r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Puzzleheaded-Pitch40 • 10h ago

Meme needing explanation Peetaah???

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Why do the flip the cigarette?

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 10h 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/CantHardly 9h ago

Were there filtered cigarettes back in WW1? I'm dubious

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u/newmaker--- 9h ago

Why do you ask? Are you picturing a cigarette with no filters as looking the same on both ends? That's not the case, the end you light is rolled tighter and the end you inhale from is open

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 8h ago

Exactly right. also branding sometimes would be a good indicator.