Peter S. is describing that most revolting of habits, the tar stuck cigarette.
Tar builds up and acts just like sticky gum.
Yuck!
I had fogotten about that one. And a good thing, too.
It is quite a different genre than the dangling from upper lip cigarette.
Someone must have written a dissertation on all this cigarette style stuff?
-Chip
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Peter J. Schledorn
> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 10:22 AM
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: Re: "dangling a cigarette"
>
>
> On Mon, 27 May 2002, Daniel Davies wrote:
>
> > 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
>