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P H I L I P M O R R I S
Alice has yet to learn about secondhand smoke
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... 'You are bold, Philip Morris,' the Surgeon G. said, 'For your lies have become less than white; And since you incessantly make smokers dead - Do you think that, at your age, it is right?' 'In my youth,' Philip Morris replied to S.G., 'I knew smoking might damage the lungs; But, now I am perfectly sure that it will, and must also cause cancer on tongues.' 'You are bold,' said S.G., 'As I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly rich; Yet you turned more profits than ever before - Pray what is the reason you pitch?' 'In my youth,' said P.M., as he shook his grey locks, 'I kept all my nerves very steady By smoking these Marlboros - three dollars a pack - Allow me to sell you a ready?' 'You are bold,' said S.G.,'and the laws far too weak For anything tougher than slaps; You've deceived the world, from the West to the East - Pray how did you escape all these raps?' 'In my youth,' said P.M.,'I took to the law, And argued each case in the courts; My financial strength, which I take from the poor, Has outlasted most all of the torts.' 'You are bold,' said S.G.,'one would hardly suppose That you are as cunning as ever; Yet you bested the lawyers from all over the states - What made you so awfully clever?' 'I have answered three questions, and that is enough,' Said P.M.;'do not give yourself airs! Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff? Be off, or I'll kick you downstairs!' ... click on picture to return
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