I thought

That that was supposed to be Lucky Strikes - hence the name. Obviously even if they did do it way back in the annals of time; they don't now.

Shame really.
( Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Fri 28 Aug 2009, 17:10, 2 replies)

This mate of mine
said if you look at the Marlborough packet in a certain way it spells out dope, or grass, or something a bit naughty and drug-related. Can't really recall if you hold the packet upside down and squint, or something. Not really sure - personally I think its a load of old bollocks....
( SpankyHanky, Fri 28 Aug 2009, 17:25, closed)

Yeah, that's why they're called Lucky Strikes.
A friend of mine smokes Luckies halfway down the filter because 'that's where they keep the heroin'. He's almost certainly joking.
(Shinigami, Fri 28 Aug 2009, 20:24, closed)

Ahh!
*casts mind back to the early 80s..
There was a rumour at school that those Marlboro people put "Something addictive" (no...really?) in their fags so's you'd keep buying them, in preference to other brands..
Something else.. they're Klan sympathisers, hence when you undo a red-top pack and lay it flat, there's three "K"s, plus a gold and a black spot, supposedly for the benefit of Jewish and Black people respectively...
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Sat 29 Aug 2009, 13:49, closed)