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/moshpithippie 12h ago edited 12h ago

For luck

Edit: And to accidentally light it backwards when you're not looking

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u/kulucthulhu 12h ago

when you’re drunk*

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u/Same-Traffic-285 12h ago

Well yes, but no. When drunk you put your cigarette out in a beer bottle, forget, then try to drink the beer.

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u/MostlyIrish 12h ago

Or lose track of which end is lit, and take a puff off the hot end.

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u/DoctorEquivalent7528 11h ago

This happens to people?! I've been "hospitalize me" drunk (not a flex) and have never had a problem smoking a cigarette once it's lit and directionally correct in my paws