On May 1, 8:29 pm, Les Albert <lalbe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Thu, 1 May 2008 23:02:28 +0000 (UTC), nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Paul
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> Ciszek) wrote:
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> >In article
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> > <tlwrig...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> >>I used to be a Marlboro smoker, and yes, there is a definite
> >>difference in the way brands taste. The old "Winston tastes good like
> >>a cigarette should" is a bunch of crap. Winstons always tasted flat.
> >>Kents were better (my FIL used to be a Kent smoker), but still not as
> >>good as the old red cowboy killers.
> >I read somewhere that the original Marlboro man drown while riding
> >a horse across an artificial pond for a photo shoot. Does anyone
> >know if that really happened?
>
> No, I remember reading that the original Marlboro man died of cancer.
>
Also the Winston man, similarly macho-cowboy-esque. I read, years
ago, that he re****ted asking the CEO of Winston-Salem why none of the
tobacco company execs smoked. The answer was along the lines of "We
defend the right to smoke for women, minorities, and the stupid."
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