from previous link "In 1987, R J Reynolds introduces Joe Camel. A North Carolina advertising agency uses Joe Camel to celebrate “Old Joe’s” 75th anniversary. Four years later, the Journal of the American Medical Association publishes two reports on Joe Camel and kids. One study found that 91% of 6 year olds recognized Joe Camel, similar to the percent who recognized Mickey Mouse. The young character was portrayed as suave and sophisticated in different social settings, such as bars and pool halls. The campaign had helped to raise Camel cigarettes market share to 4.7% in 1996, from 4.4% in 1988, according to tobacco industry analysts." "As part of the industry’s settlement with state attorneys general, tobacco companies agreed to eliminate human and cartoon figures in advertising — a move that doomed both Camel cigarette’s Joe Camel and Marlboro cigarette’s Marlboro Man."
1950s Twist Ending Short Story:Camels on the Moon Short story from the 1950s (or maybe the late '40s). The first expedition to the Moon discovers evidence of a previous landing - a pile of equipment (space suits and such) abandoned by unknown astronauts. The explorers finally come to the conclusion that these unknowns actually came from Earth - they were members of a civilization that was destroyed so completely there is no trace of it in the present, probably eradicated by nuclear war. The space suits show that the unknowns were giants compared to the present-day explorers; one scientist theorizes that eons of lingering radiation turned present-day humans into gnomes. At the end of the story one of the explorers finds a packet of Camel cigarettes and has no idea what it is - it was our civilization that wiped itself out. As he stooped to pick up the pair of binoculars he found one more trifle half buried in the pumice dust. He scooped it up carefully in his gloved hand. It was fragile, mere rubbish, a discarded container that had held something and which was now empty. There was a flimsy, inner box of metal foil, an even flimsier outer box of paper with an external layer of some transparent substance which had preserved the script and the picture of the familiar animal that had once symbolized—something. The Captain stared at it. "A camel," he said at last, wonderingly. "A camel. I'd like to know what used to be in this packet . . ."
Eating Camel Meat in Dubai – The Whole Camel Platter If you're wondering what camel tastes like, you can travel to Dubai to taste it! We flew in to Dubai to try the best food and restaurants and meet up with our friend Peyman Al Awadhi. He brought us around to taste the best food and of course, eat a camel! When we first walked up to the restaurant and met the chefs, chef Aziz and chef Abubaker, both of whom were originally from Kerala, India, we could feel an excitement in their eyes that they were going to prepare for us an ultra rare Emirati meal. They had prepped the entire camel the night beforehand, marinating it in their local Emirati masala, a mixture of spices bought directly from the spice market! To be honest, what we saw when we walked in shocked me at first. I’m not used to seeing whole camels covered in masala. Nonetheless, I was excited because this was an entire masala camel that we were about to eat in the traditional Emirati way. I was a little sensitive though because this was a whole camel, and even after 4 years of eating street food around the world, I have not yet completely grown out of the North American sensitivity of being unused to seeing your meat in one piece as opposed to wrapped up perfectly in styrofoam packages. Regardless, this was an amazing experience that is extremely rare nowadays in Dubai, and we were super lucky to be hosted by Zaman Awal restaurant and for Peyman’s help in finding this camel for us to eat. READ MORE