# These guys stole my idea! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 16, 2002, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-stole-my-idea/136975 "2002-11-16T02:35:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-stole-my-idea/136975/1 "2002-11-16T02:35:38Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=52535&highlight=caffiene](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=52535&highlight=caffiene) You all thought I was nuts. Smoking caffiene, indeed! But these guys came along and put caffiene into cigarettes! Fuck! I had the idea first! I’m the one who should get rich off this! [http://www.taxfreetobacco.com/store/enter.html?target=ImportsAmazone\_Guarana.html](http://www.taxfreetobacco.com/store/enter.html?target=ImportsAmazone_Guarana.html) ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-stole-my-idea/136975/2 "2002-11-16T07:18:04Z")
Disturbing. Very disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![RexDart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@RexDart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexDart)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-stole-my-idea/136975/3 "2002-11-16T07:22:14Z")
Ok, I smoke, but I gotta tell ya…I’m a little concerned with the idea of throwing caffeine in there too. Nicotine is a stimulant, and it appears to be plenty on its own, from my experience. I already have my zero-calorie method of obtaining caffeine…it’s called Diet Coke. Last thing I need is to have _two_ fixes depending on one substance. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-stole-my-idea/136975/4 "2002-11-16T08:05:40Z")
Shit… They oughtta at least call them “Exploding Heart Cigarettes” and have done with it. [sub]The Surgeon General’s Warning on the side would need to be a two page fold out.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-stole-my-idea/136975/5 "2002-11-16T08:39:59Z")
[hijack] > [@](#): > > **Asknott** sez: \*I know a guy in North Judson, Indiana who, when he hasn’t time to make or drink several cups of coffee, will simply munch ground coffee right from the can. He says it wakes him up just the same as the wet stuff, and it tastes better. > > I’ll take mine wet, thanks. Uh, I eat whole coffee beans like candy, all the time. I also like 'em ground up over french vanilla ice-cream, and baked into cakes. Mmmmmmmmmm… As a matter of fact, coffee _does_ taste better in non-beverage form. As for smoking caffeinated vegetable matter – not since the eighth grade. It was misrepresented. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-stole-my-idea/136975/6 "2002-11-17T04:05:48Z")
If I were in charge, I’d start puttin’ cocaine in 'em too! ---
**Author:** ![ouisey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc29f/32.png) [@ouisey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouisey)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-stole-my-idea/136975/7 "2002-11-17T15:02:34Z")
I hope nobody steals my idea for steak flavored chewing gum. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-stole-my-idea/136975/8 "2002-11-17T16:09:04Z")
Try my new product, _Cnuff_! The finest Arabica beans ground up, and sealed in tiny packets! Put one between your cheek and gum! Don’t forget to spit. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Wrong_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-stole-my-idea/136975/9 "2002-11-17T16:34:41Z")
And, once you’ve bought the cigarettes, you have to have the matching [soap](http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/accessories/5a65), right? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-stole-my-idea/136975/10 "2002-11-17T20:18:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Wrong Girl \* > \*\*And, once you’ve bought the cigarettes, you have to have the matching [soap](http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/accessories/5a65), right? > :eek: \*\* Jesus Balls!:eek: I mean, I was just asking a weird question when I asked if one could freebase caffiene (except for a rare cigar, I don’t smoke). If someones eating fucking soap to wake up…get more sleep! ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-stole-my-idea/136975/11 "2002-11-17T20:50:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pkbites \* > \*\*If someones eating fucking soap to wake up…get more sleep! \*\* From the site: > [@](#): > > No, we’re not kidding and no you don’t eat it. The caffeine is absorbed through the skin… The good people at [ThinkGeek](http://www.thinkgeek.com) love their caffeine. Some of the stuff _is_ a bit…extreme, but it’s all fun. Caffeinated cigarettes probably won’t show up on their site, but then again, I wouldn’t really be surprised if they did. ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-stole-my-idea/136975/12 "2002-11-17T22:05:16Z")
Am I reading that page right? It looks like the pack says “mit 0.1 % guarana.” If that’s right, and if the cigarettes have about 10 grams of tobacco in them (I think it’s probably less than that), that means each one only has 10 milligrams of guarana in it. I have some guarana pills that say they’re 22 % caffeine. That adds up to about 2 milligrams of caffeine per cigarette. You’d have to smoke about 30 or 40 of them to equal a cup of coffee. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-stole-my-idea/136975/13 "2002-11-17T22:19:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BayleDomon \* > \*\* > From the site: > > The good people at [ThinkGeek](http://www.thinkgeek.com) love their caffeine. Some of the stuff _is_ a bit…extreme, but it’s all fun. Caffeinated cigarettes probably won’t show up on their site, but then again, I wouldn’t really be surprised if they did. \*\* D’oh!:smack: I needed to read that ad better.(I’m on the SDMB while I’m doing som office work. time is tight) ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-stole-my-idea/136975/14 "2002-11-17T22:20:00Z")
Whew! Looks my idea for cigarette flavored cola is still safe! _But for how long?_ ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-stole-my-idea/136975/15 "2002-11-18T04:21:26Z")
Hey, I perfected this formula _years_ ago. I only had one friend that would actually try it, though, and he hated it, so, wait until you see how the taste tests go. [sub]Well, actually I just used to hold back a bit of soda in a can, and use the can for an ashtray. Then my idiot friend, whilst visiting one day, grabbed it and took a slug, before I could say anything. I figured the gagging and retching was punishment enough for glomming my stuff without asking first; well, that and me telling everyone we knew about it for years afterward.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-stole-my-idea/136975/16 "2002-11-18T07:09:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ouisey \* > \*\*I hope nobody steals my idea for steak flavored chewing gum. \*\* I think Willy Wonka beat you to it. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-stole-my-idea/136975/17 "2002-11-18T10:56:20Z")
I’m still waiting for someone to steal my foot odor cologne idea. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-stole-my-idea/136975/18 "2002-11-18T12:17:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, actually I just used to hold back a bit of soda in a can, and use the can for an ashtray. Then my idiot friend, whilst visiting one day, grabbed it and took a slug, before I could say anything. I’ve been there. Several times, in fact. With my own sodas. I’ve taken absent-minded sips out of cans that had a half dozen butts in them. Actually, it doesn’t taste as bad as you’d think. It was more the _thought_ of what I had just drank, not the taste, that made me gag. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-stole-my-idea/136975/19 "2002-11-18T12:37:19Z")
My carbonated fish-flavoured drink idea is still safe…