Pipe Spotting

[Humblepipe]

Very nice. That should be enough to get you put on some kind of list.

Thanks. Membership retention could be an issue after they meet me in person.

 

[weezell]

Unfortunately he was a gibberish babbling homeless man that was completely out of his gourd.

I thought that was you,why did you run off???

 

[olkofri]

You'd be rewarded in some states.

I'm kinda the opposite. I somewhat flaunt it in the car. But I don't light or relight if there's another vehicle nearby.

Yeah, I'm a show-off too. I relight it all the time at the red lights. I even did it behind a cop once, but that was before the legalisation of pot gave them the power to stop even grandmas if they're feeling bored.

No rewards here, and no cops going after the one who called it wrongly: it's the era of anonymous reports.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Yes, forgot about the times I light up when stopped, sometimes with police persons about.

 

[Bengel]

gave him half of an 8oz tin of Haddo's on the spot.

That will get him hooked

 

[gatorlope]

I haven't had that with pipe smoking but when I was a teenager I hitchhiked all around the American west. Often people gave me a lift and wanted to tell me things they felt they couldn't tell anyone else. I was a stranger they would never see again, just a random hitchhiker. These experiences provided marvelous insight into the human condition. I'm compassionate by default now; so many people suffer in ways they think they can't share with anyone. Everyone has a story.

When visiting other cities and out walking about with my pipe, I found that people would sit down and just start telling me things about themself. I would just set, smoke, nod... it's interesting how people sometimes just look for a listener. I had an idea for a detective novel, where the crimes would just solve themselves, with a pipesmoker just listening, while people voluntarily spilled their guts, as clues just fall at the detective's feet.

 

[gatorlope]

I usually try to hide the pipe that I’m smoking while I’m driving for fear of someone calling cops because they think I’m smoking dope

I might be more concerned about some idiot dopers trying to hold me up for what they think is my stash!
So don’t act like you have something to hide!

 

[gatorlope]

I have been asked more than once to fire up my pipe because people wanted the smell in their house.

Ditto

 

[anotherbob]

This thread has inspired to start a pipe club in my area. Here's my graphic to support the effort. Just hope the guy at the gas pump does not end up joining.

The guy at the gas pump needs the pipe club more than anyone else.

 

[anotherbob]

Yeah, I'm a show-off too. I relight it all the time at the red lights. I even did it behind a cop once, but that was before the legalisation of pot gave them the power to stop even grandmas if they're feeling bored.

No rewards here, and no cops going after the one who called it wrongly: it's the era of anonymous reports.

what's funny about all this is the most suspect thing a person can do is act suspicious. I.e. in most places you can smoke whatever crack you want if you just act like it's normal.

 

[Humblepipe]

The guy at the gas pump needs the pipe club more than anyone else.

I suppose our first gathering could be spent on best practice in pipe smoking safety... why gasoline and pipes are not good companions. Used to think this was obvious.

 

[anotherbob]

I suppose our first gathering could be spent on best practice in pipe smoking safety... why gasoline and pipes are not good companions. Used to think this was obvious.

community safety is everyones business.

 

[olkofri]

what's funny about all this is the most suspect thing a person can do is act suspicious. I.e. in most places you can smoke whatever crack you want if you just act like it's normal.

I've been saying that the best place to hide is in plain sight.

 

[supperthyme]

Doesn't the pipe smoke stink up your car? Curious.....

Yes. I've only smoked in my truck once and the smell lingered for well over a week.

Although pipe smokers might enjoy the smell of a well-seasoned vehicle, it's important to recognize that not everyone is so enthusiastic about it.
As somebody who often plays designated driver and frequently has non-smoking passengers- I prefer to keep my pickup smoke free. Parks, bar patios, festivals and trails are fair game though.

 

[jpmcwjr]

I smoke every day in my car, and my wife still will ride with me, complaining only if I have a little glow in the bowl.

 

[tg51]

I found that people would sit down and just start telling me things about themself.

I read this yesterday and chuckled to myself thinking that It would never happen to me. I have been told that my resting expression does not portray “approachable.” However, today as I sat and smoked on the back porch to one of our campus’ buildings overlooking the Hudson this exact thing happened. I was peacefully puffing away on some delicious Viprati(thanks pat) and someone I had never spoken to before walked up and frankly asked “Do you ever feel like you’ll never graduate from this place?” Despite my initial annoyance at my pipe zen being disrupted I then proceeded to talk this person off the metaphorical edge. Being no stranger to administrative punishment it was right up my alley. It’s an odd feeling being 20 and giving life advice to a 19 year old. I guess the deep reflection comes with the briar. Long winded but I thought it would give some of y’all a chuckle as it did me.

 

[olkofri]

I have been told that my resting expression does not portray “approachable.”

Join the club, matey. I've been told I look "intimidating".

 

[tg51]

Join the club, matey. I've been told I look "intimidating".

I’ve become accustomed, as I’m sure you have, to being told “you’re much nicer than I thought you were.”

 

[unadoptedlamp]

Join the club, matey. I've been told I look "intimidating"

You know, the cure for that is to turn the corners of your mouth slightly up, but not so far as to show teeth. Too far, and you jump from intimidating to a creepy kind of scary.

 

[Humblepipe]

community safety is everyones business.

Good point.