just one of them "nothing really" posts that i am so prone to do, look you see. unfortunately yes, as the title suggest, once more it is an irresponsible love letter (kind of) to Marlboro red, the type of cigarette i covet more than any other.
for clarity or what have you on that, once again i feel the pressure of society compelling me to point out, if not quite stress, that smoking (cigarettes) is very bad for you, is very silly, and depending on what your current lot (or plight) in life is you should not start smoking or quit as soon as possible. very little of what i do or gone done would be held up as a good example of life.
a good friend, and indeed verk colleague, offered to get me some cigarettes off of their travels. i said thank you very much indeed for that, for it is both kind and economical, since most of the rest of the world sells them a good deal cheaper than here in the UK. so yes, then, i got some Marlboro red. lovely.
what makes these all the more lovely is the split between the classic Marlboro red packet design and the excellent EU warning images we are now banned from using. these (in respect of the latter) are three of my all time favourite warning images. going from right to left you have someone looking a lot like Ant or possibly Dec (i don't care which) out of Ant and Dec getting medical treatment, a lady looking like she has surprisingly come back to life in a boss horror film and a bloke concerned that his male protruding part is busted, claimed to be due to smoking. as for the classic packet design, well, that's some of the most iconic branding in history, no matter what you may think of the product.
have i ever given serious consideration to, you know, quitting? don't get excited, those wishing for my demise, i mean smoking and not life. well, yes. every now and then the youngest of my (known) children will mention doing so, and a sense of guilt comes with it. well, if not guilt, then heartache that someone does care about me, and also that they have a point.
most recently there has been this declaration from David Lynch, encouraging people to quit. i was quite taken by the honesty of it. for the most part he is encouraging people to give them up so they don't end up as seriously ill as he, but also he does not lie. he declares no regret at smoking, and does not lambast himself for his lifelong love affair with them. whereas i am not at all sure i am anywhere near enough intelligent to act on it, it has been this from Mr Lynch that has given me reason to take serious stock of this particular life choice.
but, of course, for now, a smoker i remain. i do feel it is my destiny if not way, and i am resigned to it likely being the thing that does kill me one day. well, if something (or someone) else killed me, that would be (allowing for gallows humour) f*****g hysterical.
really not sure if these images have ever actually inspired someone to quit. i mean by the time you have seen the images, what with cigarettes now not allowed to be on display, you have already bought the packet. most people who do at least try to quit generally express the notice that it shall be done "after they have finished" the current packet.
let me go and try to find something, as much as i love these, more better to write of.
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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