No Luck with Hallmark

[condorlover1]

Ummmm, that's not how butt plugs work.
Do NOT ask me how I know!!

I am probably going to regret this but exactly how in your estimation should a butt plug work?

 

[VDL_Piper]

The problem is with the word P L U G, it means many things. Choose wisely!!!

 

[milk]

Since you live in Japan I thought this was going to be post about buying the wrong card for a small gift.

I was gonna get my Dad (in America) the Trump Father’s Day card (You’re the best! All the other fathers are losers!) but finally decided against it. I found it funny but he might not have. No politics folks - just an observation!

 

[anotherbob]

I was gonna get my Dad (in America) the Trump Father’s Day card (You’re the best! All the other fathers are losers!) but finally decided against it. I found it funny but he might not have. No politics folks - just an observation!

Not quite the same thing. But when I was cleaning an area with cubicles I saw two desk next to each other and both had worlds best dad mugs. I wondered if there was a market for worlds best dad runner up mugs? Or worlds second best dad (which is still impressive).

 

[condorlover1]

Back on topic. Anyone who dabbles in ancient meerschaums will have come across the 'restrictor' at the bottom of the bowl that acts as a proto-coloring bowl. These can be silver three penny pieces, steam engine bolts, metal buttons from 19th century Levi trousers or shirts, washers, the list is inexhaustible. The question do they work? The short answer is yes. Sometime ago @Chasing Embers demonstrated this with the use of silver washers on a meerschaum pipe, I have done it with Philt pads and a silver coin. It tends to work really well on older pipes for some inexplicable reason but you can get very favorable results with modern meerschaums with a little dedication but YMMV.

 

[didimauw]

Back on topic. Anyone who dabbles in ancient meerschaums will have come across the 'restrictor' at the bottom of the bowl that acts as a proto-coloring bowl. These can be silver three penny pieces, steam engine bolts, metal buttons from 19th century Levi trousers or shirts, washers, the list is inexhaustible. The question do they work? The short answer is yes. Sometime ago @Chasing Embers demonstrated this with the use of silver washers on a meerschaum pipe, I have done it with Philt pads and a silver coin. It tends to work really well on older pipes for some inexplicable reason but you can get very favorable results with modern meerschaums with a little dedication but YMMV.

I use the meerschaum filters in my meer bowls. Im still fairly new to them so I can't speak of coloring. However they do help with the packing and draw. Seems to smoke a lot better with something in the bowl bottom.

 

[Ahi Ka]

Not quite the same thing. But when I was cleaning an area with cubicles I saw two desk next to each other and both had worlds best dad mugs. I wondered if there was a market for worlds best dad runner up mugs? Or worlds second best dad (which is still impressive).

Now I want one of those mugs! Heck I’d even settle for an “ok-ish dad” mug before.

 

[Waning Embers]

BTW, does anyone know how a pipe colors like that?

Appears more a case of staining than smoking. White is showing through the scuffed portions. @condorlover1

 

[condorlover1]

@Chasing Embers: It certainly looks like a stain job. I have a few pipes that are that color, what I refer to as a pleasing 'Turd Brown' effect. To color that perfectly that far up the bowl would mean you would have to seal off the bottom half of the bowl with a 'plug' of some kind to produce an enormous void to collect the distillates to color in that fashion. The amount of tobacco sitting on top of the 'plug' would give you a very short, harsh and hot smoke so my vote goes on its a stain job. Also look at the foot as that has turned uniformly brown, normally they tend to turn an interesting golden yellow color.

 

[Rossi320]

Yeah I hate their cards too can never find the perfect one.....can't help with this either