Ever Get That Perfect Pipe Going When You Have To Put It Down?

I have, on more than one occasion, had the perfect pipe going. The tobacco will have been filled inside to damn near perfection. The pipe I chose for it was ripe for plucking off my rack. The wind never even made my flame flicker when I lit. First light did the trick, no tamping or relight necessary. It's smoking cool, flavorful and seems like the best pipe I've had in a good, long while.
Now imagine having this perfect smoke going. Suddenly, you're called back inside for an urgent phone call or someone needs your assistance. Not once your through with your bowl, but now, as in put it out, tamp it down, shove it in your pocket and go tend to the urgent call for your services.
Hate it with a passion. Happened this morning. Had a perfect bowl full of ODF and it was burning like I've never had it burn before. Tucked beautifully inside my Peterson Christmas 999. It was sublime and I was just starting to get really into it. Had to come in super early. Loaded when I got to my desk and kept giving it side-eye just waiting for the perfect opportunity to slip out the door and escape into a cloud of that wonderful dark fired smoke. Then I heard the call. I hate tamping one down that was burning so well, because I know I won't get that same quality I had back. Maybe I could have, if someone hadn't bumped into me in the hall causing what delicious tobacco I still had in my pipe to dump out inside my pocket.
To make matters worse...it was ODF and if any of you have responded to my many questions about flakes and how best to burn them know, I have had my own share of troubles with them, but through determination to own it's ass, I have kept trying and trying to get there and I am really damn close. This morning could have been the day, but alas, duty called and I may have lost my first perfect smoke with the enemy. She was almost made my best friend today, but I reckon that'll have to wait until another day.
If anyone has had to put one down for one reason or another, how do you do it? I typically try to snuff it gently with my tamper, but sometimes I have to get on inside at a place where smoking is prohibited so I might even have to squash the hell out of it more than I like on occasion if it's really burning good, just to stop the smoldering inside the bowl.

Well, it was cube cut ODF and in the last few times I've smoked it, it doesn't really seem to stay in the bowl if I have to set it down for any length of time. :nana:
Might have to try to thumb it from here on out. Just always frustrates me if I can't get back what I had before needing to take a pause.

I think its called premature tobaccolation

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Thanks for that, almost shot coffee through my nose!!!

Yeah, it has to be a pretty violent knock to get my tobacco out, and it's never all of it, but can be a disturbance enough to have an effect on the rest of the smoke.

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Only happens with my cube cuts. Never had it happen with anything else, really, and always in my meer or my Peterson. Cobs seem to keep everything in, even when you're TRYING to knock it out.

So CCW. Hate to get off topic but can you share your preferred method of prepping ODF?

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Currently, it's cube cutting it. I fold it in half lengthwise, then with some good scissors, I proceed to cut it to anywhere from 1/8 of an inch to 1/4 of an inch and let it air out a bit on a plate. Been preparing about 4 flakes at a time this way, letting them dry a bit, then adding them to a jar to fill a bowl from. So far it's been working like a charm.