# In which velvetjones finds out how gullible she really is **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 26, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-velvetjones-finds-out-how-gullible-she-really-is/374207 "2006-09-26T13:47:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-velvetjones-finds-out-how-gullible-she-really-is/374207/21 "2006-09-27T02:57:03Z")
Velvet - You probably did not realize that the word “gullible” is not even in the dictionary. Go ahead - look it up! ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-velvetjones-finds-out-how-gullible-she-really-is/374207/22 "2006-09-27T13:25:03Z")
[QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD] Velvet - You probably did not realize that the word “gullible” is not even in the dictionary. Go ahead - look it up! [/QUOTE] Really? [Dictionary dot com](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gullible) thinks it is. I also found a listing in my Webster’s II New Riverside Dictionary. Or have I just been whooshed? :smack: **rayh** I thought about putting my $.02 in that pit thread but I was just too lazy to read through it. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-velvetjones-finds-out-how-gullible-she-really-is/374207/23 "2006-09-27T13:33:22Z")
**velvetjones** , thank you for that. I’m at work so I’m only laughing on the inside. (And yes, I fell for it too, many years ago.) ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-velvetjones-finds-out-how-gullible-she-really-is/374207/24 "2006-09-27T13:45:10Z")
_Snrrt_ ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-velvetjones-finds-out-how-gullible-she-really-is/374207/25 "2006-09-27T21:05:01Z")
[QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD] Velvet - You probably did not realize that the word “gullible” is not even in the dictionary. Go ahead - look it up! [/QUOTE] Yes it is - in fact, it’s in there twice. Check it out! ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-velvetjones-finds-out-how-gullible-she-really-is/374207/26 "2006-09-28T03:07:23Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] Yes it is - in fact, it’s in there twice. Check it out! [/QUOTE] I am definitely going to remember that one… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-velvetjones-finds-out-how-gullible-she-really-is/374207/27 "2006-09-28T04:00:08Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] Reversing the proposed logic of the suit, this implies that the stinkiest, nastiest dog-rough, tar-oozing Woodbine or Galouise is no worse for you than a Silk Cut. I don’t buy it. [/QUOTE] Cigarette for cigarette, you’re right. However the logic is that if you smoke cigarettes with more nicotine in them you’ll smoke fewer of them - you satisfy the addiction with fewer puffs per day. The point of the suit is that the tobacco companies knew, before they released them, that “light” cigarettes were just as bad for you as standard ones, and that they would sell more cigarettes as you need more of them to give you your hit of nicotine. That’s the measure of their veniality and why they deserve no break whatsoever (especially the DoJ one that saved them over $100,000,000,000). ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-velvetjones-finds-out-how-gullible-she-really-is/374207/28 "2006-09-28T12:45:41Z")
[QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD] I am definitely going to remember that one… 😃 [/QUOTE] Yeah, it’s a good one. I wish I could take credit for it, but I think it’s an oldie too. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-velvetjones-finds-out-how-gullible-she-really-is/374207/29 "2006-09-28T13:49:53Z")
I just love the way my hair blows back when I get royally whooshed. It’s invigorating! Just like my Marlboro Ultra Light 100s used to be. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-velvetjones-finds-out-how-gullible-she-really-is/374207.md?page=1)