This morning I was deep in thought as I puffed away on my pipe. The wife walked by and asked " what are you thinking about?"
I just said " nothing much", and continued puffing.
That's usually what I tell her when she asks. But the truth is that I was thinking all sorts of things. Things that I wouldn't ordinarily be thinking about. Just a few of my thoughts this morning:
1- If Mark Twain really had a "cheap man who doesn't amount to much," break in his new pipes for a dollar a pipe, what did he use to clean them with when he got them back? I'm assuming that he would want to clean the things before smoking them himself. He re-stemmed them, but what about the bowl? Pipe cleaners weren't invented yet, I don't think.
2- Why have the citizens of this country put up with the Federal Reserve for so long?
3- Will we ever go to a flat tax and eliminate the IRS?
4- Who were the first inhabitants of America, if sites like Meadowcroft, Cactus Hill and Monte Verde in South America were settled thousands of years before the Clovis culture. And who was Kennewick Man really, if not an American Indian.
5- Will Planet X really cause the earth's axis to shift, and if so, when will it happen.
6- Why does a pipe color up ( darken) where you place your hands before anywhere else?
7- And several other things I can't remember right now.
Wondering what some of you might ponder when having a smoke. Is it the tobacco that causes such thinking, or do I just need to lighten up a little and read the comics more often? Just wondering.
I just said " nothing much", and continued puffing.
That's usually what I tell her when she asks. But the truth is that I was thinking all sorts of things. Things that I wouldn't ordinarily be thinking about. Just a few of my thoughts this morning:
1- If Mark Twain really had a "cheap man who doesn't amount to much," break in his new pipes for a dollar a pipe, what did he use to clean them with when he got them back? I'm assuming that he would want to clean the things before smoking them himself. He re-stemmed them, but what about the bowl? Pipe cleaners weren't invented yet, I don't think.
2- Why have the citizens of this country put up with the Federal Reserve for so long?
3- Will we ever go to a flat tax and eliminate the IRS?
4- Who were the first inhabitants of America, if sites like Meadowcroft, Cactus Hill and Monte Verde in South America were settled thousands of years before the Clovis culture. And who was Kennewick Man really, if not an American Indian.
5- Will Planet X really cause the earth's axis to shift, and if so, when will it happen.
6- Why does a pipe color up ( darken) where you place your hands before anywhere else?
7- And several other things I can't remember right now.
Wondering what some of you might ponder when having a smoke. Is it the tobacco that causes such thinking, or do I just need to lighten up a little and read the comics more often? Just wondering.