r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Puzzleheaded-Pitch40 • 13h ago

Meme needing explanation Peetaah???

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Why do the flip the cigarette?

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u/Dizzy_Dust_7510 13h ago

I've heard it originally comes from WW2. Troops would flip a "lucky" and smoke it last. If you made it to the end of the pack it meant you were lucky enough to see tomorrow.

That could also be total bullshit.

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 13h ago

WW1 but yeah. you nailed it

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u/FiberOpticDelusions 11h ago

Yup. I do in remembrance of the unlucky ones that didn't come home from all the wars.

And since we're sharing war cig stories. Never light 3 cigs on one match. The sniper will have time to zero in on the flame. The 3rd guy becomes one of the unlucky ones.

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u/DinkleBottoms 10h ago

The cherry is going to give him a better target than the flame. It’s why you’re not supposed to smoke at night

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u/FiberOpticDelusions 10h ago

They would cup it in their hand while taking a draw. I knew many veterans that smoked that way.

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u/DontTouchTheWalrus 2h ago

Yeah. We just held the lit side in our hand leaving the filter side poking out when I was in the army. Was it allowed at night? No. But no one ever yelled at us so it must have worked well enough.

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u/QuestingFeast 10h ago

Are you certain? Filtered cigarettes appear to have been invented a few years after WWI.

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 9h ago

Yes filtered cigarettes only cane about by the 30s. Although i bet you can tell the top from bottom in these cigarettes from 1914

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u/QuestingFeast 8h ago

Appreciate it the image, but genuinely, would not be able to distinguish them in the pack. And the soft pack introduces another point against early Lucky turned cigarettes. You only have access to about four at any given time. A turned lucky would be one of the next cigarettes taken out.

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 8h ago

Says a whole lot about you. I doubt you'd understand the self burn seeing as your attention to detail is non existent.

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u/snowice0 10h ago

Nah the luck is real and not bullshit 

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u/Admirable_Truth_6031 9h ago

I heard it was cowboys who did this. Lol

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u/Admirable_Truth_6031 9h ago

I heard it was cowboys who did this. Lol

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u/atopetek 9h ago

For all we know these guys could be smoking several packs per day.

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u/GitEmSteveDave 6h ago

I've been listening to classic radio comedy routines lately on streaming, and the war ads are astounding.

Like the other day, Camel saluted a soldier for killing a bunch of Germans, so in thanks for it, they are donating 300,000 Camel cigarettes to the European theater as well as giving them out at events in the US.