Pipe and Tobacco Myths

[cosmicfolklore]

No... MD 20 20 is in its own category. And to be honest, if we are allowed to be so, not a bad wine at that.

Wait... what? Mad Dog 20/20? Mad Dog isn't a wine. It's self loathing in a bottle.
I'm pretty sure that no one in history has ever spent their own money on that.

 

[irishearl]

Wait... what? Mad Dog 20/20? Mad Dog isn't a wine. It's self loathing in a bottle.
I'm pretty sure that no one in history has ever spent their own money on that.

Is that stuff still around? It was legendary when I was coming of age in 1970-72.

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

There is a new myth floating around that pipe smoking is a "hobby."

Of course this is not a hobby, yesterday I spent three hours cataloging the chamber diameter of my 45 pipes out of pure gruelling necessity.

 

[jpmcwjr]

There is a new myth floating around that pipe smoking is a "hobby."

It ain't new and it ain't true!

Well, a number of folks think of pipe smoking as a hobby, but it's a hobby only if you believe it so for you. For me, it's not a hobby.

 

[telescopes]

Not a hobby for me, but more a part of a larger way of life and a continuation of my family's culture.

It could become a hobby, but then it wouldn't be a part of my 'way of life'.

You can shake a hobby, but it is more difficult to shake a cultural tradition.

 

[jaytex1969]

We drank "BullDawgs" as a teen. Schlitz Malt Liquor Bull and MD2020. It was our form of a boilermaker.

We'd get a 40 ounce Mickey's, drink it down to the "angle" in the bottle, then dump a half pint of E&J brandy in.

 

[elnoblecigarro]

It ain't new and it ain't true!

Well, a number of folks think of pipe smoking as a hobby, but it's a hobby only if you believe it so for you. For me, it's not a hobby.

How about this: we come to the conclusion that it is a hobby for some people but may not be so for everyone.

For me it's absolutely my hobby.



Or could it be that I'm a mythological being myself? Could this be the truth? My reality is shattered...

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

I'm a hobbiest for sure right now. For me and with most avocations, it starts as a hobby and evolves into something I know how to do. The same was with my other hobbies and I have a dedicated closet of tools to prove it...LOL!!

 

[jpmcwjr]

How about this: we come to the conclusion that it is a hobby for some people but may not be so for everyone.

For me it's absolutely my hobby.

<< Snipped bits out >>

Pretty much what I concluded.

 

[cramptholomew]

Pipe makers, for whatever reason, are completely persuaded, almost to a man, about the necessity for coating chambers, which to me is unfounded and unreasonable.

Italian makers leave their chambers alone. I've yet to hear that Castello warns their customers to build cake slowly or suffer the consequences. A maker told me that bowls so flawed that seemed destined for burnout didn't, while bowls without blemishes do. Any large gathering of data on the subject shows that burnout is rare, perhaps 1/3000.

Despite that any number of us make our feelings known about buying pipes with uncoated chambers, and despite that it is our patronage that affords their living, they insist on making the decision for us.

I don't coat chambers.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

What about the myth of pipe tobacco not being addictive... I'll go get some popcorn for this one.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Start a new thread but be more confrontational!

 

[anantaandroscoggin]

Back during that era, Boone's Farm wines were also cheap enough in the Eugene/Springfield OR region to appeal to young and new drinkers.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Back during that era, Boone's Farm wines were also cheap enough in the Eugene/Springfield OR region to appeal to young and new drinkers.

Boone's Farm is the goopy aromatic of wines. They actually just ferment sugar and then back sweeten with flavors.

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

As I remember,
MAD DOG 20-20.

Right up there with Ripple, Anne Greensprings and my personal favorite at the time,
Mogan David Blackberry.

Boones Farm....

 

[saltedplug]

Cosmic, I feel for you, but if all the people I know, you are the one to bear up under the weight of accursed handsomeness and to be oppressed by the humility of humidity.

Go forth, live large and conquer!

I quit smoking and drinking, and thus am left rudderless by an accounting of vices.

But then again, what about hunting church mice, in a church of course, with a hammer?

Destroying children with a flamethrower.

After helping little old ladies across the street, abducting them and making them star in snuff films.

So I guess I do have a few vices left.

 

[LOREN]

Start a new thread but be more confrontational!

Back during that era, Boone's Farm wines were also cheap enough in the Eugene/Springfield OR region to appeal to young and new drinkers.

Boone’s Farm...boy oh boy, that takes me back!

 

[OneGoodBulldog]

Myth: One can define what a "real" tobacco is based on the type of blend it is.

Myth: One can define what a "real" pipe is based on it's brand or retail price and/or what material it is made from.

Myth: One can define what a "real" pipesmoker is based on their years of pipesmoking experience, how often they smoke their pipes, the number of pipes they own, quantity of tobacco cellared, quantity of tobacco they have ever smoked, and/or what blends they prefer.

I asked my carpentry mentor one day what qualifies a man as a carpenter. He said "doing carpentry". Since that man knows more about carpentry than anyone alive, I'm sure we can use his wisdom to explain what makes a man a pipe smoker.

Smoking a pipe and having a penis. What makes a lady a pipe smoker? Probably quite similar standards!

 

[matocman]

The myth of being happy with just one blend on a deserted island.

I would be slipping discontented, urgent messages in bottles requesting various samples.

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

The myth of being happy with just one blend on a deserted island.

I would be slipping discontented, urgent messages in bottles requesting various samples.

I don’t know that they were happy, but the old men who smoked a pipe 60 years ago usually had one brand/blend.