When I got up this morning I wondered where 'that' thread had gone. Even within an hour or so of it being started it was already being overrun by crude and childish 'jokes'. I am not surprised the mods dealt with it.
However, although I am 'religious', I have a pretty high tolerance for off-colour remarks and jokes. Instead, my overwhelming feeling was disappointment: I have always considered pipemen to be among the most thoughtful and open-hearted of people. I still believe this to be true, even if a few of us evidently do not deserve the honourable title of 'pipeman'.
Mike