My Smoking Jacket

[olderthandirt]

He said;

I can only think of one thing that looks good purple, but then again, it's mostly pink too

To which he replied

what?

C'mon Hobie, your in it now! LOL

 

[pipetrucker]

Tynian Purple was the colour of royalty due to the cost of manufacturing the dye. Back in the day, purple dye was made by crushing up whelks and exposing the resulting goo to sunlight. A small portion of said goo will slowly change colour as it ferments, eventually turning a deep purple to royal red.

Now, for anyone that doesn't know, whelks are not exactly the largest creatures; in fact, as mollusks go, they tend to be on the extremely small side. With that in mind, simply dying the trim on Ceasars toga would take literally thousands of the critters, all of which have to be harvested, then crushed, separated, and finally mixed into a proper dye, by hand.
Now for the bigger question - why the hell do I know this?

Sadly(?) I did know this as well. It was just my pathetic attempt at feeble humor.

 

[Strike Anywhere]

Lawrence -- that is a thing of beauty!! Amazing -- thank you for sharing!
Original poster -- wearing a purple jacket is one thing, but it also buttons up the wrong way. Now, I'm comfortable in my sexuality -- maybe you are more so than I, and that's fine -- but I don't get it. Ultimately, do what you like -- why do you care what we think? But, since you asked, I would donate that thing back to Goodwill before Halloween is too far gone, and purchase something from the men's section -- I would go for something in a nice brown/tan/black.

 

[baronsamedi]

Nah, man, it's a $2 jacket. Smoke in it til it's more burn hole than jacket and then chuck it and get a fancy silk one like Hef's! Its purpose is to keep you toasty while keeping the smoke off your clothes and skin. Who gives a flip what side the buttons are on?
I'd grab my wifes jacket and smoke a bowl in it out of solilidarity, but she'd kill me in my sleep for smoking up her coat. Besides. She' 5'4 and I'm 6'2 so I'd probably do a Chris Farley.