EnmebaraGuesser@piefed.ca to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 days agoIt just doesn't seem like a very good idea. (1969)media.piefed.caimagemessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1180arrow-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 · 7 days agomessage-square31linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareT. Hex@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days agoOdd, because blowing smoke up someone’s ass is somehow much more G-rated.
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days agoBlowing smoke up someone’s ass is a way to stop them from drowning. Or it was.
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days 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-up2·6 days 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.
Odd, because blowing smoke up someone’s ass is somehow much more G-rated.
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.