I went down to the motel lobby to get myself a cup of coffee to go with my Irish Aromatic. I had my pipe hanging from my mouth, a Christiano bent, but made a point of not puffing on it while in the lobby.
I guess you could still smell it though, because a fellow standing next to me preparing a bowl of cereal asked me "Is that black cherry?" indicating my pipe.
Irish Aromatic smells nothing like black cherry, but I understood the fellow has probably not had much exposure to pipe tobaccos and that was likely the only one that came to his mind. I just smiled, said no, and told him what it was.
I don't know what he was thinking but he had a very odd look on his face as he walked away. I can't tell if he was offended because he could smell it, was surprised that black cherry isn't the only pipe tobacco in the world, or something else entirely.
I just shrugged, finished getting my coffee, and came back to my room.
On a good note, despite taking a few minutes to get my coffee and walk back outside it only took a tamp and a couple of good puffs to get the bowl going again.
I guess you could still smell it though, because a fellow standing next to me preparing a bowl of cereal asked me "Is that black cherry?" indicating my pipe.
Irish Aromatic smells nothing like black cherry, but I understood the fellow has probably not had much exposure to pipe tobaccos and that was likely the only one that came to his mind. I just smiled, said no, and told him what it was.
I don't know what he was thinking but he had a very odd look on his face as he walked away. I can't tell if he was offended because he could smell it, was surprised that black cherry isn't the only pipe tobacco in the world, or something else entirely.
I just shrugged, finished getting my coffee, and came back to my room.
On a good note, despite taking a few minutes to get my coffee and walk back outside it only took a tamp and a couple of good puffs to get the bowl going again.