> How, anatomically, does one go about dangling a cigarette from one's
> top lip? I've been a smoker for about sixteen years, and I don't
> think I've ever managed to dangle a cigarette from my top lip. It
> would just fall out of your mouth, surely? Short of sticking the
> thing there with chewing gum, I don't believe it's possible.
I've seen it done, many years ago. I only saw it in dedicated chain smokers of unfiltered cigarettes (what does Hitchens smoke?). They would apparently build up a sticky residue that would glue short ends (like the last half-inch) to their upper lip. I've seen people hold conversations with a short bit of burning cigarette dangling from their lip. A bit distracting.
So it is a bit like sticking them there with gum ;-).
Best, Peter
> dd