Monday, September 20, 2010
4 comments:
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JMcD said...
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In 1912 an inept pharmacist named Porter Morton in San Francisco, while trying to administer the tobacco smoke enema, found difficulty getting the smoke into the anus area.Thinking that the hose was clogged, Mr. Morton removed the hose from the bellows and gave it a hearty suck.Finding that the smoke in combination with other ingredients was to his liking, he took his find to blending experts at Lorillard Tobacco Co who, using a fine Missouri mule by- product in lieu of Morton's original recipe, introduced it into their Old Gold Cigarettes.
Viceroy cigarettes came out in 1936 and by 1938 experts had broken the secret to Old Gold's distinctive taste, and it was introduced into Viceroy,and to avoid patent conflict, used high grade Texas steer pies in place of the mule apples.
And that's as the man said, "...the rest of the story". -
9/20/10, 5:59 PM
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Anonymous said...
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JMcD...
3 million Americans just quit!
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9/20/10, 7:30 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Funny thing; when I worked for a major tobacco company, I swore up and down that two of the tobacco blends (the formulas were secret) we used smelled like a horse barn.
Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick -
9/20/10, 8:55 PM
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BobG said...
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There were some mountain men who used to mix willow bark and buffalo dung in their pipe tobacco; they said it gave a more mellow smoke.
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9/21/10, 3:17 PM
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