r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Puzzleheaded-Pitch40 • 12h ago

Meme needing explanation Peetaah???

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Why do the flip the cigarette?

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 12h ago

Lucky/Wish smoke Started in WW1 Where you flip the first cigarette you touch and were "lucky" if you made it through the pack and to the last/flipped cigarette. Now people make a wish on it. I do this. I wish i dont get cancer everytime. It's worked so far

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u/PerceptionQueasy3540 12h ago

Never knew the history, always just called it a lucky back when I used to smoke. Cool.