the link was posted in a comment here:
https://lemmy.ca/comment/20493193
and it brought back a memory or two.
Others believe that lighting three or more cigarettes on the same match will bring on bad luck.
This started in World War I as a basic safety precaution. Some soldiers sitting in the dark on either side of the front decide to have a smoke. When the first one lights his cigarette, the enemy across the field sees the match light. While the second man lights his smoke, the enemy grabs their rifle and takes aim. When the third man lights his, the enemy fires.
What if the first soldier has all three cigarettes in his mouth and lights them all at the same time? Haha checkmate, Athiests!
Fascinating. Thanks for the share. Lessons in everything.
I could be missing something, but not getting shot sounds to me more like good than bad luck.
It’s being the third person on the match who gets shot, thus why three on a match is bad luck.
I’ll save you a read, nobody knows. a theory that connects it to the 27 club (various celebrity musicians who died at the age of 27) is debunked. it’s proposed that a white lighter could be more easily stained by cannabis resin, and thus be a giveaway
Thing is the bottom is always white and your caught if you smoke jazz cigarettes
27 club is the “woah dude trippy” version, the white corner being stained green by using it to pack down your bowl is the actual reason.
My stoner friends back in high school wouldn’t let anyone get in their car with a white lighter for fear of being pulled over and caught with weed
that’s so dumb. I bet anyone worried about that is super obvious for multiple other reasons too.
I have never heard of this, ever.
Huh, wouldnt have guessed that. My theory was that people thought they might be older lighters that had printed wraps that weren’t selling, so they were peeled off and relabeled for sale again, meaning they had lost some fluid over time.
