Mr. BitternessMar 9
My local hardware store just installed a vending machine out front of it, in case you need things when they're closed.
I love it.
Show threadjavensbukanMar 9

@wdormann Okay but like this is genius. 🧠 💰

I love that they threw in some snacks and...a pack of cigarettes?! 😂

Show threadMr. BitternessMar 9
@javensbukan
Haha. They're candy cigarettes. 😂
Show threadHo Ho Ho Like The SlurMar 9

@wdormann @javensbukan hold up... Candy cigarettes still exist? Ones that could reasonably be mistaken for real cigarettes??

As a child I caught the tail end of them in australia, they were just barely identifiable.

Show threadjavensbukanMar 9

@coolandnormal @wdormann We used to have "Popeye" branded ones here but they were re-labelled as "Candy Sticks".

https://candynow.ca/products/popeye-candy-sticks-48ct

Popeye Candy Sticks 48ct

Show threadHo Ho Ho Like The SlurMar 10

@javensbukan @wdormann we had FAGS (a white stick with a red tip), which became FADS (no red tip). Evolution below.

They were clearly meant to be cigarettes, "fags" was one of the most common words for cigarettes in australia at the time. As far as I recall they never had a packet that looked convincingly like a cigarette packet.

Show threadWesDym
@coolandnormal My understanding is that 'fag' is still a common street-level term for cigs in many Commonwealth countries, from the term's older meaning of 'burning twig'. It's been used in British TV as recently as just a decade or so, and not ironically, just how the characters talk. (Father Brown said it, for example.) It's fallen out of favour because it's also been used as an anti-gay slur, but my own view is that offense follows from intent, not usage by itself.
Mar 10 at 7:16amWeb