped skoal? I vaguely remember that from a few years ago.

I'll have to admit, I was into chewing tobacco also, for a short term. I grew up in the sticks of Virginia, started smoking at the age of 14, and didnt try Skoal until i was 18 when i had a terrible respiratory infection. It turns out that skoal and other chewing tobaccos are soooo much more addictive, higher levels of nicotine. anyway, needless to say, i quit that very quickly and now am still nicotine-free nate.

Good luck to all of you. And for future reference, (i may sound square) but smoking isnt cool, you may think it looks cool, or its a fun social habit, whatever....(I guess thats what I thought too when i was 14)......but you'll catch on sooner or later especially once you start feeling the negative health consequences.

(Edited by GrungeSlobTearPants at 2:53 pm on Dec. 4, 2003)

I know you're right, but it's hard to take seriously when I look to the left and see a sheep pooping.

I'm a very serious person.

Will I be cool if I smoke cigars?

Yes. But pipes are cooler still.

awesome....this is turning into a support group. i agree. i think(and hope) that most people get addicted by accident when they're teenagers. i've met a few people who've started in their 20s. i'm sure it has something to do with drinking.

The old statistic I remember is that if you havent started smoking by the age of 19, you probably never will. This why all the controversy about advertising smokes for kids.

However, Miss Sept. brings that other aspect of smoking. Those kids who just got to college, and never tried smoking as a kid, whether it be from stricter parents or were'nt around it or whatever. Then they get to a place where they can do what they want, and they choose to smoke. Ive seen this in a few people, my sister, my mother. But in these cases, at least in my family and friends, they end up quitting within a year or 2. The ones that usually stay hooked through college are the ones that started when they were young, and are past the whole rebellion stage.

I started when I was 16 because my boyfriend smoked and eventually I gave in and tried one. I spent a long long time trying to get him to quit, and then finally just joined the club.

My first time was with a Marlboro Red. I got dizzy and had to sit down. So how in the hell did I descend into the depths of VS120M's. I don't know, but I think I will need the patch or something. I know I need to quit, but I don't want it bad enough yet.

I think deciding to get pregnant is really the only thing that will make me want to quit for real. I am willing to give myself cancer, but not my kid...

I smoked Reds for over 4 years. Then I was a freshman / sophmore in college and chained smoked soooo much more, and had to downgrade. This was around the time that I had really bad respiratory infections and tried chewing tobacco to compensate for the pain of smoking.

i dont think thats very true about cigarettes, but rather about alcohol and sex.
also, i think that parents that are more strict can easily cause cigarette, alcohol, and sex addiction [which is pretty obvious]- but not necessarily once the kid moves out. i think its more likely that it happens right under their nose.

I participated in many "sins" under my parents nose. and did a fairly good job of hiding them all. Some dont though, my sister is the "good kid" because she didnt have a social life growing up, and my parents didnt have to worry about her. everyone is different I guess, but i have seen many people break free from the chains of the 'rents and start to smoke, drink, have loads of sex, swear, etc etc etc. Luckily or unluckily I started sewing my wild seeds at a young age.

I think it comes down to the natural and uncontrollable human instinct to pay large evil corporations to kill us.

I smoke cigars, and I'm cool

that rocks. i've smoked a cigar. come to think of it, ive tried every form of tobacco at least once. good times.

How did you like snuff?

I know one who's name is Beth and she's a real cool chick. From what I can tell, she is very proud of her "redneck" status. As a rule I don't normally dig the combination of tobacco and ladies, but somehow, she makes it work. She still goes to shows by the way.

wow, im really dumb. ive always thought snuff was the same as dip. no, ive never tried snuff.

(Edited by rachel at 7:05 pm on Dec. 4, 2003)

My first time was with some half-smoked cigarette that I pulled out of an ashtray. I was alone, I was 15, and it tasted so nasty. I didn't really properly smoke for another month or two, when someone showed me how to inhale. That cigarette was a Harley Davidson. I continued to smoke HDs for a while.

Oh yes...... I remember those. I was around 15 or 16 when a friend stole a pack of Harley Davidson's from his dad and sold them to me. When you are 15 and a smoker, you smoke what you can get your hands on. HD's are tough. I also remember camel filterless when i was around 15 or 16. But mostly I loved Reds. Even that red box seems very appealing to me now.

followed by


What happened in the intervening months Rach? Did you read this post too much?

Will

amazed that such a nice 15 year old girl has tried chewing tobacco, though he knows he shouldn't be

(Edited by Wiyum at 8:36 pm on Dec. 4, 2003)

For real. I've never even tried chewing tobacco.

hey, i still dont smoke! the key word there is TRY.

No, smoking cigars is not cool, unless you are a middle-aged or old man. Pipes are nice regardless.

