Tally-Ho
Encyclopedia
Tally Ho is an Australia
n brand of cigarette
rolling paper
distributed by Imperial Tobacco Australia
. The packaging of the product aims to appeal to Australian patriotism
, with many assertions such as 'Australia's Finest' and 'Australia's No.1 paper for over 60 years'. It also offers pieces of trivia
on the packaging which again appeal to Australian patriotism, such as 'Australia's dingo fence
is twice the length of the Great Wall of China
' and 'Australia has more beaches than any other country - about 7,000'.
Ironically, the product is produced in Belgium
, and this was stated previously only on the inside of the packaging where it was normally not visible. Probably due to complaints regarding this, at some point during 2005, packaging changed to include the notice 'Made in Belgium' on the outside back cover.
Tally-Ho also finds use by some players of single reed instruments, who use it to cover their teeth, preventing lip damage.
Tally-Ho rolling papers were also widely used by Mechanical engineers in zeroing their milling machines by placing wet paper on the material and placing the cutting tool next to the material when the paper flicked off this meant it was at "zero". This is why there is a ruler on the package. And also where the motto "Make it a rule, just say tally-ho" came from.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n brand of cigarette
Cigarette
A cigarette is a small roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in a cylinder of thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder; its smoke is inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth and in some cases a cigarette holder may be used as well...
rolling paper
Rolling papers
Rolling papers are small sheets, rolls, or leaves of paper which are sold for rolling one's own cigarettes either by hand or with a rolling machine...
distributed by Imperial Tobacco Australia
Imperial Tobacco
Imperial Tobacco is a global tobacco company headquartered in Bristol, United Kingdom. It is the world’s fourth-largest cigarette company measured by market share , and the world's largest producer of cigars, fine-cut tobacco and tobacco papers...
. The packaging of the product aims to appeal to Australian patriotism
Patriotism
Patriotism is a devotion to one's country, excluding differences caused by the dependencies of the term's meaning upon context, geography and philosophy...
, with many assertions such as 'Australia's Finest' and 'Australia's No.1 paper for over 60 years'. It also offers pieces of trivia
Trivia
The trivia are the three lower Artes Liberales, i.e. grammar, rhetoric and logic. These were the topics of basic education, foundational to the quadrivia of higher education, and hence the material of basic education, of interest only to undergraduates...
on the packaging which again appeal to Australian patriotism, such as 'Australia's dingo fence
Dingo Fence
The Dingo Fence or Dog Fence is a pest-exclusion fence that was built in Australia during the 1880s and finished in 1885, to keep dingoes out of the relatively fertile south-east part of the continent and protect the sheep flocks of southern Queensland. It is one of the longest structures in the...
is twice the length of the Great Wall of China
Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in northern China, built originally to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire against intrusions by various nomadic groups...
' and 'Australia has more beaches than any other country - about 7,000'.
Ironically, the product is produced in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, and this was stated previously only on the inside of the packaging where it was normally not visible. Probably due to complaints regarding this, at some point during 2005, packaging changed to include the notice 'Made in Belgium' on the outside back cover.
Tally-Ho also finds use by some players of single reed instruments, who use it to cover their teeth, preventing lip damage.
Tally-Ho rolling papers were also widely used by Mechanical engineers in zeroing their milling machines by placing wet paper on the material and placing the cutting tool next to the material when the paper flicked off this meant it was at "zero". This is why there is a ruler on the package. And also where the motto "Make it a rule, just say tally-ho" came from.