Date:  Wed, 5 Apr 1995 11:42:23 EDT

From:  Larry Horn <LHORN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU>

Subject: Re: Cigarette brands. Help, please!



Jerry NMN Miller writes (inter alia):



   I would definitely stay away from any brand called "Death" (on your list)

just on general principle, just as I would not fly on Just Short of the Runway

Airlines!

__________________              jmiller



I was wondering about Death brand cigs too; perhaps the tobacco companies are

taking a new tack on pre-empting false advertising lawsuits. But I like that

airlines company as well. It reminds me of the routine Monty Python used to

have (or some other group--does anyone recall it?) that played off the old

"With a name like Smuckers it HAS to be good", creating e.g. Vomit brand

canned ham or Dead Cat brand aerosol (those weren't the original examples, but

should give you the idea): "With a name like ____, it has to be absolutely

fanTAStic!"



Larry