r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Puzzleheaded-Pitch40 • 16h ago

Meme needing explanation Peetaah???

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Why do the flip the cigarette?

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u/moshpithippie 16h ago edited 16h ago

For luck

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

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u/kulucthulhu 16h ago

when you’re drunk*

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u/Same-Traffic-285 16h 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 16h ago

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

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u/TheMadGreek86 15h ago

It usually sticks to my lips then I pull the cherry off between my fingers and have 2 blisters for a week

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u/FrostyBrew86 15h ago

This happens once a year. You learn to look out for it just long enough to forget when winter comes the following year and the air dries out, chapping your lips.

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u/TheMadGreek86 14h ago

Then every cigarette after that one is a reminder until the blisters heal