Comments on: Camel cigarettes help with Thanksgiving digestion

By: niktemadur

niktemadur — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:51:00 +0000

“Después de un taco, un buen tabaco”
“After a taco, a good tobacco”

By: SierraTango

SierraTango — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:49:00 +0000

Anyone know what year that ad is from? I’m guessing late ’40s to mid ’50s, but I’d love to know for sure.

By: jackbird

jackbird — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:29:00 +0000

This is the only place I’ve ever seen “iron rations” used in a real-world setting.

By: cdh1971

cdh1971 — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:52:00 +0000

Well…

The flavour of tobacco can complement the aftertaste of many foods, but the real utility of tobacco use before, during and after the Thanksgiving meal can be attributed to the nicotine content of the tobacco.

Thanksgiving is traditionally celebrated with one’s family and/or with one’s partner’s family. Such familial interaction can be a natural, zesty enterprise, but it can also drive a person beyond the edge of madness.

Tobacco, smokes, nicotine, has been proven to be an effective salve for madness as seen by studies and observation of soldiers, prisoners and other patients committed for mental health reasons.

Nicotine gum, patches or lozenges are effective delivery alternatives if one cannot tolerate the traditional delivery methods.

By: fergus1948

fergus1948 — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:36:00 +0000

I’m too old to start a rock band but if I did I would call the band ‘Smoking Camels!’

The phrase just gives me the greatest Daliesque mental images!

By: Joshua Bardwell

Joshua Bardwell — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 07:03:00 +0000

I especially like the part about cigarettes clearing your palate. Becase we all know how sensitive smokers’ sense of taste and smell is, AMIRITE?

By: Incipient Madness

Incipient Madness — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:22:00 +0000

That’s just crazy. You probably say the same thing about Georgia O’Keeffe paintings.

By: pjcamp

pjcamp — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:08:00 +0000

Oddly, the Camels are the most appetizing thing on that table.

What is that, muddy termite pie? With butter on top?

By: Tim Cameron

Tim Cameron — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 04:47:00 +0000

Boy, they aren’t kidding! Back when I used to smoke, I primarily smoked Marlboro. Sometimes, though, I’d pick up a pack of Camel Turkish Golds, and let me tell you, those costlier tobaccos made me have to drop a deuce right away, every time!

By: oldtaku

oldtaku — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 04:39:00 +0000

Very interesting early version of new luxury type marketing – think Panera or other slightly upscale brands where you give people 50% better stuff for twice the cost. See http://www.amazon.com/Trading-Up-Consumers-Goods-Companies/dp/1591840708 . Of course just saying ‘HEY IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE’ is not quite the way to do it.

By: singrum

singrum — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 04:34:00 +0000

A turkey that looks strangely like female labia?

By: Rachael Hoffman-Dachelet

Rachael Hoffman-Dachelet — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 03:49:00 +0000

Also, that’s a lot of cigarettes in a short time.

By: Rachael Hoffman-Dachelet

Rachael Hoffman-Dachelet — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 03:48:00 +0000

I can’t believe they were talking about alkalinity back then!

By: Hanglyman

Hanglyman — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 03:40:00 +0000

That’s right, folks- better have at least one full pack of cigarettes handy, or you will be incapable of fully digesting a large meal. I also like how Camels being “MORE EXPENSIVE” is somehow a selling point.

By: Felton / Moderator

Felton / Moderator — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:29:00 +0000

And smoked turkey.

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:19:00 +0000

Mmm-mm! Tomacco soup!

By: Frank Diekman

Frank Diekman — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:54:00 +0000

What also makes a great Thanksgiving – getting drunk and bringing up uncomfortable family drama.

By: Stefan Jones

Stefan Jones — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:24:00 +0000

You know what would “build up my sense of digestive well-being?”

Picturing my Aunt Adele, Uncle Ed, and Uncle Larry — all of whom died from lung cancer — tracking down the copywriter in the afterlife and taking turns kicking him in the balls.