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Marlboro miles on cig packs3/14/2024 I stole the catalog that night, but promised myself I’d return it. I decided I was going to take these miles from him, however curious this currency sounded, and get some stuff of my own. A treasure trove if my neighbor was right. What I did know, though, was that my father had a giant pile of discarded cigarette boxes in between his recliner and the magazine rack I wasn't supposed to look at. I wasn't sure what cereal he was eating, because the white and brown boxes of government cereal we got didn't have any prizes. “My sister got a pair of sandals from it.” Like saving up from cereal boxes for the special toys,” my neighbor told me. Why would a company just give you free stuff? When I first saw the Marlboro catalog at a neighbor’s house, I didn't understand it. It was actually because he spent it all on Michelob. I always blamed him for my lack of stuff, and it wasn't a wholly inaccurate accusal, but I thought I didn't have anything because he spent all of his money on cigarettes. In the evening when he drank there was what seemed like a perpetually lit cigarette in his hand, a Lilliputian smokestack of American grown tobacco streaming from his body. Everyone I knew had stuff, stuff they’d got for their birthdays or Christmas, gifts and surprises, even stuff they’d got because they're old stuff had gotten worn out enough to warrant new stuff. It seemed the most effective means to get what I wanted – stuff. I started collecting Marlboro Miles when I was 8. The deadline to be considered for our contest is 11:59 ET April 8, 2012.Ĭlick here for the complete rules and regulations for the contest.Feel free to write stories for all three objects - but only one story per object will be considered (the first submitted).(Entries exceeding 1,000 words will not be considered.) Keep it short: we suggest around 500 words.( Here are some ideas to get you started.) Write a backstory for the object: it can be in any form you choose - short story, encyclopedia entry, poem, comic, etc.→ UPDATE: Our contest has closed, but you can read all the entries below. “Without being dated, it could be anytime from 1955 to now, but you know that, because it’s cobranded with Marlboro, it’s from a while ago." Kurt is drawn to the fact that he can’t easily place the object in time. The thermos is made by Coleman and cobranded with Marlboro. Kurt Andersen met Rob Walker, co-editor of Significant Objects, at Vintage Thrift in Manhattan to pick out three objects for our contest. Significant Object: Marlboro Thermos ($5)
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