What's the shortest smoke you allow yourself?

[Briar Baron]

Although I have not embraced the DGT, I have a Astley prince that I go to when I am restricted to a short smoke (15 minutes).
When smoking it I try not to consider it too short and think of those Japanese pipes (kiseru) from long ago when they only had a 2 minute smoke during a brief stop to enjoy their pipe!

 

[workman]

I will let a half smoked bowl rest for days without concern. Sometimes I have forgotten which blend I smoked before relighting. One time I didn't even figure it out when I finished. I deducted that it must be either Hal o' the Wynd or Scottish Cake.

Right now I have a half smoked pipe of some light, semi-aromatic sitting next to me, but what I want is a potent dark-fired. So the light stuff will wait, probably till monday.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Would you put in 10 minutes to a bowl if you knew you might not be able to relight it for 4 or 8 or 10 or 12 hours? One day?

I have found pipes stowed away for so long that I had forgotten what the blend was, and found that in relighting it that I enjoyed trying to guess the blend. But, I think that some aromatics and English blends might leave a lot to be desired in setting for a long time. But, Virginias and VaPer probably last indefinitely, getting better and declining on a much larger bell curve.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

From my understanding a kiseru is pretty much smoked like a cigarette anyways.

 

[npod]

I smoke this tiny little Meer and my Tsuge Tankard pipe for 15 minute smokes. I frequently only have 15-30 minutes to enjoy a bowel.

 

[workman]

@Neal: Did you mean bowel movement?

 

[npod]

:rofl:

Well, I have red face. Darn auto correction.

 

[timt]

I thought you were mixing up this thread with the hot sauce thread. ::

 

[workman]

I find that 15-30 minutes is usually enough for my bowel movements. And they are a thing to be enjoyed, if moisture level, packing and cadence are allright :nana:

 

[timt]

Definitely use the breath technique on the larger bowels.

 

[npod]

I love this site ... for this reason! From zero to joke in 3 seconds.
I personally prefer a group 3 sized bowel :roll:

 

[timt]

I just shot ashes on my lap. :D

 

[workman]

Recently I have struggled with moisture, often leaving a soggy mess from the bottom. Wiping with a clean paper towel alleviates it somewhat, but also leaves the bottom with a rancid smell. I have been powerless in trying to slow down the frequency of the bowel movements so far, and have had to implement hot water rinses in addition to my normal maintenance routine.

 

[olkofri]

Just buy a Numi.

 

[jmsmitty6]

I'm a big fan of DGT, however, I'm often doing something else while smoking. Interestingly for me, I find whether I'm smoking 5 minutes or an hour, I get the best results while I'm not really thinking about smoking

 

[weezell]

I frequently only have 15-30 minutes to enjoy a bowel.

I tried cutting it short,BUT DGT just didn't work for me, I ended up with an embareASSing moment... 8O

 

[weezell]

^^^NO SHIT!...

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I'm just happy to hear that you guys aren't getting tongue bite from such fast bowels. ::

 

[warren]

Short bowels, long bowels ... every morning a surprise.

 

[brooklynpiper]

Sometimes I push it too hard and my bowels get a little hot; sometimes it’s the spicy food.