There must be a bunches of fumbling oafs in this hobby. Why would you drop a pipe while fishing? Do you tend to drop your pipe a lot? I don't, never ever. I can smoke while in the hot tub, fishing, watering the garden, walking down the road, driving, showering, walking a tight rope (well... I've not tried this one). What makes being around water make perfectly sensible men more afraid of dropping their pipes? Is it from never having ever played a sport? Dropping things is just not tolerated, and even if I was a bumble fingers with sausage finger that can't keep a hold of the pipe, or have weak jaws that can't keep a grip, I wouldn't admit it.
A few things to keep to yourself...
"I can't keep my balance walking when the wind blows."
"The darn pipe is too heavy for my weak neck muscles, so I don't clench my pipes."
"I don't play golf because it takes me half an hour to balance that huge white ball on that tiny tee."
"I don't do sex, because I get winded after a few seconds. And, it requires too much coordination."
"I don't smoke in the bathtub, because I get excited and my jaw drops, making my pipe fall."
"I always get picked last when we divide up into teams."
And, "I drop my pipe when around water, because water is scary to me."
Besides that, after years of setting in a B&M chatting with smokers, they all have heard of someone who knows someone, who has ruined a pipe by getting wet. And, even on here, we have pipemakers who will attest that getting a pipe wet... does no damage to it. I've left them on the porch during a storm, had my wife wash them in the sink with the dishes, intentionally soaked them, and never, ever, ever, has anything gone wrong. The finish is always fine, and nothing swelled up, nothing broke, and I still smoke them.
So why? Why? Why Is this crap kept being regurgitated over and over?
I'm going to go soak my Becker is some ice water, because I'm not scared at all, and I have nothing better to do. :
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