Vilco wrote:

> Dee Dee wrote
>
> >>>> Those addicted to nicotine would too. ;-)
>
> >>> Yep. The best plantation one could do in such a situation would be
> >>> tobacco. And something to make smoking papers out of.
>
> >> Um, the best smoking "papers" are made from tobacco leaves iirc?
>
> > I was trying to recall before you wrote this that when we (tried) to
> > smoke corn silk, it was rolled up in something, was it the corn
> husks
> > that we rolled it up in? I don't remember. But it did not become
> > any kind of habit -- once was enough.
> >
> > Nicotine in it? I have no idea. But some would try it if left to
> > needing a smoke, I'll bet.
>
> There's something even worst than that: french filterless Gitanes, the
> worst and heavioest cigarettes I have ever seen. Obviously, I "smoked"
> them only during a 3 weeks long strike on part of the tobacco monopoly
> agency. Probably corn silk is better, LOL


Russian cigarettes (at least in the old USSR days) were even worse, if you
can believe it...

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Best
Greg