With Whom Would You Smoke?

[Choatecav]

Someone has already mentioned my wish..... the prolific wordsmith, William Faulkner. Another would be the subject of my avatar, author Shelby Foote. I actually keep a jar of the tobacco mixture that he loved which was made up of Half and Half and Edward G. Robinson.
I would also love to smoke a bowl with my grandfather who passed away years before I was born, so I never met him.

 

[Humblepipe]

C.S. Lewis would be another choice. By the way, the C.S. stood for Clive Staples.

C.S Lewis and/or GK Chesterton for me.

 

[Brig]

The dude puffing away in the foreground. He looks like he has it all figured out.

 

[tobakenist]

Father Christmas.

 

[huntertrw]

Father Christmas

 

[jpmcwjr]

Wanting to know the origin of Clemens' take on new cobs, I found this on tobaccoreviews.

"Luke Sharp’s interview of Mark Twain for The Idler magazine, February 1892."

 

[Sig]

Either Frosty the Snowman
OR

 

[ThomasS]

I'll second J.R.R. Tolkein. I'd be quite happy to talk very little and just listen, he was a lecturer for ages and I'll even suffer the tongue-bite that Capstan Blue gives me for the chance to listen.

 

[renfield]

Michael Collins, with or without the pipe! Hands down!

Great call. I met Collins about 10 years ago at a meet and greet after a talk given by several of the Apollo astronauts. He was a very friendly, approachable funny guy. We chatted for several minutes. I can imagine that sharing a pipe and conversation would be pretty sweet.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Either Frosty the Snowman
OR
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[Bronson]

What a hard scrapple life he had growing up. More power to you, Mr. B!

 

[wilblee]

My condolences, though I'm glad you made memories that carry on. What did he play? (And what do you?)

We both play(ed) guitar and keyboards. You can hear us on Spotify/Apple Music/Pandora. Look up Lady Zion and the Babylon Boys. He wrote most of the songs. You can hear him sing on Watch It Bleed and Val’s Song.

 

[RookieGuy80]

Please keep in mind that every individual that has been criticized in this thread has (or had) one thing in common: each is (or was) human, and therefore fallible. As the only infallible person to ever live in this world once said, in part, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone..."

And here's a great example why I try to avoid humans in my day to day life.

 

[lupy1234]

My history professor at WVU.

 

[jbfrady]

We both play(ed) guitar and keyboards. You can hear us on Spotify/Apple Music/Pandora. Look up Lady Zion and the Babylon Boys. He wrote most of the songs. You can hear him sing on Watch It Bleed and Val’s Song.

I just listened to Watch it Bleed about an hour ago and man, it's bittersweet with the knowledge at hand, but what a fantastic song! He really had a lack for timing and there's no better musical trait than that.

 

[anotherbob]

Honestly time machine I'd rather met a few ladies then met any pipe smokers. Kind of like how I feel contemporarily.

 

[jbfrady]

Honestly time machine I'd rather met a few ladies then met any pipe smokers. Kind of like how I feel contemporarily.

Good call. Nancy Cunard would make a good pick on that front.

 

[jpberg]

In fairness, this thread is not asking anyone to make an objective historical analysis; rather, it is asking us with whom we would wish to smoke a pipe. It makes sense to use modern sensibilities in judging what makes for a fun conversation to us in the here and now.

I think that’s wrong, shortsighted, intellectually lazy on a mammoth scale, and probably correct for a large portion of the population.
I’m not smoking with Mark Twain because he took advantage of poor people.
This is where we’re at.

 

[jpmcwjr]

<< Snipped bits out >>
I’m not smoking with Mark Twain because he took advantage of poor people.
This is where we’re at.

And I am not convinced he took advantage of anyone, based on what's posted in this thread.

 

[jbfrady]

And I am not convinced he took advantage of anyone, based on what's posted in this thread.

Agreed. Not sure where this came from unless a different thread has been consulted

 

[Choatecav]

I think that’s wrong, shortsighted, intellectually lazy on a mammoth scale, and probably correct for a large portion of the population.
I’m not smoking with Mark Twain because he took advantage of poor people.
This is where we’re at.

My English teacher in 7th grade taught us to never end a sentence with a preposition.........