Wednesday, 9 July 2008

On This Day in Pipe History

You'd hardly have thought such a step was necessary, but the corn cob pipe was patented on this day in 1878 by Henry Tibbe of what is now the Missouri Meerschaum Company. Is it possible, I wonder, to smoke such a thing and not look a complete prat?
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6 comments:

  1. Uncle Dick Madeley9 July 2008 at 19:07

    I always think that Judy looks extremely sexy whenever she smokes her corn cob pipe. You have to have the right chin for it, I find.

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  2. Mark9 July 2008 at 19:20

    Couldn't you try painting it? I'm sure those modelling paints for toy soldiers would suffice. Then folks might not notice it was a corn cob pipe.

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  3. malty9 July 2008 at 19:39

    MacArthur didn't need any accessories to look like a prat, he was one. Used to smoke a pipe (late teen craving for manhood), and yes your right, looked like a prat.

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  4. Anonymous10 July 2008 at 00:54

    I remember when old professors smoked pipes and wore tweed jackets with leather elbow patches. Now no one smokes and young professors dress all in black and try to look arty. (Old ones have horrible sartorial taste, still running to tweeds and rumpled cotton.) Harder and harder to tell professions by clothes, especially since just about everyone (in America anyway) wears jeans.

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  5. Anonymous10 July 2008 at 22:04

    Sirrah, i bought a briar pipe in Oxford this week and am experimenting with it...soon i shall be puffing away at work (in a hospital) and causing awe and amazement.

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  6. malty10 July 2008 at 23:27

    Madam, how dare you disparage my default mode of schmutter. Genuine Harris Tweed jackets never wear out, my first, bought in 1960 lasted 22 years, the lining was replaced 3 times. Hence being worn through many fashion eras. Frau Malty never had it off her back. Corduroy trousers, if they're good enough for Jonathan Miller, they're good enough for me. Must be worn with suitable sturdy brogues.
    Elberry, a most suitable shag is Balkan Sobranie, failing that then grass is OK.

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