Is There a Worse Sound...

[monty55]

I've had much worse. One of our cats loves to climb up on shelves, the higher the better. Last month he got into my library where I keep my pipes and decided to explore the shelf where several of my pipes were sitting knocking 12 of them 51/2 feet to the wood floor below and unfortunately there were casualties. 5 tenons were broken

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Ugh, well that just sucks!

 

[captpat]

I've had much worse. One of our cats loves to climb up on shelves, the higher the better. Last month he got into my library where I keep my pipes and decided to explore the shelf where several of my pipes were sitting knocking 12 of them 51/2 feet to the wood floor below and unfortunately there were casualties. 5 tenons were broken

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The Pipes
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Ouch

 

[hawky454]

The sound of my colleague clearing his throat every few seconds for 12 hours a day might just be worse. I’ve purchased 3 pairs of noise cancelling ear buds and it still drives me absolutely nuts! I feel like I work with a sick dog. The best part is when he hacks up a loogie and spits it in a napkin, makes me gag every time. I just can’t wait till we start working remotely.

Sorry, I saw this thread and used it as an opportunity to vent, I’m sorry about your pipe, that sucks!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I noticed that no one said that the Spin Doctors were a worse sound. Creed and Nickelback are close behind. I'd put Yes in there, but it'd piss off some members here with absolutely no taste.

 

[telescopes]

I was at the Shelter Palms Hotel on Shelter Island in San Diego. I was smoking a Nording F Moss series freestyle pipe from the balcony of the hotel room. Leaning up against the rails, I was about 20 feet up. The pipe slipped from my teeth and tumbled to the concrete below. Yes, I was upset. To my relief, the stem had broken free of the military mount and showed no damage. As for the pipe itself, only the nearest of a nick in the top rustication of the rim. I easily rubbed it out and dyed it back to black. One would never know this pipe took a dive for the worst from 20 feet above to concrete below. If only my other drops had been so fortunate.

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

I've had much worse. One of our cats loves to climb up on shelves, the higher the better. Last month he got into my library where I keep my pipes and decided to explore the shelf where several of my pipes were sitting knocking 12 of them 51/2 feet to the wood floor below and unfortunately there were casualties. 5 tenons were broken

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The Pipes
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This is another reason I prefer a 9mm tenon.

Even twisting the stem off a wet pipe feels risky sometimes, but not so much with a proper chonky large tenon.

 

[Fralphog]

A couple of months ago I had a catastrophic failure of a wall anchor for my wall mounted pipe rack in the middle of the night. I got up to see what the noise was about and found 5 pipes on the floor. ?
Three landed on an area rug nearby the other two on the concrete floor. The result was two broken stems. Little or no damage to the briar. I sent them off to Boswell pipes for new stems. They came back with beautiful new stems. I went to the hardware store and bought a sturdy wall mounting bracket for the pipe rack. No more mishaps.

The Calabash on top and the black poker on the middle shelf, 2nd from the right are the ones that were repaired.

 

[JOHN72]

So far none of my pipes have fallen out, it makes me nervous when I shine my only two briar pipes, I feel they are going to fall out at any moment.

 

[workman]

I very much dislike the sound my 1 year old's head makes when she hits the floor, which she does quite often. Luckily the floors in my house are made of wood, not concrete.

 

[Donb1972]

worst sound I heard was...
I had a dead tooth that had to be snapped out of my head. I choose to not get put under and trust me there is something horrible about hearing a bone snap coming from inside your head. They have you hooked up to a monitor that shows your bp and damn it spiked hard for a few seconds after that sound.

I didn't even like reading that story...I'm glad I didn't have to hear it!

 

[Donb1972]

The worst sound in the world, to me, is when a Dog is hurt and crying ~ but I don't know what's wrong.

 

[anotherbob]

The worst sound in the world, to me, is when a Dog is hurt and crying ~ but I don't know what's wrong.

yeah that one sucks.

 

[bayareabriar]

I’m sorry that I laughed out loud when I read you yelled like a girl. Lol because I totally know what you experienced

 

[rorrer]

Your toddler being torn to shreds by a pack of coyotes?

Uhh ... OK. Sincerely hope that's not a sound you've heard.

C.Rorrer

 

[rorrer]

That's a bad sound. The squeak, followed by the snap of a cracking shank from stupidly forcing an overly tight stem is a bad one too. What's even worse, is hearing it more than once in your life when you know better. ?

Oof ... I've not yet had that happen. Hope I'm not jinxing myself by saying that.

C.Rorrer

 

[rorrer]

Your spouse clearly having the sexual thrill of her life with someone who isn't you?

Another one I hope you haven't heard.

C.Rorrer

 

[rorrer]

Considering the number of non-pipe-related things shared here, and more than few comments that I would consider a bit snide, I'll certainly think twice before sharing a thought that was intended with humor, and in a pipe-smoking context.

Of course there are worse sounds, far worse. I was just sharing a moment from my day.

Enjoy the "worst sounds" competition. Sorry I brought it up. Sheesh.

C.Rorrer

 

[rorrer]

I’m sorry that I laughed out loud when I read you yelled like a girl. Lol because I totally know what you experienced

It was somewhere between a little girl and a shrieking, birdlike noise. It wasn't pretty. I'm not proud of it.

C.Rorrer

 

[rorrer]

Onto a more pleasant side: A save! Anyone got a story on how he saved a pipe from shattering?

I have one: Pipe slipped out of hand. Foot went out instinctively and kicked it onto carpet. One save only.

Thank you very much for the pleasant side note. I was at least very relieved that my pipe wasn't damaged. I don't drop many, but I do work outdoors while smoking. Some have some battle scars.

C.Rorrer

 

[rorrer]

That escalated quickly...

Can't say I saw that coming. I may be overly naiive ... was thinking in a pipe-smoking context since we're on a pipe-smoking forum. Clearly, not all took it that way. I'm new here and will vet my wording a bit more in the future.

C.Rorrer