Aug 5, 2010
Speed pipe smoking contest
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I recently learned that competing to see who can smoke their pipe the fastest is a thing.
Now, this seems to me to go against the deepest purposes of pipe-smoking, namely to kick back, contemplate, converse, hold down the front porch, and say hey to the passersby.
I even have a friend who says he can gauge how close he is to God by how often he’s puffing on his Peterson. If it’s a rare event then he knows he needs to slow down—Life’s getting too busy for what matters.
Apparently, though, there’s a fast lane on the lazy lunting highway…
I admit, despite the seeming contradictions of this event, I’d give it a shot to hang out with this type of old-timer.
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As a (still) neophyte, I have had a number of speed smoking competitions just in my attempts to keep it lit. Smoking that quickly would make me sick.
What happens after this is the kids start trying to see who can smoke the most pipes at once, then more kids make bigger pipes that hold more tobacco, then things just spiral out of control.
less smoking more baby photos!
…aaaannnd then they all passed out.
Abraham,
I love the music!!!!