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July 24, 2016 10:33 pm PDT

You've met the man designed to survive a car crash, now meet the Natural Born Smoker

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Pesco posted about "Graham," a man remade to survive car accidents, replete with blemmye-like head and disgusting air-sacs rippling around his ribs. A device to remind us of the fragility of our feeble human bodies, it reminded me of the Natural Born Smoker, a similar effort in the 1980s.

Like Graham, he's grossly adapted to resist physical damage. But instead of the trauma associated with high-speed road accidents, NBS is all about dealing with smoke. Above is the classic; here's the lesser-spotted sequel to Barry Myers' Blade Runner-esque public information film:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tDdk8u_BV0

Ah, good old British childrens' TV!


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