FLICK MY BIC COLORED UNDERNEATH FULL

This year I have concentrated mostly on formal arrangements on site using flip-flop sandals, plastic soft drink bottles with colored backwash in them, and I have also been astounded by the number of cigarette lighters I have been finding. The Falls are not a big area, but the dynamic changes that rearrange the riverbank keep it interesting. There have been successive waves of wood and plastic that have had me wandering the wrack lines filling my collecting bags and stuffing my computer with images. This year, we have had a mostly high river due to locally intense rains throughout the Ohio River Valley.

FLICK MY BIC COLORED UNDERNEATH FULL

Last year, there was an abundance of plastic bottles in a full spectrum of colors that stood out among the natural driftwood. My husband actually likes white lighters since you're able to determine how much lighter fluid is still in them easier than most colors.Īlso the ones that have a shrink wrap designs/logos.underneath is a solid white lighter.Each year has a different character to it and for what I do at the Falls of the Ohio, a lot depends upon what I find. I'm sure a number of people have given white BIC lighters to people they don't care for as a sort of voodoo gift. Some are so superstitious about them they don't even want to be in the same room with one. Many smokers, particularly marijuana smokers, refuse to use a white BIC lighter. That means that Kurt is the only one that could have died with a white BIC lighter in his pocket. The BIC Lighter didn't come out until 1973. Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin died in 1970, Jim Morrison died in 1971, and Kurt Cobain died in 1994. That sounds all nice and scary, but there's one little problem. The urban myth is that Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain all died at age 27, were left-handed, and all died with a white BIC lighter in their pocket. He was a private person who did not like to be photographed.Įvidently, there is a white BIC Lighter Curse. Gillette’s solid reputation in the razor market made them too tough to beat.īich was a dedicated Yachtsman and tried and failed on several occasions to win the America’s Cup race. That’s when Gillette introduced the “Good News” disposable razor. In 1976 BIC and Gillette went at it again with the disposable razor. Gillette introduced a singing Cricket cartoon character and BIC ran with the “Flick my BIC” slogan. They had previously battled in the pen market with BIC outselling Gillette’s Papermate pens.īoth companies engaged in a television marketing campaign. When BIC introduced the BIC Disposable lighter in 1973 they were fighting some fierce competition with Gillette’s Cricket Lighter.

It wasn’t until 1969 that Bich started offering promotional products for corporate advertising and gifts. The first “BIC” ballpoint pen was introduced in Europe in 1950 and by the mid-50s Bich turned his attention to the United States. Marcel Bich (pronounced 'beek' in French) and Edouard Buffard began making pencil cases, penholders, fountain pen parts and mechanical lead pencils in Paris in the 40s. I'm not a smoker so I really didn't know much about them before conducting this research.

In response to a request for a hub about BIC lighters, I decided to do a little research about them.

Flick my bic colored underneath