Don_Dickle to Today I LearnedEnglish • 1 month agoTIL that in the 1750s, doctors used tobacco enemas, believing they could cure various diseases. When the practice was debunked, the phrase “blowing smoke up your ass” was born.NSFWen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10arrow-up1169arrow-down117
arrow-up1152arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in the 1750s, doctors used tobacco enemas, believing they could cure various diseases. When the practice was debunked, the phrase “blowing smoke up your ass” was born.NSFWen.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle to Today I LearnedEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square10
minus-square@SuckMyWanglinkEnglish2•1 month agohttps://www.historyextra.com/period/first-world-war/what-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-to-blow-smoke-up-someones-arse/
minus-square@FuckfuckmyfuckingasslinkEnglish3•1 month agoI can only read the first paragraph and then it asks me to create an account.
https://www.historyextra.com/period/first-world-war/what-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-to-blow-smoke-up-someones-arse/
I can only read the first paragraph and then it asks me to create an account.
https://archive.ph/iRX5v