Every Zippo tells a (potentially true) story Who says smoking is bad for your health? Let’s see, there’s the Surgeon General, the American Legacy Foundation and cigarette companies themselves, in those warnings on the sides of packs. But don’t believe it! Just ask “Zippo Owner” of Garland, Texas, whose tale is featured as part of the lighter company’s 75th anniversary print and online ad campaign, called Zippo Stories. He writes: “We were deployed along the Vietnam/Cambodian border. ... During the ensuing firefight, I thought I had been shot when I felt a powerful hit on the left side of my chest.” Guess what? He survived because “my Zippo had been in my left shirt pocket and had taken a direct hit from an AK-47 round!” There’s no way to check the veracity of that story, but I’m sure a company that makes cigarette lighters would never dream of making it up. Zippo’s inviting consumers to submit stories of their own. Here’s mine: I was trying to hail a cab when some guy lit up with a Zippo and blew smoke in my face, and as I was coughing, he climbed into my cab and drove away. True story? You never know! —Posted by David Gianatasio

June 29, 2007 in Print, Zippo | Permalink

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Hey David, if you hate smoking so much, how come you have no problem with pot smoking?

Posted by: Bobby | Jun 29, 2007 2:43:59 PM

That is a true story. A very dear friend of mine from the 82nd AB in WWII had a similar thing happen to him. It was during the Battle of the Bulge and he was running toward a German machine gun when he got slammed in the hip and spun around. He reached into his pants pocket and there, with a severe dent, was his Zippo lighter. The medic came and looked him over and if he hadnt had his lighter, the bullet would have severed the main artrey in his leg and he probably would have died in minutes.
He still has the lighter and it still works.

Dont smoke, it will kill you, hto. even if the Germans cant.

Posted by: Robert | Jun 30, 2007 3:44:19 PM

David,

I apologize for my earlier snide comment. I am truly a horse's ass.

Posted by: Bobby | Jul 2, 2007 10:55:24 AM

I hope that whoever impersonated me by that last comment gets AIDS and dies a slow painful death. You're a fucking coward, pick your own screenname asshole.

Posted by: Bobby | Jul 6, 2007 10:22:04 AM

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