Rachel Webster

America has come a long way from the era of Nick and Nora parties, where there was nary a dame without a Virginia Slim hanging out of her delicately painted pout. And yet, it wasn't until I went to Canada, and in a drunken fugue state, picked up a fresh pack of cigarettes for a night on the town, and upon opening them, thought, oh no, I shouldn't do this.

America has come a long way from the era of Nick and Nora parties, where there was nary a dame without a Virginia Slim hanging out of her delicately painted pout. And yet, it wasn't until I went to Canada, and in a drunken fugue state, picked up a fresh pack of cigarettes for a night on the town, and upon opening them, thought, oh no, I shouldn't do this.

Because in Canada, everything about a pack of cigarettes is branded with a stomach-turning warning, including the cigarette butt itself. Each cigarette butt is literally printed with messages that you are forced to look at every time you take a drag.

Because in Canada, everything about a pack of cigarettes is branded with a stomach-turning warning, including the cigarette butt itself. Each cigarette butt is literally printed with messages that you are forced to look at every time you take a drag.

And my personal favorite, poison in every puff.

And my personal favorite, poison in every puff.

Hell, how do we get them on American Express?

Hell, how do we get them on American Express?

Everyone in debt? Which made us wonder, had Donna ever been in debt?

Everyone in debt? Which made us wonder, had Donna ever been in debt?

When we're in credit card debt, we tend to get scolded for buying unnecessary stuff, for misunderstanding the value of things. But that's not really the problem for most of us.

When we're in credit card debt, we tend to get scolded for buying unnecessary stuff, for misunderstanding the value of things. But that's not really the problem for most of us.

At the end of the day, all any of us really want to do is to be able to take each other out for lunch, back and forth forever, right?

At the end of the day, all any of us really want to do is to be able to take each other out for lunch, back and forth forever, right?

This episode of Deadheads was brought to you by the letters A, M, and C. American movie classics? No, Amtrak hot dogs, Margaritas to go, and Canadian cigarettes.

This episode of Deadheads was brought to you by the letters A, M, and C. American movie classics? No, Amtrak hot dogs, Margaritas to go, and Canadian cigarettes.

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Bye. In our first episode of Deadheads, my co-host, Jamie Feldman, revealed she was in debt. I have a lot of debt. We met her mom, Sam, who loves Nick at Night. Hello. We met her friend Rachel, that's me, who told her that, no, she can't afford to buy a $300 bathing suit. Have you worn them yet? No. Okay, so let's start by returning them.

Bye. In our first episode of Deadheads, my co-host, Jamie Feldman, revealed she was in debt. I have a lot of debt. We met her mom, Sam, who loves Nick at Night. Hello. We met her friend Rachel, that's me, who told her that, no, she can't afford to buy a $300 bathing suit. Have you worn them yet? No. Okay, so let's start by returning them.