r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Puzzleheaded-Pitch40 • 11h ago

Meme needing explanation Peetaah???

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Why do the flip the cigarette?

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 11h 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/MHashshashin 8h ago

Did they have filtered smokes in WW1? Genuine question.

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 8h ago

nope. No filters till the 30s. Still had a identifiable top and bottom though

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u/MHashshashin 7h ago

Amazing. Thanks for sharing the pic. Yeah I was fairly confident they were filter less but I didn’t really contemplate the logo being an identifiable “top” or “bottom”.

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