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rajangan

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It's complicated. This is a joke about the Eastern Orthodox Church (which is different from Presbyterians, who follow a reformed theology), but whoever made this image used a poor choice of church. The Hagia Sophia was the seat of the Patriarch of Constantinople until the conquering of the city by Ottomans in 1453. The Ottomans renamed the city to Istanbul and turned the cathedral into a Mosque.
But now it's neither a church not a mosque as its now a world heritage site. If you wanna go to mosque, you can walk a couple blocks west and attend the Blue mosque which was built 900 years later and, although being pretty as heck, isn't nearly as impressive from an engineering and materials standpoint.
 

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But now it's neither a church not a mosque as its now a world heritage site. If you wanna go to mosque, you can walk a couple blocks west and attend the Blue mosque which was built 900 years later and, although being pretty as heck, isn't nearly as impressive from an engineering and materials standpoint.
Nope, gotta keep up with the times.
 

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Given that Forums members are prone to the occasional food fight, we do come up with some esoteric information, and not just on pipes and tobacco.
The four missile silos that surround the church, mosque, museum, mosque again, are in reality, giant hookah pipes, used by non other than Alice while in Wonderland, according to a famous Anglican, Lewis Carroll, who while not a Presbyterian, was a devout Christian man. It is quite conceivable that he may have smoked Presbyterian Mixture or some variant thereof. Most likely either in a tin that made you smaller and another one that made you bigger. I forget which is which.
 

mingc

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you have to keep the Izmir, the three nuns, and the Presbyterian separated on the shelf or they get into spats. All that talk about ghosting and the afterlife can get pretty loud. Bless me father for I have tinned.
Shouldn't it be smoke me father, for I have tinned? Of course, I'm an all-blends polytheist kinda of guy, so what do I know?
 

rajangan

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Nope, gotta keep up with the times.
Well crap. Any other response I can think of would be political.
 

timelord

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This thread makes me wonder, what style of pipe would a good Presbyterian use as the go to pipe. I imagine a straight Billiard. One without any adornments other than very straight grains. Pretentious in the most unpretentious of ways.
No idea but I'm a Catholic and smoke Presbyterian (amongst other things including Three Nuns). I do tend to smoke it when sitting outside the old Santa Catarina Monastery and say a Hail Mary whilst lighting up to keep any reformation tendencies it may have under control.

So far I've not heard any theological arguments from my tobacco cupboard but I do make sure Presybterian and Three Nuns are always separated by plenty of Black Frigate.
 

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oh yeah but before there where Presbyterians. And some Catholics assure me they're not the same thing.
My Baptist friends say Presbyterians are just watered down Baptists. But be that as it may, Baptists loose because they don't and won't have any tobacco blends they can call their own, unless the tobacco promises to have no flavor, no fear of temptation such as nicotine, and can assuredly burn with fire, brimstone, and damnation any smoker who even thinks of looking at another tin of tobacco.
 
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