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05-11-2016, 12:55 PM
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Herf God
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Warsaw, Mo. 65355
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Why do they call it flake...
...when it looks more like a piece of bacon? Shouldn't it be called ribbon,
or maybe jerky? 
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05-11-2016, 01:19 PM
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It's named after the people who smoke it.
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05-11-2016, 06:11 PM
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Chief Geek, @cigarweekly
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because it resembles flakes of slate? probably.
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05-12-2016, 04:50 PM
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Or maybe cuz Tony the Tiger smoked it... IT'S GREAT.
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