Speaking of naming absurdity... this is from 1883. It seems to have had a very limited marketing life.
Naming Patterns.
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There's also a whole racial based naming genre from the late 1800's up to the 50's that is pretty much best left buried in obscurity.
The time art on Exhausted Rooster could have been an old Playboy cartoon.
So, you are saying that's a bad thing?I just wish the companies would stop with the LOTR's bullshit.
C.S. Lewis was way more successful, way more meaningful and creative, but not a single Dawntreader Slices, Pevensie Plug, or Aslan's Breath blends.
And, just because the writer smoked a pipe, we got people coming into the hobby. So, it's like Steven King fans all lining up to start drinking lemonaid, because it's his favorite beverage.
And, what has driven me mad for the lack of any sanity in it, was years of listening to these guys say, "aromatics suck," and then in another thread, "Try the Hobbit Weed. It's my favorite." When Hobbit Weed is a cherry aromatic. But, just because it's named after some midget from a fairy tale, people think it's actually what these hairy midgets smoke. WTF!!
OK, rant over
I actually agree with your rant especially the part about the aromatic haters who profess their love for LOTR blends.
The companies have to name their blends something or else we wouldn't be able to tell the difference between all the straight Virginia Blends.
I like how Seattle Pipe Club was naming a lot of its blends after locations in Washington State but then they had to name blends "Mississippi River". I can guarantee that there is no Mississippi River in Washington state. Also, having been stationed in Washington state for 6 years back in the 70s, some of the location names didn't really fit the blends. When I think back on the Pike's Place blend (which they were forced to discontinue because of the name) it smelled nothing like the distinct aroma of homeless piss that the real Pike Place reminded me of.
I like how Seattle Pipe Club was naming a lot of its blends after locations in Washington State but then they had to name blends "Mississippi River". I can guarantee that there is no Mississippi River in Washington state. Also, having been stationed in Washington state for 6 years back in the 70s, some of the location names didn't really fit the blends. When I think back on the Pike's Place blend (which they were forced to discontinue because of the name) it smelled nothing like the distinct aroma of homeless piss that the real Pike Place reminded me of.
Oh my - especially in the craft brew market. Old dog this. Leg humper that. Yellow dog dog dog...
Over the years here, we've had a lot of fun coming up with creative names for blends... From Star Wars to Super Hero Characters.
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Ill take Lord of the Rings over Narnia any day but to your point the LotR themed blend names have been beaten to death. Some of the ones you suggested are pretty good actuallyI just wish the companies would stop with the LOTR's bullshit.
C.S. Lewis was way more successful, way more meaningful and creative, but not a single Dawntreader Slices, Pevensie Plug, or Aslan's Breath blends.
And, just because the writer smoked a pipe, we got people coming into the hobby. So, it's like Steven King fans all lining up to start drinking lemonaid, because it's his favorite beverage.
And, what has driven me mad for the lack of any sanity in it, was years of listening to these guys say, "aromatics suck," and then in another thread, "Try the Hobbit Weed. It's my favorite." When Hobbit Weed is a cherry aromatic. But, just because it's named after some midget from a fairy tale, people think it's actually what these hairy midgets smoke. WTF!!
OK, rant over
Except some of us. --many?-- will not touch anything named after that franchise.
I really enjoyed the Tsuge gods series, with the awesome tin art. I still have a few set back in the cellar.
On the other side, if a certain naming brings more people into the hobby, which in turns, brings more revenue...is it a bad thing?
Good point. As long as it means decent tobaccos are brought on to the market, and inferior new blends do not eclipse anything older and better in quality. That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet. If Peterson's Irish Flake were renamed Satan's Socks I'd still buy it.
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Personally, I don't save my dottle at all. And I bet Holmes didn't, either, after a while. As I recall, we are introduced to this and other eccentric habits of his at the beginning ('A Study In Scarlet', I think) when Holmes is clearly, like Watson, embarking on an as yet relatively unremunerative career - hence Holmes' advertisement for someone to share his apartment. After a few grateful illustrious Clients and Royal Personages, Holmes would no longer be so impecunious - though admittedly we get no news of him upgrading from cheap black shag smoked in a cutty, to something nice by Sullivan & Powell and a Meerschaum-lined calabash that is always associated with him but which Doyle never mentioned in the stories but was only subsequently shown smoked by him on stage and screen.
I just wish the companies would stop with the LOTR's bullshit.
C.S. Lewis was way more successful, way more meaningful and creative, but not a single Dawntreader Slices, Pevensie Plug, or Aslan's Breath blends.
And, just because the writer smoked a pipe, we got people coming into the hobby. So, it's like Steven King fans all lining up to start drinking lemonaid, because it's his favorite beverage.
And, what has driven me mad for the lack of any sanity in it, was years of listening to these guys say, "aromatics suck," and then in another thread, "Try the Hobbit Weed. It's my favorite." When Hobbit Weed is a cherry aromatic. But, just because it's named after some midget from a fairy tale, people think it's actually what these hairy midgets smoke. WTF!!
OK, rant over
I think it's something to do with the language. Too many letters to fit on the standard tin.
What did Gandalf say when an elvin craftsman misdrilled the draft hole on his new pipe?
"YOU SHALL NOT PASS!............a standard BJ long pipe cleaner."
"YOU SHALL NOT PASS!............a standard BJ long pipe cleaner."