I'm Celebrating "World No Tobacco Day"
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Thanks for the link Newbroom, like the bit on resistance. Count me in, smoking FVF and loving it :P
Just to show us there's nothing new in this world.
How Did the Spanish Inquisition Punish Rodrigo de Jerez for Smoking?
# Today is World No Tobacco Day! The title of the day is, admittedly, a bit unimpressive. We think of being opposed to smoking as a recent thing, but it isn't. King James I called smoking a "stinking custom," which was better than the Turkish Sultan and the Shah of Persia who killed their citizens for smoking. Rodrigo de Jerez and Luis de Torres were two explorers who, in Cuba, observed natives smoking dried tobacco wrapped in plants "in the manner of a musket formed of paper." They liked the habit and brought it back to Europe and are credited by some with introducing that stinking custom to the whole continent. De Jerez's habit of blowing smoke from his mouth and nose came off as frightening and satanic, and he received seven years in prison. Now that's an anti-smoking campaign.
How Did the Spanish Inquisition Punish Rodrigo de Jerez for Smoking?
# Today is World No Tobacco Day! The title of the day is, admittedly, a bit unimpressive. We think of being opposed to smoking as a recent thing, but it isn't. King James I called smoking a "stinking custom," which was better than the Turkish Sultan and the Shah of Persia who killed their citizens for smoking. Rodrigo de Jerez and Luis de Torres were two explorers who, in Cuba, observed natives smoking dried tobacco wrapped in plants "in the manner of a musket formed of paper." They liked the habit and brought it back to Europe and are credited by some with introducing that stinking custom to the whole continent. De Jerez's habit of blowing smoke from his mouth and nose came off as frightening and satanic, and he received seven years in prison. Now that's an anti-smoking campaign.
At work right now but when I get home I'm planning on "celebrating" WNTD with my first pipe purchase (nearly 50 years ago) an Iwan Ries bent Dublin with some aged VaPer.
Like mso said: "moderation in all things", but I wouldn't have known about this day if not for this thread.
So here's the deal, I smoke every Sunday. It's not that I don't smoke on other days, but almost always on Sunday, as I usually take a break from whatever else I have going on the rest of the week. No apologizes here, just my choice, so feel free to exercise your choice too. :
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So here's the deal, I smoke every Sunday. It's not that I don't smoke on other days, but almost always on Sunday, as I usually take a break from whatever else I have going on the rest of the week. No apologizes here, just my choice, so feel free to exercise your choice too. :
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Got my MM Country Gentleman with churchwarden stem from Walker Briar Works (his "Forever Stem" business went through a change of hands a few days ago, not really sure where it will be accessible going forward), just had a good hour-long smoke with H&H Mt. Marcy. The taste is simply amazing, with nicely-balanced latakia, sweet orientals, and tasty virginias, not ruined by any of that damned, biting perique which has made too many otherwise great blends hard to enjoy.
I never got the memo. Sorry about that but there's a high probability I wouldn't have felt any real need to participate anyway. So I guess I'll just fire up another bowl of Piccadilly and ponder my wickedness.
Pondering what all this means while smoking yet another bowl of Midnight (Tender Box - Black Cavendish)...
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