Pipe Hobby Waxing and Waning

[cosmicfolklore]

do we have to be pipers?

Yes, the dictionary will be changing to meet the needs of the hobby, ha ha.

I don’t care.
Well, there is one term for tobacco that does grates on my nerves, Bakky. Always makes me think of a dirt covered, toothless prospector from the turn of the century coming down from the mountains with his donkey/girlfriend.

 

[brian64]

I used to think it was silly to call it a hobby, but it probably is a hobby for me. All the nerdy knowledge and variety proves it.

You might hoard one type of tobacco, but once you have over 10 blends hoarded you are a collector.

It's amusing how over the years this hobby debate continually comes up. Personally I couldn't care less whether someone thinks of it as a hobby or not.

But I essentially agree with RBF...the actual smoking is not a hobby...but the collecting of pipes and tobacco, and all of the endless minutiae of studying and discussing all aspects of them could certainly be considered a hobby.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

My wife referred to me as a "piper" the other day. I did not like it one bit. She was talking about how my "piping" had stunk up the living room.

She has never seen a pipe forum... Who knows, maybe it's the most natural term for a pipe smoker.