tongue & cheek/.... The history of the P-Lip is interesting. It was 1st invented by one Shaun O'Casey during the potato famine in Ireland. Radishes were not affected by the blight, and the entire O'Casey clan would slice a radish in half, stick the slice on the roof of the mouth, and proceed to smoke the P-Lip pipe, burn scalding the radish to perfection. This tradition remains alive today, minus the radish.