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I'm not a pyro. I don't like to watch things burn. I like to watch them explode.
-- Baron Earl
Smoke Because We Love You!
1999-09-25 19:45:46
Brown & Williamson, a tobacco company, has come up with a simply amazing advertising ploy.
Brown & Williamson is the company that manufactures Pall Mall, KOOL, and Luck Strike cigarettes, to name just a few of their brands. They've set up this customer service line, see? It's 1-800-578-7453. Just call it and hear the message. It's a FREE call. What've you got to lose?
(No, we're not making money on this. It's just FUNNY.)

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