I read the article about things smokers have to put up with. Now I want to construct a "Top 10 benefits" that might not be immediately associated with pipe smoking. And prioritize them.
What can you come up with?
I thought of two right away, just because this was on my mind the other day.
One, In tune with nature. I like alone-time in the great outdoors. And boy, I sure get it, too. In fact I'm usually *ordered* to take it out of the house. Usually I sit out on a chopping stump next to my wood pile. Only other time I would enjoy that little space there is ... well, I wouldn't. I'd chop wood a couple times a year, but other than that, it would be a totally unused part of my property. I've enjoyed the sounds of soft crackling tobacco, barely audible, while snowflakes floated down and shattered on my smoking jacket at night. I've become friends with squirrels and birds who recognize right away that a man with a pipe on a stump by the woodpile is no threat. He is at peace.
Two, fewer speeding tickets. Smoking down the highway has a much more laid-back meaning. It's just so-ooo hard to exceed the speed limit when I'm heading home in my old truck. I take a back road. And I just toddle along home, pacing the drive to coincide with last puffs. There's got to be a database somewhere showing pipe smokers get fewer tickets and have lower insurance rates.
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What can you come up with?
I thought of two right away, just because this was on my mind the other day.
One, In tune with nature. I like alone-time in the great outdoors. And boy, I sure get it, too. In fact I'm usually *ordered* to take it out of the house. Usually I sit out on a chopping stump next to my wood pile. Only other time I would enjoy that little space there is ... well, I wouldn't. I'd chop wood a couple times a year, but other than that, it would be a totally unused part of my property. I've enjoyed the sounds of soft crackling tobacco, barely audible, while snowflakes floated down and shattered on my smoking jacket at night. I've become friends with squirrels and birds who recognize right away that a man with a pipe on a stump by the woodpile is no threat. He is at peace.
Two, fewer speeding tickets. Smoking down the highway has a much more laid-back meaning. It's just so-ooo hard to exceed the speed limit when I'm heading home in my old truck. I take a back road. And I just toddle along home, pacing the drive to coincide with last puffs. There's got to be a database somewhere showing pipe smokers get fewer tickets and have lower insurance rates.
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