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Category Archives: Thank You for Smoking
A Very Brilliant Idea
A letter by anti-tobacco Nazi Liu I-Chun was published in FORUM of The Straits Times: Make tobacco companies pay for cigarette butt litter clean-ups Cigarette butts consistently rank among the most littered items both locally and globally. Cigarette butts not … Continue reading
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Cuaba APAC
The first Cuaba Edicíon Regional, the Cuaba APAC, was released in May specially for the Asia Pacific region. The Cuaba brand is a series of shaped perfectos and figurados. These double-tapered figurados are known as Tacos in Cuban cigar factories. … Continue reading
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Sir David
David Tang was a rich kid who ended up doing various things in his adult life (lawyer, university lecturer, businessman, Honorary Consul of Cuba in Hong Kong, author, etc) but was basically a name-dropper who considered himself a cultured gentleman … Continue reading
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A Giant Bamboo by Tom Richard
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A Giant Morta by Tom Richard
A giant morta pipe by Tom Richard has just landed. Morta was first used as pipe making material during the Second World War. The shortage of briar forced manufactures to try out various woods, and morta – or bog oak … Continue reading
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You Die, I Die, We All Die
Not too long ago, some clown named Arpan Roy wrote a letter to The Straits Times saying: Keep smokers farther away from others during Covid-19 pandemic Smokers are allowed to lower their masks for extended periods while smoking. I would … Continue reading
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Lovely Birthday Gift
Very blessed to be lavished with so many lovely gifts from family members and thoughtful friends. A Castello from David stands out! Read about Castello here, here and here. Read about David here and here.
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Please Stick to Stroking Pussies
Some MPs (Members of Parliament) are clearly retarded. Without gerrymandering and the harebrained GRC (Group Representation Constituency) concept, many of those retards will never get elected into Parliament. And don’t get me started on NMPs (Nominated Members of Parliament)! The … Continue reading
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The Kiseru
Tobacco entered Japan in the Momoyama Period (1568-1600) through the Portuguese. It was smoked using a bamboo pipe with a fine metal fitting on either end. It is called a “kiseru” which literally means “smoking tube.” The kiseru is traditionally … Continue reading
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Lobotomy by Mac Baren
Yesterday, Colonel Dr Michael W Harrison, Honorary Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, presented me with a tin of Mac Baren HH Rustica. (“HH” refers to Harald Halberg, who founded the company in 1887. The Rustica was … Continue reading
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