At long last I have appeared to have kicked the noxious weed (tobacco) into touch.. Notwithstanding a eight year battle keeping on top of COPD; it just had to go. But I needed some sort of displacement activity/therapy - oh I know this is sad but I'm man enough to 'fess up at least. So I have purchased a pipe and all the mod cons that it entails..
Strangely (or not, depending on your view) it seems to suit me at nearing 61. Well beared, portly, sort of windswept and interesting.. that's me, not the pipe!! As the Revd Mrs Tommo pointed out, this could be the beginning of a lifelong trawl around the more arcane 'smoke shops' in the quest for that quirky looking pipe.
And I have begun in what I consider a respectful manner with a tin of ready rubbed PARSON'S PLEASURE. Of which a review states....
"Without even opening the tin, the Parsons Pleasure is already boasting character as the tobacco blend is named after a nude bathing area for Oxford University students and lecturers. The Parsons Pleasure Pipe Tobacco Blend is a straight air cured, Virginia blend with no added casing for a very mild straight tobacco flavour. The only sweetness comes from the natural sugars present in the quality Virgina Leaf. The flavour is not full bodied and not a head spinner so is suitable for a day time smoke (possibly between lectures) or leisurely stroll in your local nudist area when you need your wits about you".
I think I'll avoid a rough shag for while..