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Re: The White Lighter Rule [Re: visions]
    #11368748 - 11/02/09 12:10 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

We used to play the 15 minute rule.

If you have someones lighter for 15 minutes without them asking for it you get to keep it. Was fun at the time.

:awesome:

They used to call me 'The Lighter Bandit'.


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Re: The White Lighter Rule [Re: LobsterSauce]
    #11368777 - 11/02/09 12:15 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

if it was a rule that everyone was aware of, then that drawer is fucking badass. :awesome:

if not, then they're ill begotten gains and you should be ashamed. :mad:


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Re: The White Lighter Rule [Re: tiny_rabid_birds]
    #11368787 - 11/02/09 12:17 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

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tiny_rabid_birds said:
i don't know if it's that regional.  let's find out!

for those of you who previously heard about the white lighter mojo, state your state.

nc




Alabama

I've always heard white lighter= bad hoodoo


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Re: The White Lighter Rule [Re: tiny_rabid_birds]
    #11368795 - 11/02/09 12:18 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

Damn, I see some awesome lighters in there.:awesome:

You have mastered the art of  lighter stealing.


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InvisibleLobsterSauceDiscord
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Re: The White Lighter Rule [Re: tiny_rabid_birds]
    #11368802 - 11/02/09 12:19 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

Haha I'm not that bad.

People who smoked fags were exempt from the game because they get cranky when they don't smoke. Only herb smokers played.

None of the nice lighters were got from that game either. I bought those. Have a look at the rounded ones. They are the infamous 'clippers'.


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Re: The White Lighter Rule [Re: gzuf]
    #11368858 - 11/02/09 12:29 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

White lighter myth is an East Coast U.S. thing. I've had strange occurrences happen where I got into some trouble and there being a white lighter present.

I avoid them. It's better to get another lighter and keep peace of mind than a have white lighter and be plagued by subconscious worry.

Terence Mckenna once talked about a linguistic disease in South America that is only existent in that regional tribal culture.. I forget the details.. but basically it's a disease that can only be transmitted by belief and language alone.. Just something interesting to note as it shares some similarities with the white lighter myth and other modern folk lore.


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Re: The White Lighter Rule [Re: LobsterSauce]
    #11368864 - 11/02/09 12:30 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighter#White_lighter

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A white lighter, also known as an ivory lighter, especially for older lighters, is a type of lighter that is widely considered by cannabis smokers, in stoner culture, as bad luck. It is said that the use of a 'white lighter' to light a joint will lead to bad luck for the user, including an unfortunate death. It is documented that 4 members of the legendary 27 club (Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison, and Cobain) had a white lighter in their possession at the time of their death.[dubious – discuss][9][10]

Origins of this superstition may come from the obvious appearance of soot or ash on a white lighter, indicating that it's been recently used. Another explanation is that many smokers will cover the bowl while inhaling to slow the burn rate or use the end of the lighter to pack the bowl. These both leave telltale burn or ash marks which would be most apparent with a white lighter.




I've never used a white lighter because of a coincidence. I use black and blue ones.


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Re: The White Lighter Rule [Re: AlteredAgain]
    #11368879 - 11/02/09 12:32 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

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AlteredAgain said:
White lighter myth is a North Eastern U.S. thing. I've had strange occurrences happen where I got into some trouble and there being a white lighter present.

I avoid them. It's better to get another lighter and keep peace of mind than a have white lighter and be plagued by subconscious worry.

Terence Mckenna once talked about a linguistic disease in South America that is only existent in that regional tribal culture.. I forget the details.. but basically it's a disease that can only be transmitted by belief and language alone.. Just something interesting to note as it shares some similarities with the white lighter myth and other modern folk lore.




I would imagine it's an east-of-the-Mississippi regional phenomenon seeing as how deeply ingrained it is in the Atlantic South as well, unless someone in California could share?


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Re: The White Lighter Rule [Re: Mchaggis]
    #11368891 - 11/02/09 12:33 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

Yeah I ninja edited that post to include the entire East Coast. :ninja:


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Re: The White Lighter Rule [Re: Wapakz]
    #11369032 - 11/02/09 12:51 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

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Wapakz said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighter#White_lighter

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A white lighter, also known as an ivory lighter, especially for older lighters, is a type of lighter that is widely considered by cannabis smokers, in stoner culture, as bad luck. It is said that the use of a 'white lighter' to light a joint will lead to bad luck for the user, including an unfortunate death. It is documented that 4 members of the legendary 27 club (Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison, and Cobain) had a white lighter in their possession at the time of their death.[dubious � discuss][9][10]

Origins of this superstition may come from the obvious appearance of soot or ash on a white lighter, indicating that it's been recently used. Another explanation is that many smokers will cover the bowl while inhaling to slow the burn rate or use the end of the lighter to pack the bowl. These both leave telltale burn or ash marks which would be most apparent with a white lighter.




I've never used a white lighter because of a coincidence. I use black and blue ones.




Sorry now but :rofl2:


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Re: The White Lighter Rule [Re: LobsterSauce]
    #11369164 - 11/02/09 01:10 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

it's yellow lighters in MI, and i often buy them so superstitious morons don't steal them


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Re: The White Lighter Rule [Re: LobsterSauce]
    #11369176 - 11/02/09 01:11 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

I was at a bar, lighting up a cigarette and this douchebag threw my yellow lighter across the porch because he claimed it was bad luck...what a fucking moron, I almost slapped him upside the head


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Re: The White Lighter Rule [Re: imabrickwall]
    #11369190 - 11/02/09 01:12 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

you should have said "well can i borrow yours?"  then pocketed it and walked away.


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Re: The White Lighter Rule [Re: imabrickwall]
    #11369248 - 11/02/09 01:21 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

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imabrickwall said:
I was at a bar, lighting up a cigarette and this douchebag threw my yellow lighter across the porch because he claimed it was bad luck...what a fucking moron, I almost slapped him upside the head




One of my friends who lived in MS did the same thing with my white lighter. I've heard people from NY, CT, NJ, PA, MS, AL, GA, and FL say white lighters are bad luck.

Stupidest superstition I've heard in a long time.

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Re: The White Lighter Rule [Re: Gumby]
    #11369290 - 11/02/09 01:25 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

I do it almost more out of habit. A white lighter has never done anything to me to deserve so much hate, but I just don't use them. Fuck white lighters.


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Re: The White Lighter Rule [Re: gzuf]
    #11369303 - 11/02/09 01:27 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

i only use dark colored bics with black being my favorite. i don't really care for bright or multicolored bics. just:2cents:


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Re: The White Lighter Rule [Re: gzuf]
    #11369322 - 11/02/09 01:29 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

Where I'm at in the midwest it's yellow lighters that "bring bad voodoo". I specifically buy them because people seem to steal them less, and I like to live on the edge, man!

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Re: The White Lighter Rule [Re: Gumby]
    #11369332 - 11/02/09 01:30 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

Add VA to the list, lots of people who say White Lighters
are the devil around these parts.

I have a friend who is obsessed with Jim Morrison and
she won't let anyone use a white lighter in her home,
very silly if you ask me.


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Re: The White Lighter Rule [Re: telekid]
    #11369381 - 11/02/09 01:36 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

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telekid said:
it's yellow lighters in MI, and i often buy them so superstitious morons don't steal them




I need to remember to start using this to my advantage and buy superstitious colored-lighters.


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Re: The White Lighter Rule [Re: Wapakz]
    #11369449 - 11/02/09 01:45 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

A lot of people I know believe this; the reason why I only buy white lighters.


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