Showing posts with label tobacco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tobacco. Show all posts

Saturday, December 05, 2009

Smoke 'Em if You've Got 'Em . . . .


Quite the interesting contraption, would you not agree?


Used extensively in Ottawa, Victoria and Washington, DC.

(Click to enlarge)
Gives a whole new meaning to "Let's go outside and light up a butt," eh ? ? ? ?

H/T "drf"

(Cross-posted from Moved to Vancouver)

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Now, you know


Tobacco Smoke Enema (1750s-1810s)
The tobacco enema was used to infuse tobacco smoke into a patient’s rectum for various medical purposes, primarily the resuscitation of drowning victims. A rectal tube inserted into the anus was connected to a fumigator and bellows that forced the smoke towards the rectum. The warmth of the smoke was thought to promote respiration, but doubts about the credibility of tobacco enemas led to the popular phrase “blow smoke up one’s ass.”