I’m sure glad I finally signed up on this forum. I stand by my assessment that this place is the last stand for cordiality on the web. You’re all delightful. Even you curmudgeonly lot. ?
Today I was reflecting on a funny quirk about us pipe smokers: we can be overly helpful. I laugh when I think of the times I’ve read the glowing comments/reviews on a particular blend on some website, ordered it, and got a complete tobacco turd in the mail. All because about 100 people couldn’t hop in the replies and just say, “Meh.” Or, “Its great if you’re looking for the worst tasting/smelling swill you’ve ever encountered.”
No. Instead, I was 5-star assured again and again that this blend was obviously the reason God himself put pipeweed on this earth.
And you know what? I love this about us. Pure childlike enthusiasm. All because of the enjoyment we extract from puffing on a burning leaf.
And I type this whilst smoking a bowl of Elizabethan Mixture, trying for the umpteenth time, with my clearly unrefined palate, to taste what all the fuss is about.
So here’s to you. To us.
Happy New Year.
May the hair on your toes never fall out!
Today I was reflecting on a funny quirk about us pipe smokers: we can be overly helpful. I laugh when I think of the times I’ve read the glowing comments/reviews on a particular blend on some website, ordered it, and got a complete tobacco turd in the mail. All because about 100 people couldn’t hop in the replies and just say, “Meh.” Or, “Its great if you’re looking for the worst tasting/smelling swill you’ve ever encountered.”
No. Instead, I was 5-star assured again and again that this blend was obviously the reason God himself put pipeweed on this earth.
And you know what? I love this about us. Pure childlike enthusiasm. All because of the enjoyment we extract from puffing on a burning leaf.
And I type this whilst smoking a bowl of Elizabethan Mixture, trying for the umpteenth time, with my clearly unrefined palate, to taste what all the fuss is about.
So here’s to you. To us.
Happy New Year.
May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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