A little piece of pipe trivia for everyone…
Legend has it that waaay back in the 1930s, JRR Tolkein was given his first bowl of year 2000 McClelland Chrismas Cheer in a Dunghill by his good friend, Albert Einstein. JRR said, “What is this shit? Heinz ketchup?” and he dumped the bowl right after lighting it up. From that day forth, the only tobacco Tolkien smoked was a blend called Winchester from a little company called Cornell & Diehl. That’s exactly what I’m smoking today, out of a Tekin meerschaum pipe.
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