I once found a shop that sold disposable lighters for each of the signs of the zodiac, similar to but not this. Even though it isn't my birth sign I picked up a handful of "Cancer".
Nice! I have: 1) a coffin-shapred pocket ashtray; 2) a tobacco tin with a sticker which reads 'More acceptable than w*nking'. That lighter could complete the set.
Sadly the online shop I acquired my coffin-shaped ashtray from no longer stocks it. They do however still do a nice line in stickers for...well, anywhere ;) http://www.roll-ups.co.uk/ishop/879/shopscr1918.html
Bought a zippo lighter in Port Stanley , Falklands in 1987 for my dad and it still fires up no probs. Has my squadron crest on it ( 23(F )Eagle Sqn Phantoms). My dad is long since dead but I noticed yesterday that my mum had polished it and given it pride of place on the mantlepiece on my dad's birthday.
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I once found a shop that sold disposable lighters for each of the signs of the zodiac, similar to but not this. Even though it isn't my birth sign I picked up a handful of "Cancer".
ReplyDeleteNice! I have:
ReplyDelete1) a coffin-shapred pocket ashtray;
2) a tobacco tin with a sticker which reads 'More acceptable than w*nking'.
That lighter could complete the set.
Good old Zippo! Are they still the only ones that will fire up even in a howling gale?
ReplyDeleteExcellent - you also want the one John Wayne used to give to the troops in Vietnam that had 'Fuck Communism' inscribed on it.
ReplyDeletemanwiddicombe - that's a great idea. I'll look out for those.
ReplyDeletePT Barnum - a coffin shaped ashtray? A definite must-have.
JuliaM - they do light in a gale but it's not a good idea. A six-foot horizontal flame can be a bit scary.
Anon - there really should be a shop dedicated to all these things.
Sadly the online shop I acquired my coffin-shaped ashtray from no longer stocks it. They do however still do a nice line in stickers for...well, anywhere ;)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.roll-ups.co.uk/ishop/879/shopscr1918.html
I was just browsing the BNP site today to see what thier view is on the smoking ban. I came accros this article from 2009.
ReplyDeletehttp://bnp.org.uk/2009/05/bnp-mails-election-appeal-to-32000-pubs/
In it Nick Griffin clearly states:
"For a start we’d end the smoking ban, abolish business rates for pubs, slash the duty on beer served in licensed premises."
So its BNP for me then!
Bought a zippo lighter in Port Stanley , Falklands in 1987 for my dad and it still fires up no probs. Has my squadron crest on it ( 23(F )Eagle Sqn Phantoms).
ReplyDeleteMy dad is long since dead but I noticed yesterday that my mum had polished it and given it pride of place on the mantlepiece on my dad's birthday.
Love the Zippos always had one as a smoker
ReplyDeleteBut this is my Ash Tray