The Ashcan is  supposed to make cigarette smoking discreet and attractive. Yes! It fits neatly in a cigarette packet, occupying the same space as one cigarette would. It’s air-tight, and therefore extinguishes a cigarette butt in seconds and traps the odor. So if you leave in an area where a smoking ban is in effect in most public places, you need the ashcan so you can smoke outside without littering.

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The subject of how much vermouth in a martini is a contentious one indeed. Traditional recipes call for as much as a 1-1 ratio between the main booze and vermouth. At the other end of the spectrum, Winston Churchill was said to merely look at a bottle of vermouth across the room while pouring gin in his glass. So what if you were to forego the vermouth altogether, and add a scant few drops of good, aged, peaty whiskey? Then, my friends, you would have a Smoky Martini. Major props to the boys at Acme Instant Food for devising this devilish concoction.