With Whom Would You Smoke?
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By the way, the 2017 film “Darkest Hour” starring Gary Oldman as Churchill is probably my favorite movie of all time. It’s definitely worth a watch on pay per view. Oldman won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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I agree it is a good one.By the way, the 2017 film “Darkest Hour” starring Gary Oldman as Churchill is probably my favorite movie of all time. It’s definitely worth a watch on pay per view.
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Mike N., I am curious...... may I ask if you are from Great Britain???
No, I’m just a West Virginia boy raised on Sherlock Holmes books, hence my lifelong infatuation with all things British. As a teenager in the ‘70s, I even rebuilt a Sunbeam Alpine with my brother-in-law. Oh, those British automotive electrical systems…
Speaking of that, sitting alongside Holmes as he solved a “three pipe problem“ would be on my bucket list, too. And yes, I am a member of the Pipe Club of London.
After much thought, I'm going to have to change my answer. In a heartbeat I'd smoke with @Chasing Embers. I believe we'd leave each other alone and it would be the most pleasant smoking experience one could have with another person.
Sounds like you're itching for a date with depression
I would welcome the opportunity to sit with Eleanor Roosevelt. She had an insight into the world that I find refreshing. That assumes that she would not mind my pipe smoking. Since her husband was often photographed smoking, I must assume that she would be o.k. with that.
Very impressive.....especially rebuilding the Sunbeam Alpine.
My main areas of historical interest were always the American Civil War and Roman history (Italian renaissance). However, I have no evidence that the emperors or the Renaissance masters smoked pipes....
I could find a bowl smoked with J. Lennon as quite interesting. He would have to promise to leave Yoko at home though.
Wow! What a waste of time to sit next to a very erudite man, self-possessed, supreme knowledge of world history and so forth and not engage in conversation. I suppose it might be time well wasted but, what an opportunity missed.
I'm never seated when smoking unless I'm driving so being around others while smoking is an extreme rarity.
They'd all probably be on something, that's for sure.Sounds like you're itching for a date with depression
Burroughs - Heroin
Cobain - Heroin
Lennon - acid & weed
Thompson - every drug ever invented, ever
Pipe smokers? Joseph Stalin, as he's being lowered into a wood chipper.
C Embers..... does this mean that you're a notable character of history??
I hope not. I've maintained a fair amount of anonymity over the past 50 years.
So you're the Emily Dickinson of the pipe? Maybe one day your scribblings will be discovered in a sock drawer.
If I could go back in time to smoke a pipe with someone it would be my 4x Great Uncle Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine. He was a well-known author who wrote such books as: "The Manxman," "The Prodigal Son," and plays such as: "The Christian." He was the most well-known author of the Victorian / Edwardian era; however, his writing style didn't translate well into the modern era. He was a local politician, and was involved with the British Government in regard to the Great War and promoting Britian's involvement in the war. It would be great to sit down and hear the amazing stories of his life from his writing/screen play days to his political involvements and his travels.
Great choice. He was the framework upon which Burns's series was built and I don't think the lasting piece could've been made without him. He breathed life into that masterpiece because of the love of his subject and you're right; he'd have been a brilliant man to light up alongside. I wouldn't even care if a true conversation followed. I'd have been happy enough to receive a monologue from the man.
This post brought to mind a quote from W.G. Hutchinson's 1898 book titled Lyra Nicotiana: 'Think of that eloquently silent evening at Craigenputtock in 1833 when Carlyle and Emerson, on either side of the fireplace, puffed soberly with never a spoken word 'till midnight and then parted shaking hands with mutual congratulations on the profitable and pleasant evening they had spent."