Photo: Charlotte encore pitchfork.com My Purgatory by The Nosey Artist I could tell she was staring into my soul through the silhouette of her cigarette smoke as she exhaled the last drag of her Gauloise, unfortunately she failed to tell me what she saw but judging by what I felt at the moment I had a pretty good idea For the first time in my life my macho bravado had completely faded away, my aura grey, my persona cloaked in cautious curiosityI knew I was being led astray
Shed come up with these one-liners out of the blue that were just hysterical
Tax Justice South Africa conducted this research to document on film, and establish beyond debate, the degree to which the sale of illicit branded cigarettes a trade that costs South Africans billions of rand a year in unpaid tax is now open and endemic nationwide in the wake of the Covid-19 lockdown. The group said it considers all cigarettes sold at R25 a pack or below to be illicit, since such a price cannot possibly cover the cost of manufacture and distribution on top of the minimum collectible tax (MCT) of R20.01 due on each pack (R17.40 excise plus R2.61 Vat)
7 following the incident, writing, On August 4, 2025, during American Airlines Flight 2860, I experienced one of the most humiliating moments of my life. While I was in the lavatory, a flight attendant forcibly unlocked and opened the door twice even after I asked for more time exposing me to the cabin
Cigar Aficionados #1 Cigar of the Year in 2015 was My Father Le Bijou 1922 Torpedo Box Press, a hearty 6 1/8 x 52 profile of earth, coffee beans and pepper
