What Celebrity Could Spike Pipe Sales?
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Brad Pitt would likely be the biggest celebrity to influence the public, it would end up on every tabloid in every supermarket in the world.
@Plateauguy - I find her SOOOO attractive and that picture just cemented my opinion of her.
GUYS/GALS - WHY would we want pipe tobacco and pipe sales to spike??? I thoroughly remember when I dipped my toes into cigars. I got a good comfort level for them when I was in the USMC and then after getting discharged the whole industry went crazy. Cigars that I paid $5 for were now at $12, if you could find them. This lasted for almost a decade. We already can't keep Penzance on the shelves for more than 10 min with just around. Imagine what would happen to prices, out of stock orders, decreases in quality, and a number of other issues if this came to fruition.
I say SHUSH IT and lets keep this to ourselves :nana:
GUYS/GALS - WHY would we want pipe tobacco and pipe sales to spike??? I thoroughly remember when I dipped my toes into cigars. I got a good comfort level for them when I was in the USMC and then after getting discharged the whole industry went crazy. Cigars that I paid $5 for were now at $12, if you could find them. This lasted for almost a decade. We already can't keep Penzance on the shelves for more than 10 min with just around. Imagine what would happen to prices, out of stock orders, decreases in quality, and a number of other issues if this came to fruition.
I say SHUSH IT and lets keep this to ourselves :nana:
yaza, good point. I hope this is just a fantasy game. If masses of folks descend upon our pipe shops and web sites,
the prices will double, the tax man will follow for sure, and the pleasure of being one of the brave and the few will evaporate.
So maybe this thread should be, celebrities to keep away from pipes. I think Morgan Freeman worries me most. And he
may already own that pipe he's smoking in the movie. Uh-oh.
So which celebrities do we definitely want to keep away from pipes?
the prices will double, the tax man will follow for sure, and the pleasure of being one of the brave and the few will evaporate.
So maybe this thread should be, celebrities to keep away from pipes. I think Morgan Freeman worries me most. And he
may already own that pipe he's smoking in the movie. Uh-oh.
So which celebrities do we definitely want to keep away from pipes?
I'm amazed no one has mentioned Jodie Foster. Not only is she a talented actress, but is college educated--in English--and is a genuine intellectual, stereotypically the province of pipe smokers.
I'm betting that a lot of those mentioned above have smoked a pipe of something more than once or twice. More than a few probably travel with a full smoking kit, less smoking material. That is purchased from hotel staff or other known contact. Am I being a bit too cynical?
Guys,
Several have asked why we want pipe / tobacco sales to spike. Simple economics. If there is a sudden increase in demand, then the price will immediately increase. Therefore the margins will increase. Other vendors will notice and join the market or increase production. This will increase competition and therefore supply and probably quality. As sales go up, perhaps perception will change. More people will try the pipe or switch from cigarettes. There will be medical studies / insurance policy changes that favor pipes. Possibly even the government will become less hostile if enough voters are smoking pipes.
OK class is dismissed. Be sure to read chapter 7 of your textbook. There will be a pop quiz at the beginning of next class.
Winton
Several have asked why we want pipe / tobacco sales to spike. Simple economics. If there is a sudden increase in demand, then the price will immediately increase. Therefore the margins will increase. Other vendors will notice and join the market or increase production. This will increase competition and therefore supply and probably quality. As sales go up, perhaps perception will change. More people will try the pipe or switch from cigarettes. There will be medical studies / insurance policy changes that favor pipes. Possibly even the government will become less hostile if enough voters are smoking pipes.
OK class is dismissed. Be sure to read chapter 7 of your textbook. There will be a pop quiz at the beginning of next class.
Winton
Jodie Foster was terrible in Silence of the Lambs. I had to shut it off after twenty minutes of her. I saw Red Dragon first and for the entire twenty minutes of Jodie Foster's horrid attempt at a southern accent and bad delivery in Silence of the Lambs I was thinking to myself, "Edward Norton was so much better.".
Prince Charles might actually discourage pipe smoking. He's had such a downbeat career, his efforts at activism,
his public and disheveled private life, and now his accession late in retirement age, if ever. Charles smoking a pipe
might move piping to dark sequestered places. Unless he abdicated in favor of his son William, and cultivated a
dapper image as a globetrotting royal without portfolio. Then he might have a jaunty aplomb. Public image is
often counterintuitive. A pipe might perk up his restless, slightly downtrodden and peevish look.
his public and disheveled private life, and now his accession late in retirement age, if ever. Charles smoking a pipe
might move piping to dark sequestered places. Unless he abdicated in favor of his son William, and cultivated a
dapper image as a globetrotting royal without portfolio. Then he might have a jaunty aplomb. Public image is
often counterintuitive. A pipe might perk up his restless, slightly downtrodden and peevish look.
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