Here We Go Again
Much as I despised Cali, their general statewide ban on breed bans was a blessing, which I also enjoyed in Virginia. Here in NC, no such blessing, and my presumptive1 new home county, Forsyth, is reportedly “studying” the issue. Lovely.
1It’s my presumptive home because I haven’t bought a new place yet, but did recently accepted a full-time position in Winston-Salem, the only city cool enough to have three four cigarette brands2 named after it.
2Bonus points for the first reader who can name all three.
UPDATE: The intended third brand for the cool city was Kool. A better one, which McGehee and CTG proposed in comments, is Camel.
November 14th, 2007 at 9:17 am
Glad to hear you’re fully employed. Sorry I was not able to help but I tried . . . Moving from one tobacco mecca to another.
November 14th, 2007 at 11:45 am
Winston-Salem, the only city cool enough to have three cigarette brands named after it.
The first two are obvious. I’m not sure Camel qualifies, since the brand pre-dated the nickname.
November 14th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
Camel or Reynolds?
November 14th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Interesting guesses, but so far no one’s got the non-obvious one.
November 15th, 2007 at 10:10 am
I’m not a smoker (though everyone else in my family is), but I do know the area, so for the third are you going with some town in the area like “King” (the suburb up 52) or using the meaning of Salem, i.e., “Peace”, or the common original location interpretation of Salem = “Jerusalem”? (I think all 3 are cigarette brands)
November 15th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
I think when Xrlq says, “Winston-Salem… [is] the only city cool enough to have three cigarette brands named after it”, it’s safe to assume he’s not talking about other nearby cities.
November 15th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
I’d have to look on a map of NC even to know whether W-S is in the Triad, and I don’t even know if there was ever a cigarette brand named “Triad.” But it’s the only thing I’ve got left, and one could argue it still doesn’t qualify under the assumption I just described immediately above.
November 15th, 2007 at 6:32 pm
OK, I’ll fess up to being a wise/dumb ass. The third brand was “Kool.”
November 15th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
You should give credit to McGehee for “Camel-city”.