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Friday, July 18, 2008
10:09:00 AM EDT
Feeling Bored
Hearing Men at Work

Sign of the Times


As most folks know Turkey is a country which has a long smoking tradition. The country has helped produce Camels and at one time some 90 percent of the country engaged in this unhealthy activity.

But now one must be 18 years old to buy a pack of smokes here. And perhaps more stunning is the writing which appears in large letters on brands like Marlboro:

Sigara İcmek Oldurur

Translation:

SMOKİNG WİLL KİLL YOU.

İ suppose this means that there is a possibility that İ might be able to meet Uma Thurman for a latte at Starbucks!



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