EnmebaraGuesser@piefed.ca to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agoIt just doesn't seem like a very good idea. (1969)media.piefed.caimagemessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1184arrow-down1imageIt just doesn't seem like a very good idea. (1969)media.piefed.caEnmebaraGuesser@piefed.ca to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square32linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoBlowing smoke up someone’s ass is a way to stop them from drowning. Or it was.
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_smoke_enema https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/saving-lives-with-a-puff-of-smoke/ Better written than I could put forth.
minus-squareEnmebaraGuesser@piefed.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThe past is stranger than I am even capable of imagining. The decline of this practice and the recognition of the harmful effects of tobacco led to the figure of speech “blowing smoke up one’s ass”, which means lying to someone to flatter them. TIL.
Blowing smoke up someone’s ass is a way to stop them from drowning. Or it was.
Elaborate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_smoke_enema
https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/saving-lives-with-a-puff-of-smoke/
Better written than I could put forth.
The past is stranger than I am even capable of imagining.
TIL.