The Chap

[didache]

Hi all
A British humourous magazine is called 'The Chap' - it's a tongue in cheek mag which promotes the finer and somewhat old-fashioned side of male life. It is not remotely to be taken seriously. My daughter worked for them as an intern for a summer when she was studying journalism.
Here is a little news item they published which you may enjoy:
http://thechapmagazine.co.uk/content/section_oldnews/pipe.html
The mag is well worth a little browse if you have the time.
Mike

 

[jvnshr]

Now, that's a churchwarden.

 

[newbroom]

I think the pipe shown is actually a Ropp Cherrywood , cute solution to prohibition

 

[mikethompson]

Jvnshr took the words out of my mouth!

 

[papipeguy]

So happy to see a humor magazine being published. I used to read Punch in my college's library back in the early 1970's. I always enjoyed the pipe tobacco ads.

 

[cortezattic]

Funny idea. :lol:

 

[mawnansmiff]

Cheers for that Mike. For some reason I've never heard of the mag but it certainly looks fun.
Regards,
Jay.

 

[didache]

The Chap sponsors 'The Chap Olympics' which takes place in London every year. My daughter was involved in organising it one year.
These are the BBC pics ... well worth going through them - there is even a pipe based pic ..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/magazine_the_chap_olympics/html/1.stm
Mike

 

[johnbarleycorn]

^ Brilliant!

 

[deathmetal]

It's like The Onion, before it was a thing. Maybe with a good side dose of Mad Magazine. Good fun.
And how does he light that pipe? Pipe-smoking as a team sport... or "lifestyle"

 

[cortezattic]

And how does he light that pipe?

Long matches. :lol:

 

[deathmetal]

Ha! I was thinking a Zippo on a selfie-stick, but I like that better.

 

[crashthegrey]

Thanks for sharing. I'll be reading that from time to time.

 

[Chasing Embers]

When your doctor tells you to stay away from tobacco.

 

[tuold]

I love the "Chap Manifesto".

2 THOU SHALT NEVER NOT SMOKE. Health and Safety "executives" and jobsworth medical practitioners keep trying to convince us that smoking is bad for the lungs/heart/skin/eyebrows, but we all know that smoking a bent apple billiard full of rich Cavendish tobacco raises one's general sense of well-being to levels unimaginable by the aforementioned spoilsports.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I took a liking to this one. :mrgreen:

10 THOU SHALT ALWAYS CULTIVATE INTERESTING FACIAL HAIR. By interesting we mean moustaches, not beards.

 

[csharp]

@didache thanks for posting this and reminding me about that site and magazine. I have seen it before and have even thought about subscribing but never have because I think I would go crazy and want all the back issues.
I appreciate the magazine in the sense that I think humor is a sub rosea way of acknowledging appreciation for the subject matter.