Because some people are complete assholes but pretend not to be.
Pipe Smokers Etiquette
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I always am curious if I am and just don’t realize......????
I try my best to be an curmudgeonly old asshole, but I slip up from time to time. It’s hard work keeping up that closed off, angry demeanor for long periods of time. But, Practice makes perfect, ammiright?
I am president of our HOA and last night I was ending our yearly meeting. One of the women in the zoom meeting wanted to let everyone know what a fine person I was and how thankful she was for the leadership I provided and asked that I reconsider not running again for next year and hoped I would remain on the board. My wife pipes up and says, " I think that goes for the other board members as well." I looked at her and asked her what she was thinking. I told I was confused that she couldn't accept that woman's praise of my efforts. She told me, "I didn't realize she was talking about you!"
One never really knows until the wife opens her mouth and tells you.
One never really knows until the wife opens her mouth and tells you.
I think this is the very reason I prefer to smoke in my study or backyard, I just can't find that kind of relaxation when I am smoking outside and people are around. There was one friendly, although almost ghostly encounter as I was sitting outside a small rural bed & breakfast near the Slovak-Polish border smoking a pipe later in the evening and an old man came up to me. He asked politely if he could sit down for a while. He sat down on the bench for 15 minutes, just breathing in the smoke and then left without a single word spoken. Must've been either a former pipe smoker or fleeing from his old lady that evening. 
Most of the time when people approach me when i smoke , 50% of the time they told me about their grandpa or ask me if i can sell them cannabis .. never encounter a pipe smoker in my area . But i totally agree with you cosmic , it would be very uneasy if they ask me to hold the bloody thing .
Mostly non-pipe people will engage me in a conversation about my smoking, usually curious, and polite about it. Most other "pipe guys" are more interested what products I use on my beard.....the answer is nothing other than regular 2-1 shampoo, and conditioner, and the only trimming it gets is when it's long enough that the fire from the grill shortens it a little making proper steaks.
I don't like pothead manners, like passing the pipe around or asking if they can have a taste.
Noticed this behavior among younger people, when someone had a pipe.
References to weed smoking is also quite tiresome.
Noticed this behavior among younger people, when someone had a pipe.
References to weed smoking is also quite tiresome.
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Hfinn
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I am beginning to think the same rules that apply to pipes apply to motorcycles.
1. Don’t sit on another’s motorcycle,
2. Don’t ask to sit on another’s motorcycle,
3. Don’t even touch another’s motorcycle,
4. Don’t offer suggestions, criticism, or anything but praise about another’s motorcycle,
5. Don’t stare too long at another’s motorcycle. Move along.
1. Don’t sit on another’s motorcycle,
2. Don’t ask to sit on another’s motorcycle,
3. Don’t even touch another’s motorcycle,
4. Don’t offer suggestions, criticism, or anything but praise about another’s motorcycle,
5. Don’t stare too long at another’s motorcycle. Move along.
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Hfinn
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Don't break into the toilet while I'm sitting here!
So public restroom stalls are your ideal place for a smoke then...
Good plan. But I would extend that to any virulent discharge coming from any orifice.
I do not mind when people ask me about the tobacco or pipe or my net worth. I just don't answer the last one, and try to be pleasant about the others.
Most comments I get are from women, who "just love the aroma". ..... and that's all English, all with Latakia and often Perique.
Most comments I get are from women, who "just love the aroma". ..... and that's all English, all with Latakia and often Perique.
Net worth... I never understood why people do this and it gets me upset every single time... maybe it's a cultural mannerism. While I am usually a social person at work or when travelling for work, I did always prefer to keep my home closed as a sort of private sanctuary. This means that it was always rare for us to invite friends or colleagues from work over for dinner unless it was an absolute social necessity or we really felt in the mood for it. On these rare occurrences, we would usually have dinner and if I felt especially sociable I would invite the other party into my study for a cigar (never a pipe for hygiene reasons) afterwards.
I am a very forgiving person in general, but the one sure way to never get invited into my home again is asking about my salary or, even worse, casually asking how much an object costs, such as one of my pipes, and then trying to estimate my salary by asking how frequently I buy that object in the most obvious way possible.
Mind you, I'm not a rich person. I simply save up to keep my house in good condition, be it with selected furniture or objects of personal interest. My home is the central place of relaxation and inner peace for me... so, of course, a large part of my salary goes into my place of living. I have always valued living space as one of the very top priorities when planning my expenses.
Back when I lived in Slovakia people would drive the most expensive cars as a status symbol, while barely being able to afford to live in a 30m² flat as a family of four... I never understood that and the whole necessity of talking about money to others.
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