There was a line from Ian Flemings ‘Goldfinger’ where Goldfinger (the bad guy) is ridiculing James Bond’s cigarette smoking habit (Bond smoking upwards of 70 cigarettes a day)like this:‘….and your habit of smoking is the most unnatural habit of all. can you imagine a cow standing over a weed that is on fire and breathing in the smoke purposely?’
I am quoting loosely and not word-for-word accurate, but that’s the just—-that stuck with me a long time, that comment from the evil, bad guy
Take the berries off the bush. Remove the fleshy covering to extract the seeds. Burn the seeds for a while, then grind them up. Pour boiling water over them. Throw the ground seeds away and drink the water. Or go to Starbucks.
Thx for this. I have n-e-v-e-r understood why people smoke. I guess they don’t care that they stink. I can’t be next to anyone smoking… the odor is overwhelming.
The answers to most of these questions is very hungry early foragers who lacked our modern squeamishness. Shellfish and crustaceans lived right up to the water’s edge.
I don’t know who the first guy was to see a crab crawling on the shore and thought, “Those things would taste great steamed in beer and Old Bay,” but I’m sure thankful he came along! OTOH, I have no use for the first guy who opened an oyster and thought, “Gee, it looks just like a loogie!” and still snorted it.
hawgowar over 10 years ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette#History
Nighthawks Premium Member over 10 years ago
There was a line from Ian Flemings ‘Goldfinger’ where Goldfinger (the bad guy) is ridiculing James Bond’s cigarette smoking habit (Bond smoking upwards of 70 cigarettes a day)like this:‘….and your habit of smoking is the most unnatural habit of all. can you imagine a cow standing over a weed that is on fire and breathing in the smoke purposely?’
I am quoting loosely and not word-for-word accurate, but that’s the just—-that stuck with me a long time, that comment from the evil, bad guy
feralglance over 10 years ago
Probably the same person who discovered cow’s/goat’s milk.
ramon.williamson.ii over 10 years ago
Or lobsters.
Ginny Premium Member over 10 years ago
Tobacco first used as a ‘chaw’. Imagine wrapping paper around it and setting fire to it was, in their minds, an improvement – less messy.
Mstreselena over 10 years ago
I often wonder who was the first person to get syphilis or gonorrhea and how they got it to then pass it along.
renewed1 over 10 years ago
Who was the first person to decide that snails were edible?
pschearer Premium Member over 10 years ago
Take the berries off the bush. Remove the fleshy covering to extract the seeds. Burn the seeds for a while, then grind them up. Pour boiling water over them. Throw the ground seeds away and drink the water. Or go to Starbucks.
VirginiaCityLady over 10 years ago
Thx for this. I have n-e-v-e-r understood why people smoke. I guess they don’t care that they stink. I can’t be next to anyone smoking… the odor is overwhelming.
Olddog1 over 10 years ago
The answers to most of these questions is very hungry early foragers who lacked our modern squeamishness. Shellfish and crustaceans lived right up to the water’s edge.
REDFOX15 over 10 years ago
STEPPER CAME BACK, GREAT!
ted.hering over 10 years ago
Bob Newhart recorded a very funny routine about the introduction of tobacco to civilization.
K M over 10 years ago
I don’t know who the first guy was to see a crab crawling on the shore and thought, “Those things would taste great steamed in beer and Old Bay,” but I’m sure thankful he came along! OTOH, I have no use for the first guy who opened an oyster and thought, “Gee, it looks just like a loogie!” and still snorted it.
Michelle Morris over 10 years ago
How about the guy who said,“See that chicken over there? I’m gonna eat the first thing that comes out of its butt!”