(Edited by richarddawson at 9:22 pm on Dec. 4, 2003)

Well...there is snuff that is "dip." Originally, snuff was a term for ground-up tobacco (very dust-like) that the Europeans snorted through their noses; and US southerners (men, and many, many ladies that are now your grandparents age and older) put it in the gumline of their mouth. The same snuff is still sold today (the original Red Seal, Garrett, Bruton, etc.) in small cans about two inches tall and one wide, as well as large cans almost as big as a 20 oz soft drink. However, it is usually only found in tobacco specialty stores or in small towns, because the demand in non-farming areas is not that big. "Moist snuff" is the proper term for dip like Skoal, Copenhagen, Wolf, etc., which is sold in the fine cut and long cut forms. I have a can of Cherry nasal snuff (which could also be dipped) here at the apartment. There is a Rogue's Gallery of messageboard members who have been seduced into it's sinus-clearing ways, but I choose not to name them. Some of them are champs at snorting lines of the stuff known as Cherry nasal snuff. It's fun, but I find that it is hardly an addictive habit. Gateway habit, perhaps, but nothing I could ever imagine any of us doing on any sort of regular basis.

On another note, the girl that dips is hot, but I'm not a huge fan of girls that chew or dip moist snuff. With that, I will say in response to foldsfan's point about smokers being unattractive, that it's a relative thing. If you are a smoker, people of the opposite sex that smoke probably don't disgust you. If you are a non-smoker, then you probably don't find smoker's appealing, because you are not a smoker. I think that the same holds true for dip and chew. Now, some people I know in Hartsville and Gallatin would go nuts for this girl who dips, but word is that she's engaged. I still think she's hot.

i dont see how anyone could think a girl repeatedly spitting into a cup could be hot.

cigars stink.

my dad is smoking one right now. i went out to talk to him and now i stink.

No, no, no. Dipping is about the most disgusting thing a girl can do. Actually, it's really disgusting for guys, too.

I tried dipping a few times back in my younger days, but it was just too messy for me. Bandits were about all I could handle.

RD, I must say that you are truly a fount of tobacco knowledge. What do you know about "vines" or "twists," as they're sometimes called? We sold those at a store where I worked. Only old men bought them. How does one partake of this type of product?

I think I know what you are talking about. I worked at Cedars of Lebanon St. Park for 2 summers doing maintenance, and this fella, Bruce....he had something that looked all twisted up. co-workers call it a "dog turd" . anyway, if this is what you are speaking, its just chewing tobacco. You, take a big bite of it, put it in the back of your jaws and chew, and spit, chew and spit. I think its just compressed or compacted baccer.

whoa.
it took a cigarette post to get you out of the wood work.
that's my boy.
do you remember the name of those menthols that you said came in different colors?

yeah, i know shit about cigarrettes, but i like the skinny ones...
CooL 120s, baby

i know who you're talking about... i've seen her at a lot of shows. at first, i was like "does she ever DRINK that beer or just hold it" and then i realized she was just spitting into it once she was done drinking it. what if she accidentally forgot she was dipping and went to drink it again? that would be so gross.

Not to be a dick, but that post was from March. We usually get a lot of bored people bringing up old topics this time of year.

Yeah, I suddenly had a flashback to the second funniest thing I've ever seen. It was many years ago, when I was about nine and my little sister Lauren was three. My grandfather was having surgery, and most of my family was in the waiting room. My dad dipped Skoal, and there was a Coke can at his side for spitting. My little sister picked up what she thought was soda, took a drink, and had the worst look on anyone's face I have ever seen in my life. She spit it out all over herself, and started to cry. It was even funnier 'cause she was only three. I'm glad she didn't throw up, though, because then I would have gotten sick.

too late.


... your lack of substantial size makes up for it, so i'll forgive you..

GSTP pretty well hit the nail on the head in his description. My boss chews the large-size Mammoth Cave twist tobacco. Of the people that I know who chew twist tobacco on a regular basis, he is the youngest. I think he's about 54. Twist tobacco is one of only a few forms of tobacco without national distribution (bricks, dry snuff). Anytime that you happen upon it, you can rest assured that it was farmed and manufactured within a hundred miles or so. For example, the ones that we sell are: Mammoth Cave (KY), Warren County (KY), and King Bee (Gallatin!). There is also a Cumberland Valley twist, but we don't sell it. In Arkansas, they would not have these, but instead, have something more localized, which I have always thought to be cool. However, with the advent of tobacco sites on the internet, someone in California could probably get their hands on any brand of twist.

As far as chewing the twist, my boss always uses a knife and cuts a small portion off (maybe 1/4 of an inch) and chews it, spits, etc. I have to say that I really like the smell of twist tobacco. The nicotine levels are insane!

Is that an insult? I can't tell.

yeah, Bruce used a knife too now that I think about it.

RD, what about the powdered snuff. I worked a building construction job with this grumpy old man in VA that used the powdered snuff. He called me and a buddy of mine "Goddam woodpeckers" once b/c of how we hammered finishing nails into the floor. But I didnt quite understand how powdered snuff was used. My friend thought that you snorted it. I was under the impression u just tuck it up under your lip and gums like regular snuff.

(Edited by GrungeSlobTearPants at 2:19 pm on Dec. 5, 2003)

i thought all snuff was snorted. and what you tuck under your gums is dip. maybe i should reread richarddawsons information filled post.

(Edited by rachel at 3:01 pm on Dec. 5, 2003)

d'oh! you beat me to it. my brother's friend had been dipping the whole way to florida and spitting it into a sprite bottle. my little brother who was like seven picks it up and starts chugging it. actually, i think thats the grossest thing ive ever seen, not the funniest.

Yup, Damn, RD already answered my question. I should read a little closer!

I'm always a step ahead...